Posted on 10/14/2021 5:57:11 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - You may have been surprised to see bare shelves and product shortages in supermarkets, retail stores and even restaurants in recent weeks.
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a global supply chain problem. As of Sunday, an estimated 500,000 shipping containers were sitting on cargo ships off the Southern California coast. Ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, recently broke records for the number of cargo ships waiting to dock. Those ships are carrying a variety of products for the American market, everything from sneakers to toys, to toilet paper.
So, Florida is putting out the word to shipping companies that ports in the Sunshine State are open and ready for business.
“Florida is where your success comes in, and our seaports are the solution to ensure the cargo shipping logjam doesn’t become the Grinch that stole Christmas,” said Michael Rubin, President and CEO of the Florida Ports Council.
Florida leaders say California is no longer the most efficient way to move goods to the East Coast or even the Midwest. They say Florida is the answer.
“Why pay to moor off the coast of California, when Florida shipping lanes are open and serving as the gateway for getting goods to America’s market,” Rubin said in a press release.
Rubin says Florida has invested in infrastructure to increase port capacity. Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis directed $250 million of stimulus money to Florida’s 15 seaports to help offset pandemic impacts.
“Florida is open for business, and we are the solution to help resolve the global supply chain crisis,” Rubin added. “Instead of waiting off the coast of California, cargo vessels can offload and move their product to Florida and other discretionary markets in the same time it takes to find space in an increasingly congested California.”
I’ll bet a million dollars xiden has shadow banned Florida and texas.
Can the cargo ships fit in the Panama Canal?
It’s not the canal, it’s the port that are the problem. The big container ships today carry 20,000 containers. Currently the California ports are the only ones in the USA who can unload them.
Tampa has the most capacity in Florida, and it can only do a 9000 container ship.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Shipping is so congested at the Port of Savannah, Georgia,
that shippers are now moving routes to Charleston, S.C.
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Carriers Skip Congestion-Hit Port of Savannah
Mike Schuler
October 13, 2021
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https://gcaptain.com/carriers-skip-congestion-hit-port-of-savannah/
I think Savannah, Georgia is the biggest on the East Coast.
They just unloaded a 16,000 container vessel. I think they can do up to 20,000.
Charleston has taken a 16,000 container ship this year
I reckon part of the problem is still the trucking to where it needs after they unload
I don’t know anything about shipping, but there must be a mix of smaller and bigger ships? The article says ‘ estimated 500,000 shipping containers’. If they were all on the biggest ships, that would only be 25 vessels. Pictures I’ve seen show way more than that sitting there.
Also, I don’t know how long it would take to sail from California down to Panama and back up. Could it be more time efficient to sit and wait it out? And I think it’s still hurricane season in the Gulf/Atlantic.
also have to see how far out (if any) the wait to transit is.
Your million dollars is safe. I don't think anyone will take that bet.
“Tampa has the most capacity in Florida, and it can only do a 9000 container ship.”
PortMiami set a new record for the largest container ship to ever call at a Florida port. The CMA CGM Argentina, a 15,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) vessel was docked and offloaded.
I don’t know their limit, but the capacity certainly has improved by a lot in Miami.
How does Biden shadow ban traffic going into ports?
Apparently, yes apparently most can pass through the Panama Canal.
What about Savannah GA?
And all this implies the Biden* regime actually wants to solve the problem.
So does Port Canaveral, East Coast......they have capacity.....
....they offload cars regularly, among other things
Huge cruise ships uses this port
“How does Biden shadow ban traffic going into ports`
I’m guessing some shady threats...
Wait, aren’t the workers at the ports in Florida subject to Biteme’s dictatorial vaccine mandates?
By not allowing them to change the destination port on their permits.
“The big container ships today carry 20,000 containers”
Ghastly!
Bet there a lot of worn out containers that could be used to house the homeless.
Yup. We used to live in Canaveral Groves and pass by Port Canaveral all the time. Spent many days at Rusty’s, Squidlips and Grills. Many cruise ships home port there including Disney. Since the overall footprint isn’t that large, they could at least off load lots of smaller ships.
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