November 20, 2021 On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, host Sal Mercogliano - Chair of the Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, former merchant mariner, and instructor of Maritime History, Security and Industry Policy - discusses the recent story by Greg Miller of Freightwaves on whether peak season has arrived for the ships off Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with issues of measuring the number of ships off the ports and drifting far out at sea. Peak season over: Container-ship arrivals in Southern California fall https://www.freightwaves.com/news/peak-season-over-container-ship-arrivals-to-southern-california-sink Port of Los Angeles Signal https://signal.portoptimizer.com/ Marine Traffic: CMA CGM Topaz https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:754525/zoom:7 Port of Los Angeles Import Container Dwell Report https://kentico.portoflosangeles.org/getmedia/a9af147a-ace7-4f27-9b2f-b25ecb73dc30/import-container-dwell-report 2021 Port of Los Angeles Container Statistics (Year-To-Date) https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/statistics/container-statistics/historical-teu-statistics-2021