Freight is piling up at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, as freight rail delays hit a two-year high, owing to record levels of imports on the West Coast, as strikes and the Houthi threat have diverted East Coast shipping.
According to Seatrade Maritime News, traffic at the Port of Long Beach reached a record high in the third quarter of 2024: “The port credited the record volumes to holiday related goods demand as well as shippers diverting cargo to West Coast ports ahead of industrial action over a new labour contract at East Coast ports. The strike by dockworkers at East Coast only lasted three days from 1 October until tentative agreement was reached on wages.”
While the port has been running efficiently, however, the freight rail system has not. NBC News reported Friday: more here
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I am trying to avoid as much doom and gloom stories as much is possible and by chance, I just came across an incredible nearly 48-minute-long video on YouTube called An 89-year-old man was humiliated when he asked for a simple sandwich at a cafe. This is a beautiful story of love, redemption and reconciliation that is well written and perfectly narrated. It can be found at YouTube.com/watch?V=UtSitGepvS4. It is very well worth watching and is one of the best videos that I’ve watched in a long time about the goodness of kindness of a random woman who was very kind to an old man that brought total change to both of their lives. I need a break as we all do from all the negativity of the news lately and this story gives me hope.
Pete Butthead is as great a contrivance as Kamaltoe Harris. The destruction both of these morons have done is incalulable.
And Pete ButtItchItch is too busy stimulating his prostate to do anything about it. Not that he’s competent to do anything about it. 🙈🙉🙊