Port of Los Angeles' transition to 24/7
operations unknown, officials say
Fox Business,
by
Lucas Manfredi
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
10/16/2021 12:58:15 PM
Although the Biden administration recently announced that the Port of Los Angeles will transition to 24/7 operations to help alleviate supply chain bottlenecks, the port's executive director, Gene Seroka, said a timeline for when that schedule change will actually take effect remains unclear. "It’s not a single lever we can pull today to open up all the gates, but what we’re doing is trying to squeeze every minute, every hour of efficiency out of this port complex that we can, sharing information, building on those strong decades-long relationships, and with the strength of the federal government behind this," Seroka said
Reply 1 - Posted by:
LadyHen 10/16/2021 1:13:35 PM (No. 947647)
I am not an expert on ports but years ago I know Long Beach ran 24/7. I can remember seeing the lights and action late at night. I find it hard to believe these ports don't have 3 shifts.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bighambone 10/16/2021 1:15:58 PM (No. 947650)
If they are going to use the same workers who are now working regular work shifts, and tell them they now have to work 24/7, that will not last very long. In this atmosphere it is going to take a long time to hire and train new workers who will know that they will probably be laid off once the current supply chain backlog is cleared up.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 10/16/2021 1:19:16 PM (No. 947654)
Without enough trucks, due to two California laws on truck engines and independent contractors being changed, nothing will be fixed by 24/7 ops. Just open longer hours waiting for trucks that aren't coming to move the containers.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 10/16/2021 2:02:07 PM (No. 947692)
We all know it's all about the Covid restrictions (you know, the Chinese Plague) and the effect on the available work force, so some senile pronouncement will not lift all boats, nor trucks.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hershey 10/16/2021 2:34:29 PM (No. 947719)
Guess the unions will have to go into overtime after their 25 hour work week....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/16/2021 3:05:28 PM (No. 947756)
Get rid of the regulators and the workers will clear the backlog in no time. They don't need anybody to tell them how to unload ships and put them on trucks. Truck drivers own trucks and know how to drive them.
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Except, #6, that in addition to trucks older than 3 years old, CA EPA has banned owner/operator independents as well, no matter how new their trucks are. I have no doubt that was a reach around to the big trucking companies for their compliance.
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Unions probably demanded triple time pay, and since the members can't really work too hard they will need at least 4 shifts to cover 24hr, and another as many crews for weekends and hols
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
WD40 10/16/2021 3:33:51 PM (No. 947790)
24/7 won't make a difference. CA emission restrictions on trucks are throttling the ports.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 10/16/2021 4:04:40 PM (No. 947831)
#9 is absolutely correct. 24x7 means nothing when California's emission restrictions keep virtually all trucks over 3 years old out of the ports. The bottleneck is not getting onto the ports, it's getting out of the ports once removed from the ships.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 10/16/2021 4:27:09 PM (No. 947848)
They're just going to be stuffing overstuffed warehouses with more ... stuff if they they don't get trucks in to haul it off. California's eco laws (surrounding trucks in particular) and laws requiring everyone to be an employee (wiping owner operators) has just about finished the trucking industry in that state.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/16/2021 4:54:07 PM (No. 947871)
when the longshoremen's union decides to go along with it.
When they actually get some trucks to take out the stuff that's piled up over months.
Meanwhile the port of Houston is ticking right along.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
rochow 10/16/2021 7:28:41 PM (No. 948011)
Let illegals handle it. They will move 'stuff' off the tankers in record speed. Just be prepared when it's unloaded on terra firma, they might make off with the goodies in record speed as well!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 10/16/2021 11:33:38 PM (No. 948210)
It's not just the truck emission standards issue.
It's the NO independent contractors law that they put in place a couple of years ago. Killed freelance everything....including independent truckers. Everyone HAS to be some sort of an "employee", cannot be independent. Freedom is prohibited in California, BY LAW.
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Old Joe thinks making a rambling speech about longer hours makes the problem go away. The people on the ground are left scratching their heads.