This is a contributed op-ed written by Nimesh Modi, CEO of BookYourCargo. Opinions are the author's own. The severe backlog at shipping ports around the world, including and especially those on the West Coast, has become a pervasive issue that's crimping economic activity globally. Whether it's rolling COVID-19 lockdowns in port-heavy provinces in China that halt operations, or the sometimes dozens of ships anchored off the California coast awaiting to offload at one of its