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Post by esshup on Feb 23, 2021 22:53:12 GMT -5
A friend told me that a friend of his has a PALLET of ammo coming in from overseas. It's been hung up in customs for over a month now, and no word when it will be released. That may be the problem too, don't know what is being told to the customs inspectors behind the scenes. Everything is getting hung up at the ports currently. LA Port is full, the mooring area has around 28 cargo ships in it, and there is almost 20 at sea waiting to get in. Current lag time is 14 to 21 days. Then there is the rail back up. That is running about 7 days. But wait, there's more. There is a lack of chassis to put the containers on to move them from the rail cars when they get to the de-van locations. But wait, there's more. The de-van locations in Chicago are behind getting customs cleared and having trouble scheduling trucks for delivery. Sometimes I hate my job. I got a delivery Friday night around 10pm because we set up the expedite truck to get it from the de-van location in Chicago. Packed everything on that delivery Saturday to send to FCC up by Fort Wayne Monday morning so they could make transmissions to keep from shutting Honda down today. The same time that container arrived in Chicago a second one of mine arrived. I still don't have it and the last I heard it's still on a rail car. We will shut Honda down on Tuesday. These shipments are currently 6 weeks behind schedule. I get a container a week. I normally have 6 weeks worth in transit at any one time. I currently have 13 with no stable schedule of delivery to work with. And that mess is just the 3 parts I get from Thailand. China is worse, some Japan parts have been out all year, and the raw materials from Japan have been getting flown in and still taking over a week. So what is the holdup now vs. 6-8 months ago?? Or was it just as bad back then?
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Post by firstwd on Feb 24, 2021 5:38:23 GMT -5
Everything is getting hung up at the ports currently. LA Port is full, the mooring area has around 28 cargo ships in it, and there is almost 20 at sea waiting to get in. Current lag time is 14 to 21 days. Then there is the rail back up. That is running about 7 days. But wait, there's more. There is a lack of chassis to put the containers on to move them from the rail cars when they get to the de-van locations. But wait, there's more. The de-van locations in Chicago are behind getting customs cleared and having trouble scheduling trucks for delivery. Sometimes I hate my job. I got a delivery Friday night around 10pm because we set up the expedite truck to get it from the de-van location in Chicago. Packed everything on that delivery Saturday to send to FCC up by Fort Wayne Monday morning so they could make transmissions to keep from shutting Honda down today. The same time that container arrived in Chicago a second one of mine arrived. I still don't have it and the last I heard it's still on a rail car. We will shut Honda down on Tuesday. These shipments are currently 6 weeks behind schedule. I get a container a week. I normally have 6 weeks worth in transit at any one time. I currently have 13 with no stable schedule of delivery to work with. And that mess is just the 3 parts I get from Thailand. China is worse, some Japan parts have been out all year, and the raw materials from Japan have been getting flown in and still taking over a week. So what is the holdup now vs. 6-8 months ago?? Or was it just as bad back then? The answer we are getting is since most us the US started opening back up in September/October the goods orders jumped and all of that basically hit the ports about the same time right around Thanksgiving and hasn't let up since. Also the skilled crane operators are limited and aging. On the backside we are hearing the longshoremen are coming into their contract negotiations and have been throttling their efficiency in preparation. Most shortages 6 to 8 months ago were in the consumer goods area and were created because of the transport time after the murder mystery bug panic buying/hoarding from last spring.
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Post by saltydog on Feb 24, 2021 6:18:17 GMT -5
Daughter in law opened a small Boutique for purses and dresses in the Greenwood Mall a year ago in Jan. well the covid hit and they closed the mall. When they reopened the mall they jacked her rent up and being that she was just starting out she couldn't swing the rent. Fast forward to today Gina just reopened a boutique shop in Mooresville. The opening was supposed to be Feb 1st, but due to her products being held up in customs for about 6 weeks she had to push back the opening until her inventory arrived.
She finally received her goods and has opened about a week and half ago and doing well.
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