Patience

Los Angeles, California, USA

Disruption from the Covid pandemic caused a worldwide supply-chain crisis. As the pandemic eased, the resumption of trade highlighted numerous bottlenecks in the delivery of goods to markets. A large percentage of imports come through container terminals, which were overwhelmed as normal shipping resumed.

Though the port of Los Angeles precisely specifies where ships may moor, one of the vessels in this image dragged its anchor, rupturing an offshore oil pipeline, causing a catastrophic oil spill.

So many thanks to Lighthawk for flight support!