according to hofstrau, one 40-foot shipping container, one of these blocks behind me, can hold 150,000ces of clothing 3,600 electronics or 15,000 auto parts. when you look at ships they have hundreds of containers loaded onto them. >> it's going to be congested here. >> once an agleement is reached between the dock workers and port workers it's not like all these ships can rush into port and get unloaded. it will take months for the shipping traffic out here to return to normal. >> shelby is in long beach still. there's a lot of stuff out there in the water who is feeling the first effects of this? >> basically anyone who does trade with asia. the cargo ship is feeling the -- with asia via cargo ship is feeling the impacts. just to give you an idea, you've got furniture, apparel, electronics, footwear we're seeing ripple effects across the u.s. economy. the retail industry says a west coast port shipdown would cost about $2 billion a day. automakers such as honda have announced that they're cutting u.s. output because they don't have the car parts and can't make the cars fast enough an