Transportation Secretary

Bullseye_Gotcha · October 18, 2021, 07:42 AM

Supply chain issues and this dingleberry says it is because of Biden's economic recovery being on such a roll?

Supplychaindive.com wrote an article back December of 2019 that basically predicted this fiasco when California passed the AB5 bill into law.

The administration can spin this anyway they want but the true culprit again is California regulation and big labor unions.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/trucking-uncertainty-californias-ab5/569353/">https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/tr ... b5/569353/">https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/trucking-uncertainty-californias-ab5/569353/

mayday · October 18, 2021, 07:48 AM

Why can't we use a port in Mexico? Easiest route to the US.

gcode · October 18, 2021, 08:19 AM

Quote from: Bullseye_Gotcha post_id=17317 time=1634568150 user_id=214Supply chain issues and this dingleberry says it is because of Biden's economic recovery being on such a roll?

Supplychaindive.com wrote an article back December of 2019 that basically predicted this fiasco when California passed the AB5 bill into law.

The administration can spin this anyway they want but the true culprit again is California regulation and big labor unions.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/trucking-uncertainty-californias-ab5/569353/">https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/tr ... b5/569353/">https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/trucking-uncertainty-californias-ab5/569353/

yup... AB5 wiped out hundreds of thousands of owner/operator truck drivers.
another issue is Cali's green laws.. most of the trucks on the road need new smog compliant engines
which cost way more than your average owner operator can afford.
This mandate has driven a lot of trucking companies out of business or out of state as well.

Even if you can afford a new engine, demand far outstrips supply.
I'm guess most owner/operators left the state, found a new line of work or spent the last 2 years laying around
the house living on Biden Bucks.

On the flip side, the state was spending millions helping farmers get new smog compliant equipment.
The state was paying 60 to 80% of the cost of new farm equipment.
The catch??
You had to destroy one old piece of equipment to get the $$$ for a new one.
By destroy, I mean cut the engine block and transmission to pieces with a torch.
A state inspector had to witness the destruction.
You had to prove the old equipment was in working order, then destroy it.

YoDoug · October 18, 2021, 08:31 AM

I saw a news article this weekend where Ron DeSantis said bring the ships to Florida ports, they will ensure there are enough workers to get the goods offloaded and on the road.

gcode · October 18, 2021, 08:40 AM

Quote from: YoDoug post_id=17320 time=1634571089 user_id=58I saw a news article this weekend where Ron DeSantis said bring the ships to Florida ports, they will ensure there are enough workers to get the goods offloaded and on the road.

The longshoremen's unions will make sure that doesn't happen
One of my old bosses had a brother who operated one of the big cranes at Long Beach,
the ones that lift the containers off the ships and set them on trucks
He works 20 to 30 hour weeks and made $300K+ a year.
In Korea, robots operate those cranes now,

YoDoug · October 18, 2021, 08:54 AM

Quote from: gcode post_id=17321 time=1634571635 user_id=60
Quote from: YoDoug post_id=17320 time=1634571089 user_id=58I saw a news article this weekend where Ron DeSantis said bring the ships to Florida ports, they will ensure there are enough workers to get the goods offloaded and on the road.

The longshoremen's unions will make sure that doesn't happen
One of my old bosses had a brother who operated one of the big cranes at Long Beach,
the ones that lift the containers off the ships and set them on trucks
He works 20 to 30 hour weeks and made $300K+ a year.
In Korea, robots operate those cranes now,

Logistically I don't think they could take all of those ships off the coast of CA and send them to Florida for offloading. The fuel costs alone might make it prohibitive. I also think it could create a bottleneck in getting through the panama canal. They could start routing some of the new shipments though.

gcode · October 18, 2021, 09:42 AM

Quote from: YoDoug post_id=17325 time=1634572478 user_id=58I also think it could create a bottleneck in getting through the panama canal.

Some of them probably wouldn't fit through the Panama Canal

CNCAppsJames · October 18, 2021, 01:52 PM

Correct. Most of those container ships cannot get through the Panama Canal. At least not yet.

Bullseye_Gotcha · October 19, 2021, 10:04 AM

Quote from: mayday post_id=17318 time=1634568513 user_id=77Why can't we use a port in Mexico? Easiest route to the US.

I have been saying this for years...

We should just annex Mexico and Latin Nations to the Canal. Execute the druglords. Build a Game of Thrones type Wall at the Canal (southern side).

Think of the beach front property that would now be available.

CNCAppsJames · October 20, 2021, 08:07 AM

Quote from: Bullseye_Gotcha post_id=17386 time=1634663082 user_id=214...
I have been saying this for years...

We should just annex Mexico and Latin Nations to the Canal. ....
Think of the beach front property that would now be available.

All the Westside weenies would NEVER let that much beachfront property become available. They'd slap more EIR requirements on that land... it would be easier to drill for oil in the middle of the UC Berkley college campus.