What if it Snows?

it was sent to me

 

I really like his pillows - just my opinion.

 

Good info for the one who have been waiting for the proper time to get in trucking.

 

Does the nation just need to poop?

Whats the right drink pre boom?

 

Remember to check your appointment calendar for scheduling conflicts.

 

Don't go. Let them feel good..

 

The ports in SoCal are Longshore unionized. The ports just need to tell the union they are ramping up and need more certified/trained people in the pool.

ILWU13

There is an issue with the port operators not wanting to hire more crane operators. I think partially because they view this as a short term bubble. There has been a slow increase in through put at the ports pre-covid. There is a bubble effect, but the crane operators have been in short supply for a while. The video you linked pointed out that the terminal that Maersk uses does not have enough crane operators. Those "businesses" that run the ports have been running too thin on workers for decades, they have been ratcheting up productivity but not the number of employees. That "business" needs to bite the bullet and get a crane operator or two trained and certified so they can operate the cranes in the port more hours. I don't care if they bring in some fresh meat to crane the loads from the lot to the trucks or rail and then promote a couple of the experienced small crane operators to the big cranes. That's their business decision, but they should have made it months ago. Heck with the profits the ship lines are raking in there should be no problem getting the freight lines to "sponsor" an apprenticeship or dozen.

I do not see ocean freight volumes ever going back to pre-covid levels. Volume may settle a bit from the peak but I think they will plateau then start a slow climb. Marketing people are going to push to fill all the boom in new warehousing that will continue being built over the next decade.

One of the bottle necks in LB/LA has been available acreage to stage/store containers on the dock. One of the reports I read recently said they opened up over 100 acres in the port for container storage. Which has helped a little with the anchorage fiasco that was relocated down to Baja. That and some of the shadier importers actually getting their junk off the port which has lessened container dwell time at the port.

The rail service out of LA/LB is run almost as an after thought. It needs to be the default. If I were the terminal operator, a freight line would have to give me a reason to not put it on a train. Something along the lines of pay me $100 per container per day to spot it in the yard for a truck to carry, or it goes out on a train. But I'm a bit of a tyrant when it comes to that kind of stuff. Comes from being a production/inventory person at a largish corporation in my past.

 

Ah... move your hand and quit fooling...
That ain't my hand and ain't fooling..