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[Mindy D]

@Mistreatedbycs @Running the unloading for 24 hour days seems to be helping. 

[catter70]

Seems to me like no ones in charge or if there is they aren't doing their job.

[deepwaterdotter]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

@Mindy D 

Yes but WE ARE the United States of America and no feat is impossible.

Someone with talent and leadership can get this done.  It's going to take a coordinated effort and it could get cleaned up.

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I believed this until the pandemic came along.  Now I just hope for the best.

[Mindy D]

@catter70 @Each part of the chain follows its own ways of doing things. The parts mesh but have always operated separately. Within each part, there have been so many changes affected by the pandemic's influence on each part within each of the industries. I don't think there's ever been a single entity in charge of it all...except maybe during war time, and I'm not sure of this either. Some experts on the chain will have to be brought together to advise leaders on possible solutions. I think leaders are already consulting with experts to come up with strategies. 

It's apparent to me that the California ports, for next year, should have less of the total shipping. Right now the two ports account for 40%. Next year, plans could be made to reduce this amount during months with the heaviest shipping. Other ports could be used, with the right advance planning, to reduce the load on the two California ports. 

[granddi]

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@ROMARY wrote:

Couldn't the Nat. Gu*rd come in and unload the cargo?  

Mainly for med. supplies, and other very important items that might eventually run out.  

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The unloading requires skilled crane operators. Truckers that haul are trained and licensed. 

The mystery of our economy is where are the crane operators? And add to that, where are health care workers, day care workers, food service, clerks, school bus drivers. 

Reagan tried to make the air traffic controllers report to work and they quit instead. Don't we wish the government could mandate people do the right thing. 

[Mindy D]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

I don't understand why we are relying on a certain "part" of the U.S. to take care of this.

Aren't all these cargo ships controlled by private equities?

Couldn't all these Corporations involved "hire" one person to get everyone together and get these ships unloaded?

I would think everyone in the U.S. would band together and take care of this issue.

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A very good article about this, from the point of view of a veteran longshoreman currently working right there in LA is:

I'm a California dock worker facing record cargo-ship backlogs. It'll be catastrophic if things get worse.

Just put this title 🔺into your search bar to find and read. Insights you will want to know about. 

Oct 12, 2021, 9:29 AM

by Jenny Powers. The Insider

[Mindy D]

@granddi @The longshoremen are there and doing their jobs. I just posted an article that 

is written by him. It puts a new spin on this issue for me. Hearing what is happening gave me a better understanding.

[D Kay]

You can't automatically produce equipment operators, truck drivers etc. if there is a shortage of them.   There was a truck driver shortage before this backup started.   These jobs require training and experience.    It's not a matter of unloading boxes and throwing them in the back of a truck.

[DiAnne]

This pandemic has proved Americans cannot work together for the greater good.  

[ROMARY]

Saw a very brief clip of several containers randomly floating in the ocean.  

Helicopters are keeping an eye on them.