Posted on 09/28/2024 10:30:51 AM PDT by thegagline
My business is already down, this could easily ruin what is already going to be a mediocre 4th quarter.
If our masters hadn’t moved all of our mfg offshore, a strike like this would be a lot less traumatic.
Hey, there’s more than one path to stagflation in this world ya know...
JMO, YMMV
And anyone Biden appoints to handle this problem will only make it worse.
It could be Harris. Or Buttigieg. Or that bird from Sesame Street.
There's not a SINGLE west coast US port? No Long Beach, San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland or Seattle?
The FIRST US port on the list is at #55?
Yet the USA is still the world's largest economy by far...
Largest economies in the world by GDP (nominal) in 2024 according to International Monetary Fund estimates
Sound like an act of war.
Yes, I was surprised as well, as I had this (perhaps wrong?) idea that Long Beach and Oakland were the major dropoff points for the massive amount of crap arriving from China. Huh...
* and Port of Los Angeles
I would not be surprised if the biden-obama administration decides that the best solution would be to postpone the presidential election for a couple of years... /s
The rankings are a measure of efficiency, not volume. The ports overseas are more automated, something the ILA is fighting against.
As consumers, who cares about efficiency? A chart of volume would be more relevant and meaningful.
Obviously the ILU doesn’t want more automation.
Right after the ILA (Longshoremens’) strike Monday at 12 midnight, the Teamsters trucking will also strike, crippling gas stations, grocery stores, pharmacies etc etc etc.
Be ready for it — STOCK-UP TODAY!
China owns most of the major docks in the U.S. wonder if Asian men seen entering them?.
Boston, for example, is barely even a port. And the Port of NY/NJ is much higher on the list — probably #1 or #2 in the U.S. — by volume.
Toilet Paper, Paper Towels and Maren Morris toilet edition Ukeleles are going to be hard to come by.
Charleston is 53.
Here’s a metric including LA by TEU volume..
“The Port of Los Angeles, for example, is the 17th busiest globally, handling about 10.7 million TEUs. In contrast, the Port of Shanghai, the world’s busiest, handled over 47 million TEUs in 2022.”
I recall Charleston SC being #53. This was briefly discussed in this week’s CAVAS Ships podcast
The HECK like I’m going to any grocery with this type of stuff getting out and people going ape. Stupid knows no bounds and I’m not going to insert myself in the middle of it.
During the COVID craziness I was in Walmart shopping for my parents, picking up a few things. I headed for the checkout and some guy with his kids and wife was there. He was acting all spooky and cookey and the moment I walked up he spun around and he had his hand on that pistol ready to unholster it.
Little ol me with a cart just a bit full of stuff for my mom and dad. Yeah, that’s right, BIG threat there. Do you know what I did? I left that cart right there and walked to the garden area out back and left the store before maybe I didn’t leave there at all. Not doing that again.
We’ve got some staples and frozen pizzas and stuff to get us through and if we just eat beans and rice and soup, etc for a while then that’s what we’ll eat.
I’m disabled, so is my husband for other reasons and may just have diabetes (don’t know yet, has symptoms). He’s up for a physical Tuesday.
Another thing might run out of is my prescription meds. Well, my doctor is most decidedly out of town so go fish as far as getting extra on anything beforehand.
So if I run out, I go Home to be with The Lord Jesus. And pretty doggone quick.
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