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Dozens of cargo ships stuck waiting off New York's coast amid port staff shortages and surging demand for goods
https://www.msn.com Business Insider ^ | 9/26/2021 | Zahra Tayeb

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 ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: beltandroad; ccp; china; containerships; covidstooges; freight; kathyhochul; labor; newyork; ny; policestate; prison; shipping; supplychain; trade
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To: Newbomb Turk

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.


21 posted on 09/26/2021 3:45:51 PM PDT by rellic
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To: RomanSoldier19
Remember, once you're inside, you're on your own

"You mean I can't count on any help from you?"

"No."

"Good."

22 posted on 09/26/2021 3:47:36 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

We are not going to be able to fuel our cars this summer because there aren’t enough tanker drivers!


23 posted on 09/26/2021 3:49:53 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Tell cnn the crews were using whips.


24 posted on 09/26/2021 3:52:11 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

summer just ended...

it’s now officially fall...


25 posted on 09/26/2021 3:53:45 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: RomanSoldier19

FReepers who want to read the original article without taking a trip through msnland, and all that implies, can find it here:

https://www.businessinsider.com/cargo-ships-stuck-coast-new-york-shipping-delays-labor-shortage-2021-9


26 posted on 09/26/2021 3:54:42 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-6)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
When I was growing up in New Jersey our neighbor was a member of the Stevedores Union. So much of the work they used to do was automated that he only had to go into work a couple of days per year. But, that said, their contract was so strong that as long as the company was in business they had to pay him. So he sat on a lawn chair in his front yard and drank a case of Budweiser quart bottles a day. That was 50 years ago. One would think it would be even more automated nowadays so how much staff would they need?

First, why was your neighbor hired? Neat ditty, just the same.

27 posted on 09/26/2021 3:56:25 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: RomanSoldier19

What are e the odds a president Trumped would let these ships just languish out there sucking down the economy?


28 posted on 09/26/2021 4:01:15 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Bet the order I placed in July is on one of those


29 posted on 09/26/2021 4:01:23 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Fester Chugabrew

30 posted on 09/26/2021 4:02:57 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: TalBlack

We would not be in 90% of these messes if he were president


31 posted on 09/26/2021 4:03:21 PM PDT by madison10
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To: RomanSoldier19

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


32 posted on 09/26/2021 4:04:36 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ifinnegan

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


33 posted on 09/26/2021 4:05:49 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RomanSoldier19

“You will own nothing and you will be happy!”


34 posted on 09/26/2021 4:07:40 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill


35 posted on 09/26/2021 4:10:39 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: gloryblaze
First, why was your neighbor hired?

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.

36 posted on 09/26/2021 4:17:41 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Prince of Space

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.


37 posted on 09/26/2021 4:19:45 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I believe the west coast is messed up, too.


38 posted on 09/26/2021 4:20:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Got it! I suppose there is some of that going on now, too.


39 posted on 09/26/2021 4:22:46 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Loading and unloading is a big deal and all calculated out. It’s not like you can just grab a container and run.


40 posted on 09/26/2021 4:23:20 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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