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I’m glad to see the city of Long Beach (this person is the mayor) take this action, but it feels to me like the federal government is asleep at the wheel on thi
by throwawaysea 5y ago
I’m glad to see the city of Long Beach (this person is the mayor) take this action, but it feels to me like the federal government is asleep at the wheel on this issue. So what if the containers are stacked up higher - that will relieve container ships that are parked offshore but won’t solve the crisis. There is still the issue of getting containers out of these yards. Trucks need to be scheduled and loaded efficiently to get goods to their destination and meaningfully reduce the supply chain issues. Someone needs to take over that operation, ensure labor/management (longshoremen, truckers) are doing their part, and get it resolved. It is disappointing that an issue like this can remain unresolved for months in a country labeled as a superpower.
- quantified 5y agoThe system had been built to be more-or-less humming all the time. Logistical disruptions seem chained together in various ways, this is a big visible one. Un-disrupting will take substantially different operations that continue for quite a while, and once it’s under way I have a funny feeling will become a new norm with unwanted effects after a while.
- ajkjk 5y agoThis happened due to a Twitter thread from the Ceo of flexport: https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834?s=20 https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834?s=2... Who argued that this is the most important first step for unblocking shipping container logistics.
- jmalicki 5y agoTo paraphrase my reading, he noted a problem of waiting trucks with empty containers that can't unload the empties, thus can't pick up new full containers. Stacking empties higher will (in his opinion) allow getting more full containers out of the port.