Researcher ORCID Identifier
0000-0003-3405-3875
Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
4-2022
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Mathematics
Reader 1
Mark Huber
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2022 Curtis J Salinger
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic caused major disruptions throughout the container shipping supply chain. Professor Dongping Song of Liverpool University wrote a paper discussing the logistical vulnerabilities in the supply chain, including the issue of congestion in ports. This paper examines the Port of Los Angeles from 2018-2021 as it relates to Song’s paper to see how its operations were impacted during the Covid-19 timeframe. It is found that labor shortages, chassis shortages, and change in trade behavior each contributed to the congestion. Unfortunately, the implemented policies were insufficient to bolster the port against sustained challenges and congestion continues to worsen.
Recommended Citation
Salinger, Curtis, "Containing Compounding Container Congestion" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 3090.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3090
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Operations and Supply Chain Management Commons, Other Applied Mathematics Commons, Other Statistics and Probability Commons
