Posted on 11/01/2021 10:02:48 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
I have a simple question for every ‘expert’ who thinks they understand the root causes of the shipping crisis: Why is there only one crane for every 50–100 trucks at every port in America? No ‘expert’ will answer this question. I’m a Class A truck driver with experience in nearly every aspect of freight. My experience in the trucking industry of 20 years tells me that nothing is going to change in the shipping industry.
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Starting with Bush #41, the Republican party married the concept of Free Trade. With that they signed the GATT, the WTO and NAFTA. That is why we have a supply chain that extends to China rather than the 48 contiguous states.
American society is focused on entertainment and politics - not production, peace or responsibility
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It means plenty of overtime pay and theft by the ILA.
Wow. Perfect summary.
How many young people, instead of learning a trade or a legitimate degree, focus their energy on being a TikTok star, basketball player, "aspiring rapper"?
Good article.
The Bidet gang couldn’t begin to fix this even if they wanted to...but the reality is they couldn’t care less so they can just hold press conferences announcing “victory” and, if it really gets bad they can just start pointing fingers at everybody else.
The mass media will be happy to participate in the witch-hunt.
I wonder how much government interference there is on building more ports with higher capacity.
We don’t build more refineries because we don’t believe in supply. Just “the environment”
We deserve what we get. Elections matter. Policies matter. See my tagline
I did a stint as a process engineering guy. This whole process needs to be torn down and rebuilt.
Biden’s response of “work harder” simply indicates that the only process he ever managed is Hunters graft. When I would go into an office and the manager would say they just have to “work harder”, I would tell my partner that this guy wouldn’t last the year.
“...I’m fortunate enough to be a Teamster — a union driver ...”
Why doesn’t the beloved union do something? Paid off? Hmm?
Sadly very few Republicans will admit to this absolute truth.
A sign that the aggregate IQ of the USA is in decline.
They are like cultists. These failed trade deals are why we’re in this mess and they simply can’t admit it.
LOL! Talk about getting things backwards!! We should be closing ports and building factories.
I know a truck driver that just took a new job about a month ago driving a dedicated route where he is home every night.
He is located in KS. His pay doubled from his last trucking job where he was away from home 1-2 nights at a time.
He now is getting $115K/year.
ANY trucker that has a clean record should be applying for a new job right now.
This will have a ripple effect across the country. The NET effect is that everything you buy in a store is going to cost more.
Teamsters are a paltry 2% of the entire trucker workforce.
You apparently forget his obsession with Jeff Sessions :)
LOL! Talk about getting things backwards!! We should be closing ports and building factories.
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Would you not use those ports for exports?
The reasons you mention in your article give reasons why these two principles were sound and effective for the last two decades and why the companies that I worked for enjoyed far fewer headaches for only slightly higher shipping costs.
But now EVERYBODY is making those discoveries. We will be protected for a matter of months (at best) because of our pre-established shipping relationships. But after that, we will no longer be a star in supply chain management.
In am of age and could afford to retire right now, but my company is making it worthwhile for me to stay. Maybe I'll regret it, but I feel duty bound to hang in there a little longer.
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