https://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2021/10/05/shipping-containers-ports-los-angeles-long-beach-waiting/ A number of factors are blamed for the bottleneck – the surge of the Delta variant throughout the world, lack of access to vaccines in some countries, a shortage of shipping containers, and another of truck drivers. Here’s another article with more details: [image] California Port Congestion Woes Continue as Peak Season Hits The current California port congestion crisis is one of the biggest supply chain hurdles, if not the biggest, of 2021.

It does seem as though everyone is searching for a point-source in what appears to be a systemic failure. It is easier to assign blame to a smaller number of factors and deal with them one at a time, rather than systemically, but I can’t help but think that this may not be effective. Another thought is that if we do want to manage the issue on a point-by-point basis and focus efforts on a point-source, if the effects of California’s AB5 (operator and vehicle restrictions) is as significant a source of the delays as has been suggested, why is no one advocating for a waiver on the regulations emplaced on this relatively new law? I haven’t seen anything addressed to dealing with vehicle and operator restrictions, whether as a point-source or as part of larger systemic changes. Speaking for myself, I can’t see any singe point of change having sufficient impact to be significant, but nonetheless it makes me wonder if there are ideas too taboo for discussion.

Big bottlenecks have little bottlenecks and little bottlenecks have lesser bottlenecks and so on.

Maybe a long term idea that could help ports around the world (incl, LA/LB) keeping up with demand: [image] Case made for ports to receive cash from any shipping decarbonisation fund -... Ports ought to be getting a sizeable chunk of any decarbonisation fund in the offing, a new submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has suggested. As the UN-recognised NGO representing the world’s ports, the International... Estimated reading time: 3 minutes PS> which Port is on the picture?? (I don’t know)

Yantian International Container Terminal in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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Road Master School is 4 + weeks, 12 thousand dollars and you still have to start as a JR driver which means you have to find a company that has a training program and Pays one of their drivers extra to ride with you, and not separately, The senior driver has to be up while you drive Meaning also the Company pays for hotels. I don’t know how many hours you need, But it takes awhile before you are let loose,

Some on the ground reporting - or rather on the boat. Interesting thread. [image] Ryan Petersen @typesfast Yesterday I rented a boat and took the leader of one of Flexport's partners in Long Beach on a 3 hour of the port complex. Here's a thread about what I learned. 1:39 PM - 22 Oct 2021 48 15 [image] Ryan Petersen @typesfast There are hundreds of cranes. I counted only ~7 that were even operating and those that were seemed to be going pretty slow. 1:39 PM - 22 Oct 2021 11 1 [image] Ryan Petersen @typesfast It seems that everyone now agrees that the bottleneck is yard space at the container terminals. The terminals are simply overflowing with containers, which means they no longer have space to take in new containers either from ships or land. It’s a true traffic jam. 1:39 PM - 22 Oct 2021 14 3

[image] New Global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) Launched by the World Bank... East Asian container ports are the most efficient in the world and dominate the Top 50 spots of the new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit.

An update from Petersen, city of LB had a limit on how high containers could be stacked. Don’t know the details. [image] Ryan Petersen @typesfast Update: The city of LB just announced it has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations. Thank you everybody who called the governor and the mayor to request. They got the message, you can stop now... twitter.com/typesfast/stat… Ryan Petersen @typesfast Yesterday I rented a boat and took the leader of one of Flexport's partners in Long Beach on a 3 hour of the port complex. Here's a thread about what I learned. 10:16 PM - 22 Oct 2021 9.2K 910 Here it is - was limited to two boxes high. [image] Ryan Petersen @typesfast He can’t take the containers off the chassis because he’s not allowed by the city of Long Beach zoning code to store empty containers more than 2 high in his truck yard. If he violates this code they’ll shut down his yard altogether. 1:39 PM - 22 Oct 2021 2.8K 350

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