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| The Insanity Accelerates |
| 2021-10-28 |
| Los Angeles ports will fine cargo ships waiting to unload their goods in an attempt to relieve congestion that is as desperate as it is gobsmackingly stupid. It’s a fine so pointless and wrong that, of course, Presidentish Joe Biden has chimed in with his support for it. According to CNBC, the White House is "hopeful" that fines will "ease the intensifying logjam of cargo ships" waiting to unload at Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles. Together, the two account for 40% of the country’s seaborne imports. Carriers will have to pay "$100 per day for each container lingering past a given timeline" starting on the first of the month. Containers moved by truck will have nine days before they’ll start paying, and containers moved by rail will have just three days. To show you just how wrong that is, allow me to use a down-home example. My sons, ages 15 and 11, like to play a familiar game. The older, bigger one will hold the younger, shorter one at arm’s length by his forehead. The shorter one will then try to hit the taller one — to no avail because his shorter arms just can’t get there. Now imagine that the older boy fined the younger one $100 for each missed punch because that’s pretty much what Los Angeles ports are doing to carriers. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #7 The USA may be committing slow suicide, but California is leading the way. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-10-28 18:12 |
| #6 Mexico is stupid for not having built a container port. So many jobs, so many grift and smuggling opportunities and the shipping companies would be happy to pay the breakage costs to get their ships unloaded and returning for another load. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-10-28 17:26 |
| #5 SpaceX had a lot of rockets to launch from Vandy this year. It's looking like CA really really sees undisturbed seal sex as more important... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2021-10-28 17:25 |
| #4 More surreal with each passing day Please tell me this a bad dream |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-10-28 14:57 |
| #3 Texas and Louisiana will happily unload those ships now and in the future. Green tree sprouts don't run our ports. I'm fast approaching the idea that Texas should Tax California for existing. If it comes to a fight, I know which state wins. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-10-28 14:28 |
| #2 Six weeks in to two weeks to spend with the twins. Honestly though, as soon as Peter Buttgig finishes up his wine woman show circuit, probably make things even worse, like environment fines for extended anchoring, back paid. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-10-28 14:26 |
| #1 What everybody with solutions never said. If this happens it will be an absolute disaster. In fact, I'd say it is designed to chase off the cargo ships. Things I follow decided about a month ago they would go East Coast. What a Boss Call. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-10-28 14:20 |