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2021-09-26 Economy
Two dozen ships anchor off coast of New York waiting to dock in the country's second-largest port - adding to US supply chain crunch which has forced FedEx to reroute 600k packages a day
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Nearly two dozen cargo ships and oil tankers are waiting to berth off the south shore of Long Island on Saturday as surge of imports and short-staffed ports have caused a logjam sea

  • Earlier this year, Port of New York and New Jersey became the second busiest port in the country behind Los Angeles, according to recent shipping data

  • Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which normally moves 40% of containers in US, has 62 cargo ships waiting to dock, satellite images show

  • Backup brought on by a combination of it being peak shipping period and a pandemic-induced buying boom and labor shortage

  • The ports serve as the entry point for a third of imports to the US, and are the main import point for goods coming from China

  • FedEx announced that about 25 per cent of packages going into it shipping hubs, like the one in Portland, Oregon, are being diverted

  • The hubs are operating with 65 per cent of their usual staff as the shipping company struggles against the national labor shortage

  • Costco announced Thursday it was bringing back limits on purchases of items like toilet paper, paper towels and bottled water

  • Transportation issues are causing delays in deliveries to stores despite suppliers having enough stock

  • Pandemic-driven port congestion and labor shortages have forced retail chains including Costco to spend more on transportation
Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Strange - I haven't heard about any such backups in Boston or even Fall River / New Bedford, all about a day away from NYC ports.
Posted by Raj 2021-09-26 00:22||   2021-09-26 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like the dockworkers want a raise, hmmm?
Posted by Frank G 2021-09-26 06:20||   2021-09-26 06:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Couple of weeks ago same thing happened on the west coast. Two weeks no rail traffic. Local major hub (east coast) inactive. Now rail traffic booming. 20 new hires for local railroad with 10 more soon to be added. I guess they didn't coordinate well. Same people blamed, lazy humans. AI here we come. FED EX driver less vehicles being tested now. Look at all the vacation time. No more long work hours. No more work. Dumb down humanity.
Posted by Dale 2021-09-26 07:52||   2021-09-26 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Couple of weeks ago same thing happened on the west coast.

Satellite image shows more than SIXTY container ships waiting to dock at jammed LA port: US supply chain crunch forces FedEx to reroute 600K packages a day and Costco to limit purchases of toilet paper, cleaning products and water
Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-26 08:35||   2021-09-26 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Read a report last night that stated the administration was set to order the LA/Long Beach port to a 24 hour a day operation to unload the 60- something ships waiting. No mention of any ground-based increase in getting the boxes moved so chokepoint moves from the water to the land. Increased congestion will cause more delay due to multiple handling of containers. Also in the works will be a system of fines for truckers that fail to meet their gate times.
With the pack of clowns in the White House, what could go wrong?
Posted by USN, Ret. 2021-09-26 10:05||   2021-09-26 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ It's pretty rich for a "president" who works a 24-minute day to order everyone else to work 24-hour days.
Posted by Matt 2021-09-26 12:16||   2021-09-26 12:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Truck drivers have had enough. Biden has done everything wrong so far just add to the pile.
Posted by Dale 2021-09-26 12:52||   2021-09-26 12:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Oil barges? Oh goody! We're beoming oil dependent on the Arabs again!
Posted by Regular joe 2021-09-26 13:03||   2021-09-26 13:03|| Front Page Top

#9 On the radio tonight I heard of truckers planning to slow down the highways in and around Cincinnati 9/27/21 beginning 7:00AM.
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2021-09-26 22:02||   2021-09-26 22:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Thank goodness we’re retired, Walking Unvaxed. Morning rush hour is going to be a pain.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-09-26 22:06||   2021-09-26 22:06|| Front Page Top

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