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Post by Yoda on Oct 15, 2021 11:20:44 GMT -8
An all-time high of 56 cargo ships are stuck waiting off the California coast, as shipping ports hit their 4th record backup in three weeksKey ports in Southern California have hit a fourth record in less than three weeks, as shipping delays surge past early pandemic levels. On Monday, 56 cargo ships were stuck at anchor or in drift areas off of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. The ports are currently dealing with 140 total ship in the ports, including 87 freighters, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. In late August, the ports hit an all-time high not seen since February, when the onset of the pandemic and panic-buying wreaked havoc on global supply chains. The queue is a result of COVID-19-related disruptions, and holiday-buying surges, paired with a national labor shortage. Port of Los Angeles data indicates that ships' average wait times have increased to 8.5 days. link Wonder what bullshit excuse they've been told they can't enter the port. Covid bullshit obviously. How do the deep staters getting their supplies? |
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Post by linen on Oct 15, 2021 14:31:30 GMT -8
An all-time high of 56 cargo ships are stuck waiting off the California coast, as shipping ports hit their 4th record backup in three weeksKey ports in Southern California have hit a fourth record in less than three weeks, as shipping delays surge past early pandemic levels. On Monday, 56 cargo ships were stuck at anchor or in drift areas off of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. The ports are currently dealing with 140 total ship in the ports, including 87 freighters, according to the Marine Exchange of Southern California. In late August, the ports hit an all-time high not seen since February, when the onset of the pandemic and panic-buying wreaked havoc on global supply chains. The queue is a result of COVID-19-related disruptions, and holiday-buying surges, paired with a national labor shortage. Port of Los Angeles data indicates that ships' average wait times have increased to 8.5 days. link Wonder what bullshit excuse they've been told they can't enter the port. Covid bullshit obviously. How do the deep staters getting their supplies? They say due to covid so I'd say not enough employees to off-load the cargo ships. |
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Post by linen on Oct 17, 2021 4:34:26 GMT -8
Transportation Chief Buttigieg Is Out On Paternity Leave Amid Swirling Supply Chain Crisis
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been out of his office on paternity leave after he and his husband welcomed two newborns amid a worsening supply chain crisis that is vexing the Biden administration ahead of the traditionally busy holiday shopping season. In fact, according to reports late in the week, Buttigieg has been out on leave since August, nearly two months now as the supply and transport crisis has worsened. link
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Post by Yoda on Oct 17, 2021 9:48:41 GMT -8
Transportation Chief Buttigieg Is Out On Paternity Leave Amid Swirling Supply Chain Crisis
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been out of his office on paternity leave after he and his husband welcomed two newborns amid a worsening supply chain crisis that is vexing the Biden administration ahead of the traditionally busy holiday shopping season. In fact, according to reports late in the week, Buttigieg has been out on leave since August, nearly two months now as the supply and transport crisis has worsened. link Just like all others around the world. When the shit hits the fan they are conveniently nowhere to be found because they're on leave or on holidays. Just like when the East Coast of Aus was ablaze in at the end of 2019. SCO MO (Scot Morrison, aka our PM) was on holidays in Hawaii with his family. |
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Post by linen on Oct 17, 2021 11:30:59 GMT -8
If they truly cared for their country, they would have left their vaca and tended to fixing problems. Shows where their hearts are.
