that's 48 cargo ships and 6 oil tankers waiting to dock in Los Angeles ports, basically the equivalent of circling the runway. "Normal" number of ships doing this: maybe 1
The grocery stores here in liberal mountain have been out of a bunch of different foodstuffs for the last couple of weeks. Cool Zone grimly approaches.
I rely on grocery delivery for no car, no transit system reasons and it's wild how often I'll place an order and they'll be like "rice? Yea no. Beans? Uhhhh I got a $12 can of organic Lima beans, does that work?" or just not communicate anything and 3/4 of the order just doesn't arrive so I have to call and ask, and they're just like, "yeah, we're out." Out of everything?
All the Aldis in my area were out of kidney beans for like 6 months or more a bit ago. They had organic but those were 2x the cost
The fact that grocery stores are experiencing shortages of staple foods and goods is a very bad sign. It's also something absolutely no one is taking about.
The system is collapsing, but the line has detached itself from reality.
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I can't imagine they use a lot just chilling there if they're not running the propeller to move
refrigerated shipping excepted
I'm not sure they're far enough from shore to burn bunker fuel. That's an international waters sort of situation.
This port handles 25% of all america's shipping
all the ships are backed up
that means you will not get your stuff, america no have goods
things on shelves line go down
Covid lockdowns and domestic production of goods being priority in some countries.
Shipping is fickle. A single cyclone can back everything up for months in normal times.
We are unfortunately not in normal times.
What's the hold up? Is this just a logistics fuckaroo or is the LA Port unable to operate at capacity for some reason?
idk about LA but the docking delays in Oakland are from covid affecting the workforce
Geez so hard to find any info about this. Had to read halfway down “labor shortage” ie surplus value extraction abundance
Dare them to all draw a dong on the sat image and tokyo drift straight into the occupied docks.
I love MarineTraffic! I use it more for the great lakes though. I should check out huge ports.
I feel like there's always been a line of ships waiting to dock at the LA/LB port at least once a year
ngl I was wondering wtf was wrong with the Great Australian Bight for a moment
