Posted on 02/10/2022 9:11:55 AM PST by rktman
The Port of Long Beach is not yet at 24/7 operations, despite President Joe Biden’s promise in October that the crucial cargo facility would be shifting to a round-the-clock schedule to alleviate a backlog of cargo ships that is hurting supply chains.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero revealed in his annual “State of the Port” address on Wednesday that the port facility had not moved to a 24/7 schedule, though he commended Biden for helping start the “conversation”:
However, Breitbart News reported at the time, the plan struggled at the outset because there were not enough truckers and warehouse workers willing to work the overnight shift: “Analysts who have looked into the supply chain problem say it is not the hours of operation at the ports that is the major hold up. Instead, the constraints are shortages of truck drivers and warehouse employees. These were in short supply during regular hours and are extremely difficult to put in place for a 3 a.m. shift. And there is a shortage of truck chassis themselves.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Meanwhile, still no word on the status of the Ports America sale...
“he commended Biden for helping start the “conversation”
That is big institution bureaucrat-speak for “go away stupid—if we wanted your opinion we would have asked for it”.
Biden’s plan wasn’t supposed to move Long Beach’s port operations tp 24/7. It was meant to fool and placate the sheep. But that is what the people wanted. Enjoy. 2022 will be worse than 2021.
Well done.
Doesn’t matter. What mattered is that he said it and it was immediately broadcast by the media, which then dropped it entirely so the public would never find out that his “plan” failed.
LOL...nice!
A Leftist plan is just that. No, not to fix anything...
It’s there to stall until the people have forgotten about
the topic.
“Oh, Biden fixed that. Didn’t you know. LOL!” Yep, it’s
a talking point for other Leftists.
Don’t worry. After the Marines strafe some uppity truckers from helicopters, things’ll be rolling along again.
Take a look at their website. See who the clowns are that are running the place. A minister, a political hack, a longshoreman, a real estate agent, and an artist. And the job of the port is not to move freight but to spend taxpayers money.
None of it is going to help if there’s no trucks to move stuff. Note that they’re just now barely acknowledging that the trucks they need don’t exist, which means that the problem is actually far worse than they are letting on.
The REAL shipping experts said then that 24/7 operation was NOT possible. But of course, the media only listened to the regime propagandists.
All the trucks are idling in Canada!
Joking aside, no. CA laws restrict the kind, type and specification of trucks that can enter their port districts. They are insanely regulated to the point where they are a tiny minority of truck production and at this point no older trucks are grandfathered in. The regs also mean that you have to be a company of significant size to be cleared to operate in the port - independents and small businesses need not apply.
The industry’s reaction has been “screw that, we can make money elsewhere.” CA won’t waive their port regulations. No point in prohibited trucks and truckers going there, so there’s no solution.
I stopped at “Biden’s Plan”. Too ridiculous for words.
FAIL. FAIL. FAIL
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