West coast ports announce fourth attempt to clear container backlog

Initiative would shift inventory to Utah for inland transport, following other plans to charge carriers for slow box moves, stack containers in higher piles, and run ports 24/7.

Supply chain executives at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have unveiled three new measures in recent days to clear the epic container backlog on their shores, as scores of containerships continued to languish in the waters off the California coast just weeks before the winter holidays…