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Economy
Cargo ship bottleneck off LA coast is STILL at all-time high - with nearly 100 ships waiting to berth - despite port officials claiming number had HALVED
2021-12-07
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • The number of ships docked off the California coast is still at an all-time high - contradicting claims from officials the number has dwindled in recent weeks

  • On Tuesday, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka announced there were 46 boats stationed off the shores of Long Beach and Los Angeles

  • However, according to data provided by ship-tracking outfit MarineTraffic, there are currently 96 cargo ships docked near the two popular ports

  • The inconsistency in the number of ships stems from a new policy recently employed by shipping trade groups

  • The new policy encourages boats traversing the Pacific, often hailing from Asia, to sit 150 miles offshore as they wait to unload their precious cargo

  • Some ships have been waiting to berth since October, amid the US' continuing supply chain crisis

  • The policy, put into effect of November 16, encourages incoming vessels to wait out in the open ocean amid the traffic jams - rather than at the backed-up ports
Related:
Port of Los Angeles: 2021-10-28 The Insanity Accelerates
Port of Los Angeles: 2021-10-15 The California Version of The Green New Deal and an October 16, 2020, EPA Settlement With Transportation is What's Creating The Container Shipping Backlog – Working CA Ports 24/7 Will Not Help, Here's Why
Port of Los Angeles: 2021-09-26 Two dozen ships anchor off coast of New York waiting to dock in the country's second-largest port - adding to US supply chain crunch which has forced FedEx to reroute 600k packages a day
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Hmmmm, I wonder if Executive Director Gene Seroka is affected with exotropia.
That might be the reason for his low numbers; that is he sees only 1/2 of the picture...

Posted by: Injun Squank6759   2021-12-07 14:17  

#6  Classic democrat technique, lie by using partial truth or modified standards. Change the definition of something and poof, problem solved. Eventually the mess is exposed, but often after the guilty have moved onward and upward and you find a way to obfuscate and blame the other side.

My favorite Command-Economy disaster story comes from being the senior escort officer to the visiting Lieutenant General in Command of the newly created Ukrainian Air Force. During a cocktail hour he shared that he was a Bear Bomber Regimental Commander in the former Soviet Air Force. Careers were dependent on strict metrics dictated from above, so tracking of things was very centralized and monitored. So when operational readiness rates fell below 70 percent for the aircraft, heads would start to roll. So they falsified flight hours, but the system forecast parts and fuel consumption rates, and so parts and railroad tanker cars of jet fuel were sent to match the reported flight hour numbers. The parts were hidden all over the area, but the fuel was a problem, so they just opened the valves and let it pour into the ground under the railroad. Problem solved, until a smoker a few months in, stopped by the lake about 1/2 mile away to smoke and threw the match in to the lake, and the fire started. Apparently it burned for days and everyone was mystified...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-12-07 12:36  

#5  "We have divided the backlog by 1/2."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-12-07 12:08  

#4  ^ Only if you behave, peasant. We'll see what your Social Credit Score looks like then.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-07 11:33  

#3  Windows I ordered in June MAY be delivered in Jan/22.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-07 09:00  

#2  But inflation's only temporary. Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen told us so.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-07 07:40  

#1  

Looking at Vesselfinder a Global Ship tracking site.

What is seen:
Port of San Francisco is located in United States (USA) at 37.8119N, 122.4034W. 41 vessels have arrived within the past 24 hours and 7 ships are expected to arrive in the next 30 days.

Port of San Diego is located in United States (USA) at 32.6734N, 117.224W. 16 vessels have arrived within the past 24 hours and 5 ships are expected to arrive in the next 30 days.

Port of Portland, Oregon is located in United States (USA) at 45.5731N, 122.7024W. 24 vessels have arrived within the past 24 hours and 9 ships are expected to arrive in the next 30 days.

How Long does it take to unload and leave for the next container ship?
Here is a 1st hand Ship hands answer
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-12-07 07:34  

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