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Post by Yoda on Oct 17, 2021 15:28:25 GMT -8
If they truly cared for their country, they would have left their vaca and tended to fixing problems. Shows where their hearts are. Service to self, in the guise of service to others. |
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Post by linen on Oct 27, 2021 6:14:37 GMT -8
Cardboard asparagus, fake sandwiches: British media accused of ‘s**t stirring’ over reports of food-free supermarket shelves  As British news agencies continues to report on empty supermarket shelves, cardboard artwork of vegetables and fake sandwiches, some Britons say they’ve never seen these reported shortages and blasted the media’s “s**t stirring.” Empty shelves in British supermarkets have been a common theme in the tabloid press this year, with Brexit often noted as the cause. Recently, British papers went to town on stories that supermarkets had been using cardboard artwork to hide empty fruit and vegetable shelves. Images shared online – including artwork of asparagus in a Tesco store, and fake sandwich boxes in a Boots drugstore – served as evidence for the media outlets. linkLook closely, middle rows are photographs 
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Post by linen on Oct 29, 2021 4:31:40 GMT -8
Canadian Trucking Alliance warns of looming “disaster” if (U.S.) vaccine passports are introducedA few weeks ago, the US Department of Homeland Security announced a vaccine mandate for all international travel including truck drivers that will take effect in January. The announcement has been heavily criticized by cross-border truckers. According to Transportation Network, one executive in the Canadian trucking industry warned that the mandate would lead to a “disaster.” This week, the CTA warned that the mandate would increase supply chain disruptions. Trucks facilitate about 70% of the $650 billion trade between Canada and the US. About 40,000 US drivers and 120,000 Canadian drivers operate in the cross-border trade between the two countries. The CTA said that about 20% of drivers will stop cross-border operations once the vaccine mandate is enforced. “CTA conservatively estimates that 20 percent of Canadian truck drivers crossing the border (22,000), and 40 percent of U.S. truck drivers (16,000), would almost immediately exit the Canada-US trade system should the vaccination mandate take effect in January 2022,” the organization said. It called on both the US and Canadian governments to “reexamine appropriate mandate timelines for cross-border truck drivers.” The group also argued that more time is needed to create a “seamless mutual system of identification for drivers” to avoid delays when drivers are showing proof of vaccination. However, the Biden administration appears to be disregarding the warnings of “dire consequences” from leading truck organizations by proceeding with the vaccine passport plans. link
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Post by linen on Nov 2, 2021 7:50:55 GMT -8
Shippers Fear "Catastrophic" Fallout From "Crazy" California Port FeesThe cure is worse than the disease, say critics of an emergency plan of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach backed by the Biden administration. If you think port congestion is bad now, just wait for what comes next. On Wednesday, two days after the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced a surprise emergency fee for containers lingering too long at terminals, the National Shippers Advisory Council (NSAC) held its inaugural meeting. NSAC, created to advise the Federal Maritime Commission, is composed of 12 U.S. importers and 12 exporters. Members include heavy hitters like Amazon, Walmart, Target, Office Depot and Ikea. Starting Nov. 1, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will charge $100 per container for boxes dwelling nine or more days that move by truck and those dwelling six days or more that move by rail. The fee will increase $100 every day. It will be charged to carriers, which will then almost certainly pass the fee along to shippers, meaning it will be the equivalent of an escalating demurrage charge. “As far as the ‘hyper-demurrage’ announced in Los Angeles/Long Beach, I think it will be catastrophic,” said Rich Roche, vice president of international transportation at Mohawk Global Logistics, during the NSAC meeting.  “Chassis are already in short supply and this will artificially suck out the rest of the containers that may be sitting in there [at terminals] that didn’t need to be on a chassis and now they’re going to be parked somewhere. It’s probably going to wipe out whatever’s left in terms of chassis,” predicted Roche. According to Steve Hughes, representing the Motor Equipment & Manufacturing Association, “I’m concerned that this new fee is going to cause even more problems than it’s going to solve. I understand the logic behind it and it makes some sense, but unfortunately, because we don’t have the throughput at the front gate, I think this can cause us more problems than we have already.” Bob Connor, executive vice president of global transportation at Mallory Alexander International Logistics, said, “This absolutely came out of left field. I don’t see this charge doing anything but adding more cost, and freight rates being what they are, this is the last thing we need.” Both Connor and Roche urged that someone in government “step in and put the brakes on this.” Get the full article here
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Post by Yoda on Nov 2, 2021 10:14:01 GMT -8
Shippers Fear "Catastrophic" Fallout From "Crazy" California Port Fees That's just insane. WTF? |
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