Probable causes for the supply chain mess in California ports

American Thinker ^ | 31 Oct, 2021 | Terry Paulding

[MtnClimber]

If the government ran everything it would be so much “better”.

[joma89]

In short, government, democrat party led government, created this major problem and now demands people vote once again for the democrat taliban party so they can use more government to fix the major problem that the same government created.

democrat taliban party voters are simply....not smart.

[VRW Conspirator]

I am from the government, I here to help.

[hardspunned]

We need to hire Johnny Friendly to kick some butt in the Longshoreman Union.

[P8riot]

Atlas shrugging?

[eyeamok]

They keep playing up the new $100 per day fine for containers at the ports like it’s actually going to be a magical fix for all the Stupid the State has done.

It will make things even worse at the ports and is going to be wild to watch it play out

[mewzilla]

Probable cause...

Canada's CPPIB to buy Ports America from Oaktree to further infrastructure push

Watchdog raises concern about Canadian pension investments in China

...the ChiComs.

[Recompennation]

Did the smoke police also ban the movie Convoy from showing in their state due to Claude Aikens’ truck smoking. Just asking, seems logical for them.

[metmom]

If the government ran everything it would be so much “better”.

Just like the post office and DMV right?

[Vigilanteman]

In the old days, California arrogance held that whatever mandate they enacted would dictate corporate behavior because they were a market bigger than Canada and more than 12% of the United States market. So it did not really matter whether the other states followed them or not.

That attitude has not changed, but the attitude of industries not dominated by monopolies or oligopolies has. Trucking is only the latest example of such an industry.

[Ikeon]

For all the people who wanted to kick California out of the union. They forget 40% of overseas goods come thru California..

now, lets reframe this. California is doing within its own borders what it has a right to as a state.

I actually support California in their independence.

Call me a kook. But, california is now a confederate state. And I still believe the government has no business telling California what to do anymore than the fed government telling the CSA what to do.

Get over california and let it rot itself and find a way to get your goods from china thru another route

[mewzilla]

Cali isn’t confederate.

It’s ChiCom...

https://sjvsun.com/california/report-calpers-bet-big-on-companies-fueling-chinas-aggressive-expansion/

https://californiaglobe.com/articles/calstrs-massive-investments-in-china-but-disinvests-from-american-companies/

[Laslo Fripp]

Why don’t people flock to UPS and FedEx to send their personal correspondence?

[metmom]

Probably never thought of doing it.

[mad_as_he$$]

Letters are so 20th century.

[Fester Chugabrew]

It would take a while, but rail to Ehenberg, AZ, to a container handling facility would eliminate trucks in CA. Obviously infrastructure on both ends would be necessary. There may even be a method to move rail and containers by way of built in conveyor as opposed to locomotives. Constant motion. Drop the container into the conduit and funnel it east.

[Ikeon]

You’re talking semantics. Either way, L.A./ California has declared its independence from the U.S. QQ why would the chicoms cut off their own supply chain/ port of entry into the US markets? Its costing them millions per day

[MtnClimber]

This assumes that they are not trying to cause a crisis.

[Alberta's Child]

This is not a trucking industry problem, and it’s not a marine terminal problem.

At its root, this is a container chassis problem. There simply isn’t enough chassis equipment at the ports for the drayage truckers to move the containers.