The line of ships waiting at anchor at the Port of Savannah is back to record lengths, partly because so much cargo has been diverted from the West Coast to avoid any labor-related disruptions, officials said Tuesday.
About 40 ships are at anchor in the harbor — roughly as many as during the worst of the supply chain backups last year — as workers on the dock hectically move containers, loading and unloading ships, said Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority.
"The demand we are seeing is completely unprecedented," he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We are seeing more ships and bigger ships. And the ships are full."
