The word logjam has appeared in 144 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 24 in “More Ships May Return to the Red Sea if Houthis Hold Their Fire” by Peter Eavis:
Some analysts say there may be a logjam of ships in some places as companies move vessels from the longer to the shorter route.
“You’re going to have too many ships at sea all at the same time,” said Salvatore Mercogliano, a maritime historian and an associate professor at Campbell University in North Carolina. “And they would much rather come in and anchor and sit there, so what you’re going to start to see is some congestion in the ports.”
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