At a time when supply strains are stretched to the maximum, any disruption, no matter how modest, is magnified. So it is at the Port of Savannah in Georgia, where dredging activity to deepen berths is delaying cargo transfers for container vessels by about two days, according to port officials and shipping companies.
The work is tied to a massive $706 million joint state and federal project to deepen a 32-mile stretch of the Savannah River between the Atlantic Ocean and the city from 42 feet to...