California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies

Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by R0b0t1 on Friday November 26, 2021 @07:25PM (#29355818)

There was a substack/medium post from a trucker I read that said this is unlikely to get better. The ports get to charge priority and demurrage fees when they're backed up and consequently may not have any reason to clear blockages. The issue is generally with the ports.

It would take either another port opening, or logistics companies suing the ports to force them to hire more workers.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by lightrail123 on Saturday November 27, 2021 @02:21AM (#29358272)

From what I understand, the bottleneck isn't the port, it's that there isn't enough capacity to remove goods from the port at the moment.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by R0b0t1 on Sunday November 28, 2021 @01:07AM (#29366604)

There's trucks backed up at the ports, waiting their turn. Part of it is old design and part of it is a lack of need to actually speed things up to still make money as the port authority.

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