Container ships galore off coast of L.A.

[pezzy84]

So this came up in a previous thread I had regarding appliance shortage, basically due to increased shipments and covid there is a wait to get into the LA area cargo ports.

Visited family this past weekend in LA area and we did two quick day jaunts to Huntington, Newport and Laguna Beach. The number of cargo ships visible from the beach was eye popping, I would easily say 30-40 ships that I could see from the drive up and from the pier in Huntington. If you are close to the area its definitely worth a drive to witness all the cargo ships anchored off shore.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-port-pileup-leaves-old-records-in-the-dust

 

[Oro_O]

Funny, I was just reading an article on gCaptain on the same subject:

Busiest February on Record for Port of Long Beach as Import Boom Continues

The Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest February on record amid an unseasonable surge in imports amid the ongoing pandemic-fueled cargo boom. The port reported Wednesday that dockworkers...

gcaptain.com

 

[mrsilv04]

Post-COVID recovery in progress...

 

[Fattylocks]

Funny, I was just reading an article on gCaptain on the same subject:

Busiest February on Record for Port of Long Beach as Import Boom Continues

The Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest February on record amid an unseasonable surge in imports amid the ongoing pandemic-fueled cargo boom. The port reported Wednesday that dockworkers...

gcaptain.com

I read gCaptain also. Global news

 

[c502cid]

I saw that flying into LAX a couple of weeks ago. It's not just Long Beach, it's all the west coast ports.

 

[Danh]

For a lot of folks who are in otherwise OK financial shape stimulus checks go to buying discretionary goods. And an awful lot of these come from Asia.

 

[Brybo86]

Pretty sure one of those has my PS5 onboard....
Jk

 

[Electromotive]

So this came up in a previous thread I had regarding appliance shortage, basically due to increased shipments and covid there is a wait to get into the LA area cargo ports.

Visited family this past weekend in LA area and we did two quick day jaunts to Huntington, Newport and Laguna Beach. The number of cargo ships visible from the beach was eye popping, I would easily say 30-40 ships that I could see from the drive up and from the pier in Huntington. If you are close to the area its definitely worth a drive to witness all the cargo ships anchored off shore.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-port-pileup-leaves-old-records-in-the-dust

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Wow, that's a lot of cargo waiting to be off loaded!

 

[PandaBear]

This can happen pretty often with port worker strikes and other regular events. I am sure during the time of negative oil price last year this happened with oil tankers off Golf of Mexico as well.

 

[rob1715]

For a lot of folks who are in otherwise OK financial shape stimulus checks go to buying discretionary goods. And an awful lot of these come from Asia.

You mean it's going to the Great Walmart of China?

 

[CT Rob]

Not enough truck drivers at the port there in LA to move the stuff fast enough, with wait times in the hours to get loaded and out of the port.

 

[Duffyjr]

They heard we were all getting free money so where would you send you products?

 

[Rmay635703]

They heard we were all getting free money so where would you send you products?

Too bad the only thing we send back in the ships are the more desirable used cars