So looks like the administrations proposal to go 24x7 on the ports may not fix the issue. As much as everyone wants to blame the government for not fixing things. There isnt anything they can do. The free market needs to step up.
You can’t blame private-sector companies for this plan’s future letdown. Trade takes people and coordination among all the players within the supply chain. The ports and all of the stakeholders within these ports must be on the same page when it comes to a 24/7 operation.
The reason for this lack of 24/7 is because every facet of the supply chain must be participating in an equal fashion. Truckers are not going to work 24/7 if they can’t pick up containers at a warehouse that is closed. The flow of trade moves when everyone in that flow is working. The question is what can be done to change the behaviors of those in the supply chain to go to 24/7?
“We have not been approached,” confirmed a company spokesperson. “Ships are already operating 24/7 whenever possible. The challenge is to get containers off the terminal by truck and rail because the warehouses will not/cannot take deliveries on weekends. It is a lot about shippers’ inability to take delivery of their goods and infrastructure bottlenecks in the U.S.”
Right. It’s a supply CHAIN. And he chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
I still don’t understand why the government has to get involved, or even what it can really do. If some part of the chain doesn’t want to go 24x7, offer to pay more during the non-regular hours. (Which means the supply cost increases, yes. And that gets passed down the chain.) People want bigger pay. Overtime is a great way to get that money.
Question for our astute swabbies:
If the Panama Canal can not accommodate these container ship behemoths as someone previously posted, how long of a voyage is it from the Long Beach port area sailing around South America to the Gulf and Miami/ Lauderdale ports?
Seems to me these ships have been anchored for some time waiting for the California crime syndicates and their bull ■■■■■
Unloading times have gone from 3 days to 6 days. The ports in question can berth 64 ships, 80+ currently qeued.
For the ships that can fit the Panama Canal, it takes 7 days to reach Florida ports(they recently offered to take Cali ships). Then you have to factor in time when it comes to trucking, new contracts and logistical routes.
Don’t know how much it would be worth it for these companies waiting, I’m sure they have calculated the costs.
Exactly, people are trying to lay blame on Biden or California. But this is a free market issue. Companies need to do more to intice more workers.
Even if they shift to 24x7, new workers need to be hired to cover the new shifts created. They are already short on workers for the shifts they have, going 24x7 is just going to mean they will be short even more.
Not sure when it was written but They didn’t start enforcing it until 2020.
“Carriers domiciled in California with trucks older than 2011 model, or using engines manufactured before 2010, will need to meet the Board’s new Truck and Bus Regulation beginning in 2020 or their vehicles will be blocked from registration with the state’s DMV, the state has said.”
True but that is a big investment. In anouther article people are reluctant to buy the newer vehicles because the rules change again on 2035 and the new vehicles now won’t qualify then.
You know what I would like to see? Since the government can’t fix the current issue, I’d like them to address, and prepare for the future. We need more incentives for companies to do more manufacturing in the Americas.
More incentives to bring manufacturing to the US, Mexico, and Canada.
This is not true. The problem is not a shortage of trucks.
Drayage companies, which specialize in hauling cargo by truck from ports to local yards and distribution facilities, say the overnight system is burdensome. Truckers can only make an appointment to pick up a container if they are able to drop off a specific type of container and chassis during the same run. Getting everything to match up can be difficult, said Matt Schrap, chief executive of the Harbor Trucking Association
