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Economy
There's a record 100 ships floating off ports in Southern California despite Biden's 24/7 schedule
2021-10-20
  • [MSN] The largest ports in the US hit a new record on Monday as 100 ships wait to dock and unload.

  • The ports have smashed through multiple records this year as COVID-19 shutdowns meet a boom in consumer demand.

  • Last week, President Biden announced the ports would start processing ships 24/7.
Posted by:Fred

#12  Sail the boats to Jacksonville and Houston. Plenty of capacity and distribution from those 2 major ports,and no massive state regulations that cripple the distributors. Bonus: no income tax for your workers there.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158   2021-10-20 22:50  

#11  If I was 90-100 I'd be heading to Florida. Just saying.

Check out U-Haul's rate differential for
1. moving out of CA or NY and into TX or FL
2. moving into CA or NY and out of TX or FL

Last I checked it was 12:1
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-10-20 22:08  

#10  Lot of manufacturing ingredients out on those ships.

I recall the Orange-Man-Bad said move your production back to the US. Boo Hoo.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-10-20 20:13  

#9  Retailers need to diversify their sources.
Posted by: Slats Ulerert8448   2021-10-20 14:26  

#8  Ref #5: Those ships are bringing us more plastic crap from China so, as far as I'm concerned, they can sit out there and rust until they sink. Posted by Abu Uluque

Yes, top off at our refueling sites and sail back. Someone in China desperately needs that stuff.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-10-20 14:03  

#7  These items will not make the shelves by the crucial Christmas season that retailers must have to survive. Christmas keeps them in the black financially. Expect an economic catastrophy similar to the Great Depression after the first of the year.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-10-20 13:57  

#6  Lot of manufacturing ingredients out on those ships.

Textiles. Pigments. Dyes. Fertilizer.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-20 12:36  

#5  Those ships are bringing us more plastic crap from China so, as far as I'm concerned, they can sit out there and rust until they sink.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-10-20 12:19  

#4  Those would be regulations lifted when bringing emergency supplies into California to help with the wildfire victim relief.

Saw a video the other day of vacant unloading docks, that is, not stacks of containers waiting for movement, empty. I'll try to find it for review, just in case someone is having fun in between unloadings.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-20 10:39  

#3  ^
The msm is not reporting on the CA clean air standards.
Biden could declare an emergency and allow the use of older trucks, but, he won't.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2021-10-20 08:07  

#2  California's new air-quality restrictions cut the container off-loading truck force in half. When the trucks are replaced with cleaner models, the backlog will decline.

That's why the 'experts' are saying, "well into next year". The 'supply chain problem' is an adequate number of clean-burning trucks.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-10-20 08:01  

#1  If I was 90-100 I'd be heading to Florida. Just saying.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-10-20 07:21  

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