I think thats mostly from lack of workers to offload it? **EDIT**Have you seen all the ships waiting off shore to get off loaded. call it what you will…..
Have you seen all the ships waiting off shore to get off loaded. call it what you will…..
Pannatta Sport?My understanding that in the U.S. the problem is getting the product OUT OF THE PORT! We buy equipment from Italy on a regular basis and the product is making it to the port fine, but from there it's wait, Wait, WAIT.
I think thats mostly from lack of workers to offload it? Is it some kind of new government red tape/policy that is slowing it down?
My outlook from corporate and from partner carriers we use is that it will continue to decline until staffing is up which is projected to continue to the end of 2023.What is your outlook on this all? Does your profession have an idea of when they think things might get better or worse? What exactly is causing the big problems now?
No new stringent policies, most of it is lack of staffing and covid protocols.I think thats mostly from lack of workers to offload it? Is it some kind of new government red tape/policy that is slowing it down?
This is unfortunately true. It was rough last year but in 2021…. The supply chain industry sees what is going on, some of this is 100% on purpose to hurt this country.This was all created by rich greedy asshole corporations that steadily downsized their USA footprint and move abroad. Steadily cutting costs to increase their profits. Well it’s finally at the breaking point. Maybe they’ll change how they operate moving forward because this will get much worse and hurt Joe Blow citizen!
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So whole pallets of goods are being stolen?My outlook from corporate and from partner carriers we use is that it will continue to decline until staffing is up which is projected to continue to the end of 2023.
Customs can’t even do their jobs to get things cleared so ports and airports are backlogged.
We also now import way too much to sustain this. We even see big pallets just disappear. It’s insane to say the least.
Four year colleges are now seeing a major decline in male enrollment, maybe some of the men will enter the field. Many fewer men are choosing now to go to college. "A similar trend is occurring nationally. Although more people than ever are attending college, the ratio of male to female students is nearly 1:2. "No new stringent policies, most of it is lack of staffing and covid protocols.
There are some politics in play here to be honest, I don’t know why they are slowing things down but they have the capability to get things running and refuse to.
For the truck side of it domestically, no one wants to drive trucks anymore and companies are begging for drivers…… the drivers now all have major pay increases but run slower than usual and if the terminal or management gets on their case, the driver will just quit so they can’t be harsh at all like it used to be to hit deadlines.
Maybe the guys that used to work on the docks and as truck drivers are out there moving those pallets after dark!We even see big pallets just disappear. It’s insane to say the least.
This 4th quarter is going to see much slower movement the usps is saying 5-7 days now for first class and it costs more plus international is going to grind to a halt and be around 3 months atleast I have experienced this in the past with the back-ups we see I can only imagine how long shipping could take moving forwardMy wife was telling me there was some issues with trade and comnerce in general on all goods which come to the U.S. from abroad...especially China.
Does anyone know any more about this? Has anyone experienced delays when receiving their care packages from their forein family members?
I know Ive seen ports backed up with hundreds of container ships just waiting to unload in several of the big port cities.
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