California Port’s 24-Hour Operation Is Going Unused

Discussion in 'Intermodal Trucking Forum' started by autopaint, Oct 5, 2021.

  1. ProfessionalNoticer

    ProfessionalNoticer Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2021
    Messages:
    2,941
    Thanks Received:
    7,854
    0
    All that cheap crap has made a Communist country a superpower that now has complete control of all our healing medications like antibiotics. They also send trojan horse containers here by thousands a week that never get screened. ANYTHING can be inside one of those metal boxes. China can take us over without ever firing a shot.
     
    drvrtech77, Speed_Drums and JC1971 Thank this.
  2. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jul 29, 2013
    Messages:
    2,657
    Thanks Received:
    9,649
    Location:
    L.A.
    0
    With 100 ships off the coast of L.A., there could be hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers inside just waiting for the right time.
     
    Opus, ProfessionalNoticer and FLHT Thank this.
  3. ProfessionalNoticer

    ProfessionalNoticer Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2021
    Messages:
    2,941
    Thanks Received:
    7,854
    0
    Ha! I was thinking more like a deadly pathogen, virus or bombs. But anything is possible since the Feds do absolutely nothing to screen incoming containers.
     
  4. Mr Uturn

    Mr Uturn Light Load Member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2021
    Messages:
    178
    Thanks Received:
    216
    0
  5. Mr Uturn

    Mr Uturn Light Load Member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2021
    Messages:
    178
    Thanks Received:
    216
    0
    Sure all so you can get a Gi Joe with the kung foo grip in time for xmas. I love how civilians (most who never served) always think the military is the answer.
     
  6. Mr Uturn

    Mr Uturn Light Load Member

    Joined:
    Jul 30, 2021
    Messages:
    178
    Thanks Received:
    216
    0
    I saw the interview and footage on the pbd news hour. Thier are containers just sitting there empty stacked for miles. Problem is they are owned or leased by somebody. They cannot just be moved, unless the company who owns or leased them say they can.
     
  7. Capacity

    Capacity Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2019
    Messages:
    1,499
    Thanks Received:
    3,116
    Location:
    Neenah Wi
    0
    Were is the bunkhouse and chow haul for the drivers.
    Hell Afghans here in Wisconsin get dental , medical and a private room at Ft Mcoy , and soon they will receive a 450k check.
     
    ProfessionalNoticer Thanks this.
  8. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2020
    Messages:
    7,729
    Thanks Received:
    38,304
    Location:
    GOAT watching
    0
    Obviously you don't watch the news. It was shown that it only takes 5 more days to get to FL from California. The ships are sitting out there for almost a month. Do the math.
     
  9. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 2014
    Messages:
    13,172
    Thanks Received:
    60,495
    Location:
    California.
    0
    The math is easy. It's "follow the money". It would cost a fortune to move the ship from L.A. to Florida. Pilotage in and out, tugs, port costs, and the usual expenses just to run the ship. Have you seen what the rates are to use the Panama Canal?
    Once you get the ship to Florida, with all those containers that were scheduled for west coast ports, they'll have to be shipped back either by truck or by rail. Either way, the cost per container goes sky high. I don't imagine the shippers want to pay the extra costs and the receivers don't either.
    L.A. has always been a bottle neck, especially pre holidays. The port of Oakland has room but the ships won't even go that far unless they see money on the table.
     
  10. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2020
    Messages:
    7,729
    Thanks Received:
    38,304
    Location:
    GOAT watching
    0
    you mean like the $17k per container that used to be $2500? They are already paying it.