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Does this person actually know what the problem is? For example see https://news.yahoo.com/lazy-crane-operators-making-250-200100567.html https://news.yahoo.com
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Does this person actually know what the problem is? For example see https://news.yahoo.com/lazy-crane-operators-making-250-200100567.html https://news.yahoo.com/lazy-crane-operators-making-250-20010.... The symptom might be not enough space for containers, but the root cause could be something a few degrees removed, or a combination of things.
- bagels 5y agoI feel like it'd be pretty easy to pinpoint the problem with data. Historical rates of arriving containers to the port, leaving the port, time spent at the port, time spent in yards, number of drivers, number of trucks, etc. High level, throughput was lost somewhere, or there's more volume, or maybe both.
- thephyber 5y agoThis person is the CEO of FlexPort, a startup that has been watching the efficiencies of the ports and the transport industry that interfaces with them slow to a crawl for months now. He has been tweeting out the size of the parking lot of ships outside of LA/LB port complex for months. I think he has a pretty good understanding of the issues at least one or two degrees removed, but I think he is also just trying to unblock the critical path (the large cranes at the ports). The other issues like “fully loaded cargo trains in North Dakota blocking the tracks because they can’t unload” need to be solved by others.