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.
If anyone is looking for Christmas in a chinese shipping container, they’re looking in the wrong place.
There are 7000+ Chassis spread out in the Midwest and East waiting to be hauled back to LA & Long Beach.
It will take months to find drivers to haul these chassis back - or haul them back on RR Flat cars.
Memo to clueless Joe - the Supply Chain ain’t fixed.
I’m about to run a couple of batches of cowboy candy for Christmas presents too. I’ll have to buy the jalapenos, though; we didn’t grow as many as usual this year. Might give a few jars of pickled serranos to people who will appreciate them.
From what I heard the problem is a lot of retailers went out of business and failed to pick up the merchandise they ordered. Also, exports from the US has almost stopped meaning the goods are coming in, but nothing comes out and the containers remain in the US in great numbers producing severe shortage and ruining the supply line Worldwide.
The Chinese are so short on shipping containers that they even refuse bulk shipments from Russia, demanding most of everything containerized to replenish shortage.
The more cost and delays of junk from China the better off the nation will be.
Yep. They want us to be like Venezuela.
Maybe we need to be like 1989 Romania.
OMG, what a great person you are.
You remind me of the Little House on the Prairie... only in real life.
How sweet it is to find someone who actually does that..
Merry and Blessed Christmas to you and yours.
Or 1945 Italy.
Didn’t Christmas have some sort of religious connotation at one time? I may have to look it up.
“I have not purchased Christmas presents for years”
I appreciate your efforts.
I am an artist. You are an artist. We left-brainers are not normally conservative. It’s nice to see another conservative artist/artisan.
agreed. Christmas doesn’t come in a shipping container.
I appreciate Zubu Brothers’ messages. But Biden has failed to fix so much, this is redundant news.
! would be surprised if the Biden administration was successful in anything.
Waited for 3 weeks for a mower part. Neighbor waiting for a month for a turbo for the truck he makes his living with. Farm behind me couldn’t find bailer twine this summer and he tells me forget about parts. There is more to this than just stuff.
We are waiting on back ordered heating parts. In a week it will be two months. It is not just Christmas items. Every week more things missing from the grocery, sometimes they’re replaced in store, often not completely. It is not good. Just imagine if we have a horrendous natural disaster or a war on top of whatever it causing these shortages.
We ALL have too much STUFF as it is!
Wow, I stand corrected. Many thanks.
Thanks for educating me. I understand better now.
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