Posted on 12/04/2021 3:15:10 PM PST by blam
President Biden told Americans that the supply chain is in “very strong shape” ahead of Christmas. Speaking from the White House Wednesday, Biden said his administration has partnered with the private sector to “ensure the store shelves are stocked.” But new shipping data shows snarled supply chains are worsening, and it could take months to untangle them.
New shipping data from the busiest U.S. port complex, Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, shows 96 container ships idled offshore, waiting to unload cargo.
FreightWaves’ Greg Miller described a new queuing system for vessels as pure optics, which reduces the number of ships offshore of Los Angeles/Long Beach. He said ships are being placed in holding patterns further out into the ocean where they’re out of sight and out of mind — to prevent attention-grabbing aerial imagery of container ship logjams.
The new queuing system has divided vessels into a couple of categories: 40 ships anchored within 40 miles of the ports and 56 outside that perimeter. With the line continuing to get longer at the U.S.’ largest containerized ports, the Biden miracle to save Christmas appears to be failing.
What’s also worsening are wait times. It now takes 21 days, or three weeks, for a vessel to enter the twin ports, that’s up from seven in August.
Biden’s effort to reduce dwell times is not working, even after he announced a new directive for the twin ports in mid-October to operate on a 24/7 basis. We noted at the time, in a piece titled “Here’s The Truth Behind Biden’s 24/7 Port Operations Pledge,” that the move would not save Christmas.
There’s even more confirmation that disputes the president’s claim supply chains are easing. FreightWaves’ Clarissa Hawes said, “we are drowning on the landside by long lines and staffing issues at the terminals.” She said a flawed appointment system and other efficiency issues for drayage truckers continue to plague the twin ports.
Biden’s attempt to save Christmas appears to be failing. There’s still time to call in the National Guard. At least now the administration can blame the new Omicron COVID-19 variant on why some store shelves are still bare.
Ship all the spoiled food to the white house
Yeah, I'm sure that's it.
Can I “save Christmas” at least for me and mine by buying American?
Good luck finding anything made in America.
Plenty in the way of cakes and pies, actually.
President Biden told Americans that the supply chain is in “very strong shape” ahead of Christmas.
This is the great thing about best by a democrat, you an just say whatever you want to say and nobody checks it.
He hasn’t attempted to save anything. They are trying to inflict as much damage to this country and Americans as possible. They want us poor and suffering.
Plenty of people are checking....just no one reporting (for the most part).
With close to 100 container ships stalled offshore, Long Beach is beginning to look like Normandy before we came ashore
Amazing when the economy was booming there were no problems.
Democrats destroy everything they touch.
Well, it really is an appointment problem. Joey B. should have never been appointed!
Would be productive to make a chart with unload times or number of waiting ships.
Graph it by week going back 10 years.
And see the numbers spike up under Brandon .
I have not purchased Christmas presents for years; I only give what I can make. So baking, canned jams (or my very famous and in demand Cowboy Candy), knitting, candle-making, herbal tea tins, and jewelry. Of course, the bead shops are running low on gemstones this year (China and Southeast Asia), so I’m even considering small wood craft projects this year instead… wine boxes, storage crates that double as foodie gift baskets, etc. But I have not run out of beads yet.
I must be missing something here.
I just want to see my family, feed them, visit for a few hours, and love life. Why all this angst about not having things?
We are so spoiled. And, my take is many of y’all feel the same way, but the ‘system/media’ is driving this message.
IMO
The Biden i.e. the committee that rules the nation did not attempt to save Christmas. The Biden attempted to be seen as attempting to save Christmas.
I flew over it a couple weeks ago, it hasn’t got any better, and it won’t.
Biden likes his boat parade.
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