Just now, Muda69 said:

So you are in the logistics industry now?

When I get tired of teaching, I truck. 

When I get tired of trucking, I teach. 

2 hours ago, swordfish said:

Still don't know.....

@Impartial_Observer is coming out on that date. 

4 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

Ports on the east coast are in multiple states.

All of the ports in the USA are unionized, with the East Coast under the ILA and the West Coast under the ILWU. Long Beach and Los Angeles get 40% of the traffic because they are physically large enough to handle the post-Panamax ships. Post-Panamax means too large to go through the Panama Canal. 

4 hours ago, Muda69 said:

Must be a different level of security.

It is, Marsec Level 1. TWIC required. As a bonus, I can now skip TSA at airports. 

4 hours ago, Muda69 said:

As if forced government compliance will work, especially where labor unions are concerned.

It worked for LBCT. 

42 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

So we need government regulation,  aka legalized force,  to compel free enterprise to do something.  Got it. 

Yes we do.

42 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

How about a terminal companies doing a better job than their competitors,  causing those competitors to lose business,  which in turn will compel them to either upgrade of go out of business altogether.  aka the market working as it should, without government interference.

That's clearly what we are doing now, and it's not working. 

44 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

? Please explain.

It takes a federal background check to enter the ports, most ports don't allow passengers, and breaking into one of the ports is 6 months in prison. 

59 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

Big deal, you supposedly visited one port.  Did the port security chase you away after they found you supposedly filming this?

True to form, you not only contradicted a lived experience, you had the gall to insult federally secured areas. 

44 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

It is government control that suppresses innovation and technology in the marketplace. 

There is absolutely ZERO "suppression" of innovation and technology at play here. The terminal companies are too cheap to do the infrastructure upgrades, and no one makes them upgrade. 

@Muda69 do you have any comments now, since direct video evidence contradicts you? @swordfish do you have anything to say?

Also, here's APM, the other "automated" terminal-

On 10/15/2021 at 8:52 AM, Muda69 said:

The main culprit for this massive inefficiency is the incredibly powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which has a lock on the ports up and down the West Coast. It hates automation and has won extraordinary pay for its workers and strict work rules.

The main culprit is the ports themselves, as each company does their own thing using their own system, with no coordination. 

On 10/18/2021 at 6:20 AM, swordfish said:

The Union, coupled with the PROC (Peoples Republic of California) having so many rules and regs on semi-trucks forcing many trucks to avoid the State and take other runs, it's no wonder the State of Florida is setting out welcome mats to freight companies to come to their shores instead of California's.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVCQt7nofKN/?fbclid=IwAR2foNQd2fglQVPUpx4-IqhvN0_gzJwhH_4TuVXZTc57HRy8RuaGHfDRmvg

 

 

It is more on the individual companies running each port that cause the problems. 

95% sure that instagram post was from Everport, and they are normally pretty efficient. 

Notice how high the containers are? 

Also, this port is an exception to the rule, as it's "automated". However if LBCT is servicing a train, the trucks sit and wait. It's not the busiest port, however. That award goes to West Basin, which processes more freight because it charges lower rates. 

On 1/12/2022 at 11:05 AM, Muda69 said:

Port Congestion Is Not a Market Failure

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/port-congestion-is-not-a-market-failure/

Here! Here!

All of this is from someone who never went to the ports. 

I shot this video at LBCT-

*coming soon; going to GIF

32 minutes ago, Bobref said:

Is your white sheet and hood back from the cleaners yet? 😂

Nope; but it's in the chest where my great-grandpa left it 🙂 

3 hours ago, Bobref said:

Yes, we definitely could use some more divisive influences in this country.

Just remember, Dobbs and Dred Scott were both written by Catholics. #JustSaying 

@Bobref, I found this article and I found it interesting-

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/when-america-hated-catholics-213177/

Part of me really wants to see the Dobbs decision restart the anti-Catholic movement in the USA.

On 6/28/2022 at 10:08 AM, Bobref said:

I am a white male “senior citizen, raised a Catholic, and almost retired from a long white collar career. 

In other words, the source of America's problems. 

2 hours ago, HoosierFB_JG said:

Mid-State maybe?  They’d be a better fit here than the MIC.  I’m purely guessing here.

Having Southport and Columbus North join Mid-State would bring the conference to 10 members, which, while large, allows for division play. 

27 minutes ago, HoosierFB_JG said:

I also can confirm that Southport has zero interest in the MIC and Tech would be non competitive.

Let's say that CI folds within the next 2 years. Where does Southport go?

On 7/5/2022 at 2:28 PM, temptation said:

This will trigger the normal crew, but once again it’s spot on.

Anything involving CG triggers the normal crew. 

1 hour ago, wvigo13 said:

I also heard Northview had talked about leaving and joining the CI with THS and THN. 

If Northview and BNL joined CI, it would re-stabilize the conference. 

1 hour ago, Frozen Tundra said:

So if Conference Indiana were to disband, what would come of the Terre Haute schools? The other four teams in the CI have conferences nearby that they can join. I’m not sure what the Terre Haute schools would do.

Also- what would Columbus North do?

59 minutes ago, Frozen Tundra said:

So if Conference Indiana were to disband, what would come of the Terre Haute schools? The other four teams in the CI have conferences nearby that they can join. I’m not sure what the Terre Haute schools would do.

Build a Terre Haute East JH/SHS and join the WIC?

On 7/4/2022 at 4:50 PM, Frozen Tundra said:

Because they had originally wanted to go to the EIAC as a tandem a few years ago but the EIAC didn’t want them.

Tell us more.

41 minutes ago, Old Man High Pants said:

How come every time they talk about Jennings County & Madison, somebody got to bring up the EIAC.

Because, unlike the NCAA, geography is a thing.