--- title: Powering Performance | AIAG | Greg Miller, Senior Editor, FreightWaves description: Stay up to date on the latest automotive industry trends, along with AIAG initiatives, events, trainings, publications, products and more. --- [![White AIAG Logo - Uniting Minds.Elevating Standards.](https://blog.aiag.org/hs-fs/hubfs/White%20AIAG%20Logo%20-%20Uniting%20Minds.Elevating%20Standards..png?width=254&height=76&name=White%20AIAG%20Logo%20-%20Uniting%20Minds.Elevating%20Standards..png)](http://www.aiag.org/) ## Greg Miller, Senior Editor, FreightWaves ### Recent Posts ## [Imports take ‘dramatically longer’ to reach US as bottlenecks bite](https://blog.aiag.org/imports-take-dramatically-longer-to-reach-us-as-bottlenecks-bite?hsLang=en-us) Feb 01, 2022 [![Port of Long Beach](https://blog.aiag.org/hubfs/BLOG/port%20of%20long%20beach%20and%20LA%20-%20blog.jpg)](https://blog.aiag.org/imports-take-dramatically-longer-to-reach-us-as-bottlenecks-bite?hsLang=en-us) Planning to import goods from Asia by ocean and sell them in America this summer? Better act fast. The trans-Pacific cargo move can now take over three months. According to multiple sources, average transit times have risen to double pre-COVID levels — and they’re still increasing. Methodologies and data sources differ, so time estimates vary. But each dataset shows the same trend: With every passing month, more vessels, container equipment and goods inventories are getting waylaid in the Pacific. [Read More](https://blog.aiag.org/imports-take-dramatically-longer-to-reach-us-as-bottlenecks-bite?hsLang=en-us) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Container ships now piling up at anchorages off China’s ports](https://blog.aiag.org/container-ships-now-piling-up-at-anchorages-off-chinas-ports?hsLang=en-us) Oct 27, 2021 [![Shanghai Port](https://blog.aiag.org/hubfs/BLOG/shanghai%20port%20terminal%20-%20blog.jpg)](https://blog.aiag.org/container-ships-now-piling-up-at-anchorages-off-chinas-ports?hsLang=en-us) There are over 60 container ships full of import cargo stuck offshore of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but there are more than double that — 154 as of Friday — waiting to load export cargo off Shanghai and Ningbo in China, according to eeSea, a company that analyzes carrier schedules. 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