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.
I have been buying local with success. Local potters, a local candy maker, local handknits, restaurants gift certificates, local winery, local brewery growlers,local jeweler, there is a regional weavers local winery, and local coffee roasters.
We actually have local knifemakers, and of course local artists.
It takes a bit and is harder than Amazon but it is worth it.
Texas and Florida ports are not reporting a problem and they are getting huge increases in the shipping that was re routed.
This is caused by the ComDem Dictators in control. Intentional chaos.
California outlawed independent contractors that included all the owner operators that are container drayers.
A fantastic way to become self employed in a very good business is to buy a tractor and then as an independent contractor, hire out to a container drayage company and haul containers from port to destination.
Ironically, many of these independent contractors are black. They are black businesses that the state snuffed out. They are out of work with a huge mortgage on their truck and no income to make the payments.
Marxism is real, alive4, and well in California.
California is a plague on America
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While all you’ve typed here is true; it doesn’t change the fact that we’ve got way more STUFF than we NEED.
(Clutch might agree #49)
All Deep State wants for Christmas is our submission.
Here’s hoping its very disappointed
Versus an extra two weeks or so to reroute a ship to an east coast port via the Panama Canal. . . .
Wouldn't that be a great way to celebrate Christmas Day?
Panama Canal traffic is already maxed out.
Port of Oakland cargo volume off; blame vessel bypass
Forty-three percent fewer ships called last month due to delays elsewhere
Press Releases, Seaport, Community
November 29th, 2021
Oakland, Calif., Nov. 29,
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.
Versus an extra two weeks or so to reroute a ship to an east coast port via the Panama Canal. . . .
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This is like crapping in a toilet that has already been plugged. California rightfully is the plugged up toilet full of shit. Toilet needs a good plunger job by Joe the plumber.
There’s truth to both sides of this and...the opportunty is to sell all the used stuff you no longer need.
With the Mercantile (XMAS) season and Barry’s downhome favorite “TurkeyDay” around the corner, perhaps putting a few items out there might just move it along...
PLUS if you act quickly you may even forgo reporting the $600 capital gains!
One time my dishwasher broke and I ordered a new pump assembly waited a week for it to show up installed it and I think the total time between break down and powering it back was around two weeks.
A few weeks later I happen to be in my big box home repair store and I sauntered over to the dishwashers to see how much my dushwasher sells for new.
The dishwasher closet to the model I proudly and successfully repaired cost the same amount of money as the part that I purchased, minus the shipping time and install time.
Now it’s RTF.
See how the communo-fascists assume power over the private sector?
The reason it’s messed up is precisely because of government doing things.
Create the problem, then manipulate it. Never, ever, ever solve the problem.
My step dad worked seasonal so during the winter he drew unemployment. Christmas was always really lean at our house…. besides the food. We always had plenty of food at Thanksgiving and Christmas. These kids now wouldn’t know what to do if they were told……you have $10 so tell us what you want for Christmas. That was every Christmas when I was young.
How are they replenishing those crews on the ships with food & water???
“Ironically, many of these independent contractors are black. They are black businesses that the state snuffed out. They are out of work with a huge mortgage on their truck and no income to make the payments.”
Jessee? Al? Shirley? Maxine?
Crickets... during a time when, it really would mean a lot.
Chandlers
And I imagine those Chandler services are humping and a bumping and probably providing a lot more than just expendables. Cash cow and all that.
It really depends just how gawdy you want your XMAS to be.
And the age group you’re buying for.
One poster suggested purchasing items from local craftsmen and that would work for a lot of age groups but there is a some groups that it wouldn’t work for.
Let’s all write our congressman and senators and tell them about the California laws that have stripped independent truckers from going into these port areas with their tractors and pulling cargo containers to other destinations.
The private sector independent truckers out there have been totally screwed over by the California government, and ironically a great number of those truckers are minority owned independents, with leases and loans on their trucks and all the peripherals surrounding that businesses (hint: it’s a helluva lot more in depth than a truck and cb radio).
Maybe we’ll go back to Monkey sock dolls soon.
I think this is kind of adventurous for modern-day XMAS in America.
I think a true test of our resolve would be how we get through XMAS without raising a fuss like a 2 year old at Walmart who really doesn’t want to be there.
Self induced misery! Run by Communists.
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