The Containers at the Port

[D2Cat]

Just look at the volume of ships and containers on them.

 

[Bigfoot]

He never offered a solution, or a reason for the problem. What is the real reason?

 

[jltrent]

We may not have a Christmas unless they can get that plastic junk to its destination on time.

 

[Ebenezer]

Christmas without a chia pet is like a day without sunshine. "Ch-ch-ch-chia!"

 

[D2Cat]

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

That mess is a 75-100 miles away from me, boat ramp to get there is 3 miles away.

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[D2Cat]

I tried to find the post where you mention the accident, but didn't. I thought it was the one you mentioned. Interesting!

 

[Allenw]

The problem is getting trucks to haul out of California, truck has to be ten years old or less, the driver vaccinated and willing to go to California. I don't know exactly how much that lowers the pool of available trucks.

 

[Dave]

I don't know the port capacity difference between California and the Washington/Oregon ports. But I can tell you that I am about 4 miles or so from a main east/west rail line. There is a pretty steady flow of trains with double stacked containers going past here. A train that is two miles long with double stacked containers. How many trucks would it take to haul all that? I see very few truck hauled containers on the freeway. I believe the truck hauled ones are just for local delivery. One day this last week I saw three trains go by in about 2 hours. All 3 headed west so I assume they were empty containers head back to China.