Keegan99 said:

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Ag87H2O said:

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Read somewhere that another reason there aren't enough trucks to haul the containers is due to California emmission rules that require 4 year old or newer model trucks that meet current emmission standards.

Waive the standards and let the truckers that want to work do what they do.

This is what happens when you have people that have never run a business, have no idea how to make business work, and hate capitalism in general run the show.

Give Democrats control for long enough and they will create a self induced cluster every single time.

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That's contributing to the problem - the overall shortage of chassis (trucks) that can move goods.

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Well that's not rocket science. Empty containers can easily be moved with a one ton pickup truck and a 40 foot gooseneck trailer. Ask me how I know.

3 hour tour you say?

Ukraine Gas Expert said:

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Read the Goal. Great book on supply chains and bottlenecks in general. The fact that they are just now thinking of this tells me they are doing this on purpose. They don't care as it's another way to inflict pain.

Also contradicts mayor butts theory that it's because America is prosperous and demanding more goods. We have idiots in charge everywhere.

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Ha. I was about to post this. It was required reading in business school when I went. One of the more informative books I read and really enjoyed it.

This problem is easy to solve if Biden would cut all the red tape at least temporarily and let operational process experts fix it. Trump would have already done this months ago.

The only reason we are still living this is massive incompetence on a level never before seen or it's on purpose.

A description of the problem that even Joe Biden would understand.

Start with a funnel and then stuff cotton into the stem, add water and see what happens.

Somebody paid attention when Dr. Tony taught about "Herbie" when teaching The Goal.

Too bad Transpo Sec couldn't get through the easy read while on maternity leave.

I seriously don't understand why it took this long for someone to call out and walk through the obvious here. We have umpteen supply chain SME's in this country that could have solved this months ago.

And then one guy on Twitter finally walks through this classic bottleneck scenario and we see results the same day. Just amazing.

Mayor Pete needs to hurry and get over his emergency C-section and show up for work.

Mayor Pete is a marxist.

Putting the obvious marxist slant of the Democrats in charge aside...even if they weren't trying to sabotage everything we would still be in this mess because none of them have real world experience nor an understanding of math, economics, and critical thinking.

So, it's a double whammy of Cloward Piven and incompetence. A lose-lose situation for America.

Meanwhile, Buttigieg is trying to figure out how to lactate.

GeeBee said:

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Meanwhile, Buttigieg is trying to figure out how to lactate.

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Where is the Gay Caballero Transportation Secretary?

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Leadership is the missing ingredient

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Where is the Gay Caballero Transportation Secretary?

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OMG!!!!

There's been a massive chassis shortage for 4+ years. That's not a COVID thing. Ed Emmitt used to talk about it constantly when talking about the Port of Houston.

And having the RR suddenly just stop hauling everything else and dedicate to this? With what power and resources? Engine power for RR is already hard to come by. That's only looking to create a problem with RR freight.

I understand they're trying to fix this, but they should have started early last year. What they're proposing isn't enough and it's almost 2 years too late.

I don't know who that Twitter guy is, but is there an online petition to make him new Secretary of Transportation? I'll sign that.

chris1515 said:

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I don't know who that Twitter guy is, but is there an online petition to make him new Secretary of Transportation? I'll sign that.

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He's the CEO of Flexport so he's legit. However, I'm not sure why he hasn't spoken up before now.

Tree Hugger said:

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Son has anyone seen any empty shelves like the MSM is talking about?

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I was at HEB yesterday and there were plenty of empty spaces on shelves.

I didn't notice anything that was completely wiped out; for example, the toothpaste section had some brands, but there was probably about 1/4 the amount of product that is usually there, with a lot of shelf gaps. So maybe you don't get your brand, but you could still get toothpaste.

It's just weird to see all over the store.

Tree Hugger said:

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Son has anyone seen any empty shelves like the MSM is talking about?.

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Yes. Yesterday I went to Sam's in College Station and there are NUMEROUS whole sections that are completely empty. I haven't seen that since the early days of panic buying in the pandemic.

And my son ordered a small plush toy from China back at the start of September. I got an email to track it's shipment. The last update was October 2nd….when it reached the port at Long Beach. It's been sitting there for three weeks.

Kenneth_2003 said:

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Good lord "Twitter media" is insufferable reading

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No kidding. I'm still not sure I understand the problem and I don't exactly suffer from low reading comprehension. Maybe a little internet forum ADD...

Should be very cheap. Drive down bayport and look at the yard of empties.

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Kenneth_2003 said:

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Good lord "Twitter media" is insufferable reading

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No kidding. I'm still not sure I understand the problem and I don't exactly suffer from low reading comprehension. Maybe a little internet forum ADD...

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Readings through stuff on Twitter is a nightmare. Half the time I can't tell which comment came first which is why many people have to number their comments so you know how to read things in order. If you have to do that, then that is your first clue that your platform is not designed for the use case people are trying to force on it.

Having said that, this guys explanation made sense to me but I'm also familiar with the industry.

Congress should do its job and fix this issue under the Interstate Commerce Clause. That's what it's there for. Republicans should be filing bills to suspend California's emissions laws for a few months (if not permanently), so truckers can get in and start moving containers.

Hawg, Am I wrong?

MouthBQ98 said:

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Any heavy loader with forks can handle empty containers. They can stack them 2 high manually at an empty lot. A very large forklift or telehandler can move light or empty containers and stack them maybe 3 high, maybe 4.

They could fill up temp lots easily with a basic spreadsheet/gps logging and grid layout to clear the jam, and optimize the carriers for unloading.

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You are correct. California only allowed them to stack two high for whatever reason. Newsome just backed off that last week and is allowing 3, and 4 with special circumstances. It's a cluster. Also, the ship owners are not taking empties back to China because they can't make any money doing that with the high fuel costs....so that's another issue that is causing the pileup.

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Congress should do its job and fix this issue under the Interstate Commerce Clause. That's what it's there for. Republicans should be filing bills to suspend California's emissions laws for a few months (if not permanently), so truckers can get in and start moving containers.

Hawg, Am I wrong?

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No you are not wrong. Commerce Clause was written for those instance.

HATE< HATE the way the Commerce Clause has been abused in the past.

But this situation is very applicable. One state doesn't get to interrupt commerce in all of the rest of the states.

TheCougarHunter said:

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Too bad we can't just make the stuff here.

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Who would make it?

Our Socialist experiments of the last couple of years are showing us the true value of Socialism -- that is, that it has no value at all.