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LOS ANGELES, California — New fines for shipping containers left on the docks at the ports of Long Angeles and Long Beach have been delayed for a second time to November 29, as there have been signs of progress in the cargo crisis.

California business coalitions and Democratic state legislators recently sent dueling letters to Gov. Gavin Newsom, arguing over proposed solutions to the cargo crisis that has clogged local ports and that is holding up supply chains nationwide.

Wells Fargo CEO and President Charles Scharf said he believes that the supply chain crisis will continue roughly “six to 12 months” longer.

A record 79 ships were anchored off the Port of Long Beach as of Thursday, after the combined Long Beach-Los Angeles total surpassed 100 earlier this week — and as the pace of offloading ships slowed down, rather than accelerating.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Wednesday that, he claims, will address the cargo crisis at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, which saw a record 100 ships at anchor Tuesday and has caused a nationwide supply shock.

After spending weeks on ships stuck off the coast of the United States, shipping containers are reportedly being dumped in nearby neighborhoods.

The White House on Tuesday continued to defend Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for remaining on paternity leave, as cargo ships wait outside the nation’s ports and the supply chain crisis continues.

LOS ANGELES, California — Sixty-six cargo ships were at anchor off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest and second-busiest container ports in the United States, respectively, on Monday as an ongoing cargo crisis continued.

U.S. Coast Guard investigators boarded a cargo vessel, the MSC Danit, on Saturday, suspecting that it may have caused the recent oil spill in Southern California after its anchor dragged across the ocean floor and ruptured an undersea oil pipeline.

President Joe Biden finally has his answer to the boat parades that President Donald Trump’s supporters staged throughout the 2020 election: his own “parade” of dozens of cargo ships, waiting to dock at clogged Long Beach and Los Angeles ports.

Critics are asking what Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is doing about the congestion of cargo ships at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as investigators point to a cargo ship’s anchor as a likely cause of a recent oil spill in the area.

An expert says that the ongoing cargo ship buildup off the coast of Los Angeles and Long Beach may have contributed to the oil spill in Huntington Beach by causing ships to anchor where they are not used to doing so, in spite of nearby pipelines.

Federal agents examining a cargo ship near New Orleans told it to vacate the country once they found it was infested with a certain type of Asian beetle.