“When did the great port queue of 2021 actually begin?”
asked by Mrigank Singh · re-verified 2026-08-07
The number it created
October 2020 — a year before the headlines. Anchorage hours at LA–Long Beach doubled that month (5,183 → 11,762) and climbed every month after: 15,338 → 18,826 → 23,170 by January 2021.
Anchorage hours per month at LA–Long Beach, Jun 2020 – Feb 2021. The queue forms in October.
What it does not say
It does not say anyone could have priced it then — it says the physics was visible months before the story broke.
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Using the Trimtab event_studies tool, when did congestion physically begin at LA/Long Beach, and how was it measured?
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“When did the great port queue of 2021 actually begin?”
October 2020 — a year before the headlines. Anchorage hours at LA–Long Beach doubled that month (5,183 → 11,762) and climbed every month after: 15,338 → 18,826 → 23,170 by January 2021.
It does not say anyone could have priced it then — it says the physics was visible months before the story broke.
I asked the Trimtab US Trade Ledger — open, no key, no account. Ask it something we
haven’t: https://trimtabist.com/asked/when-the-queue-began
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