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Long Beach Eases Container Rules to Tackle ‘National Emergency’

  • Shipping containers can go four high versus prior limit of two
  • Dwell time at L.A.-Long Beach hit a record six days last month
A surfer waits for waves at Huntington Beach as container ships wait offshore.

A surfer waits for waves at Huntington Beach as container ships wait offshore.

Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

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Officials in Long Beach, California, relaxed restrictions on storing shipping containers in a bid to ease a bottleneck that’s left nearly 80 vessels waiting offshore to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for ocean freight.