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<div>The number of rail containers at the Port of Los Angeles has jumped 20 percent over the past month — and long-dwelling boxes are up a massive 71 percent — as railroads place the blame squarely on shippers failing to retrieve their containers quickly enough from rail ramps in Chicago and other inland locations. </div><div>Union Pacific and BNSF Railway say that lack of movement is a major reason they have been unable to return trains from inland hubs to Southern California fast enough to relieve congestion on the docks in Los Angeles, the nation’s largest port. </div><div>“It is important that...

BNSF and Union Pacific say shippers are letting their containers sit too long at inland hubs, especially Chicago, delaying the return of trains to Southern California.

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