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re: The busiest port in America is no longer on the West Coast
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:56 pm to SlickRickerz
Posted on 12/9/22 at 1:56 pm to SlickRickerz
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Have they started dredging the Mississippi to accommodate the new size shipping containers ships? I know New York had to raise a bridge and have been preparing.
They deepened the channel to 50 ft. Recenetly.
As far as bridges... The bridge closest to the mouth is the GNO so that's why the new port plans are all south of there.
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Posted on 12/9/22 at 2:00 pm to CarRamrod
quote:Yep, problem is that not enough of higher ups we’re getting greased so they used the workers like pawns. I hope the whole port shuts down. Bring that business to Louisiana and our side. I want California to totally bankrupt itself and become a walled off third world hellhole.
thats the lie. there was plenty of people willing to work.
Posted on 12/9/22 at 3:29 pm to MrLSU
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No one wants to ship to Long Beach and LA because of all the restrictions California imposed which has caused thieves to steal everything not locked down due to the delays in getting those goods out of the port and railways.
Not to mention the cost of diesel in CA AND the CA mandate to phase out diesel trucks.
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Posted on 12/9/22 at 3:34 pm to Upperdecker
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Port of Los Angeles is by far the largest port in America by volume and space. It’s truly massive. Mississippi River could only fit a very small portion of the traffic that Port of LA sees.
Your first statement is true. The port of LA is one of the largest by volume moved. However your second about traffic is unequivocally false. The Mississippi River sees between 11000-12000 ocean going vessels a year while the ports of LA and Long Beach see between 4500-5500 vessels a year.
In 2018, the five ports along the river (Baton Rouge, South Louisiana, New Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines) combined moved the most tonnage in the world. Currently in the US the ports of Baton Rouge (8th), South Louisiana (2nd), and New Orleans (6th) are among the top ports by tonnage moved.
This post was edited on 12/9/22 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 12/9/22 at 3:40 pm to baldona
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I was going to say that part of the bigger issue with re routing them from the bigger ports to smaller ones would be pick up I'd assume? Those ships are just delivering one way, they have to be able to pick up also. Its not just a matter of bringing goods from China and Asia, its loading them with goods to go elsewhere?
One of the major issues causing the backup in California was a lack of transport after the containers were unloaded from ships. There were not enough trucks to deliver elsewhere, so containers were piling up and not leaving any room for new ships to unload. While some of the east coast ports are smaller, they were able to expand quickly and had better supply chain management allowing for quicker turnarounds
Posted on 12/9/22 at 3:54 pm to SwampAssassin
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This is correct, but the ports of South Louisiana (2nd), Baton Rouge (8th), and New Orleans(6th) are among the the largest for tonnage moved. This mostly coming from grain, petrochemicals, coal, and other minerals being shipped out
Bingo....Thats what I said earlier......if you're measuring by tonnage then Louisiana is at the top
Posted on 12/9/22 at 4:03 pm to GumboPot
Good! It will mage things so much cheaper also. frick cali government and its spreading poison
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