Posted on 09/26/2021 3:06:02 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Around 24 cargo ships and oil tankers are stuck waiting to dock off the coast of Long Island, New York, due to a surge in demand for consumer goods and short-staffed ports.
MarineTraffic, the global ship tracking site, showed ships gathered a few miles off the coastline that stretches from Long Beach in the west to Lido Beach and Jones Beach Island in the east, The Daily Mail reported.
The ships appeared to have been stuck in place since at least Saturday evening, the outlet added.
Pandemic-induced shopping sprees ahead of the holiday season, coupled with a national labor shortage, are thought to be the main cause.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Seattle for the most part is and I think Los Angeles is also, set up to directly go to trains. Some ports have automated port trucking to the train so no operators needed.
Long shoremen and their $150,000+ per year salaries are going to be a thing of the past soon.
Full disclosure; I have been a member of ILWU and AFL-CIO.
"You mean I can't count on any help from you?"
"No."
"Good."
We are not going to be able to fuel our cars this summer because there aren’t enough tanker drivers!
Tell cnn the crews were using whips.
summer just ended...
it’s now officially fall...
FReepers who want to read the original article without taking a trip through msnland, and all that implies, can find it here:
First, why was your neighbor hired? Neat ditty, just the same.
What are e the odds a president Trumped would let these ships just languish out there sucking down the economy?
Bet the order I placed in July is on one of those
We would not be in 90% of these messes if he were president
Cant get a refrigerator..cant get a range, cant get a dishwasher..people are buying the floor models for 1000 bucks over asking price just so they can have one on the spot. Thanks Dementia Joe, thanks for nothing douche bag
Sure is..its real bad here..my sister/hubby bought a house in June so they are remodeling it from top to bottom, they had to buy the appliances months in advance just so they might MAYBE get one..people are buying floor models, dents and all, just so they can get the item on the spot
“You will own nothing and you will be happy!”
He was probably hired in the late 1940s or early 1950s when it was a backbreaking job in nasty conditions. Remember On The Waterfront? That would have been him. He obviously had a lot of seniority by the time I knew him and the way labor contracts and unions worked in New York it probably made good business sense to pay him rather than deal with the unions and politicians. One of his sons was my age and he said there was no way his father would even let him go down there much less get a job, so he probably had his fair share of nasty business before they decided to pay him off.
It’s not a labor shortage
It’s a pay shortage
Hiring bonuses don’t work when they are paid out over 2 or 3 years.
I believe the west coast is messed up, too.
Got it! I suppose there is some of that going on now, too.
Loading and unloading is a big deal and all calculated out. It’s not like you can just grab a container and run.
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