[cyclotic]

I forgot the whole point of my post. Just after I finished the article, a guy sat next to me at the hotel breakfast area. He’s a trucker and was saying everything the article did, without me asking.

[Jumper]

Well at the rate of distribution, someone is making a tidy profit on products purchased/delivered to port 6-months ago once they hit the stores. Of course it is not the small business or individuals who buy small amounts, but the Walmart sized corporations can profit on delay to some extend.

That article is well written. Corruption in road repairs at the local level are a big problem in North Carolina, where the same outfit fixes the same asphalt every two years in places that don’t freeze. They literally rehash two inches and it is beat by end of summer.

[Vigilanteman]

Trucks must now wait half a day or longer to make every container pickup and delivery. This inefficiency causes the system to need two, three, even four times as many drivers as it should, through no fault of their own.

Working in supply chain, I must add that the problem is further intensified by the ports blocking pickup to all but certain unionized truckers. I'm not sure of the percentage of truck drivers that belong to unions but heard is is around 15%. Is this correct?