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Swede

(36,050 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:13 PM Yesterday

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Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is effectively dead. The last ship from China

will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We're about to hit a level of scarcity at retailers nationwide that will make covid seem like child's play.
Don't believe me? Just take a ride on the ferry to Seattle and look south. The port is a ghost town.

This is from Houston Wade's facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/the.houston.wade/posts/pfbid05KkdACVQUER6iDBBxwvuZ4GQAyVpwzwVZVQWzLenD4QyuiXBkeDuCMwxNaJJiQKCl

https://www.facebook.com/the.houston.wade

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Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is effectively dead. The last ship from China (Original Post) Swede Yesterday OP

Elections have consequences. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #1

omg.. the Stupid.. it Burns. Cha 23 hrs ago #5

I live in San Francisco. I can see the Port of Oakland Demobrat 23 hrs ago #2

Same with shanti 1 hr ago #21

Well -- yes. Trump & cultists are at the FO stage of FAFO, but he continues to make his own reality Hekate 23 hrs ago #3

Learning curve Iamscrewed 23 hrs ago #4

This is everywhere but not really true. nolabear 23 hrs ago #6

Can you quote a bit? Hit a paywall. nt Nittersing 6 hrs ago #15

Walmart shoppers will be seeing a lot of empty shelves. ancianita 23 hrs ago #7

And Costco, and Target and every other retailer in this country. Maru Kitteh 21 hrs ago #12

Silver lining Magoo48 22 hrs ago #8

Kick. Port of Los Angeles showing precipitous drop bronxiteforever 22 hrs ago #9

It would be a smart move to learn how to trim URLs so you aren't tracked everywhere Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #10

Trim link like this UpInArms 6 hrs ago #14

Thank you. bronxiteforever 5 hrs ago #16

I've met a lot of long haulers who were big GOP fans... Xolodno 21 hrs ago #11

also known as FAFO Skittles 19 hrs ago #13

Not true. Hyperbole. pfitz59 3 hrs ago #17

That's a nifty website. progressoid 1 hr ago #18

From that site Bernardo de La Paz 1 hr ago #19

They're being diverted to CA and MX no money for US truckers uponit7771 1 hr ago #20

OAITW r.2.0

(30,064 posts)

1. Elections have consequences.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:59 PM

Yesterday

Real consequences.

There a house in my town that still has Trump signs up. The person is also a FedEx delivery driver. I think that might be changing soon.

Cha

(309,990 posts)

5. omg.. the Stupid.. it Burns.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:05 PM

23 hrs ago

Demobrat

(10,143 posts)

2. I live in San Francisco. I can see the Port of Oakland

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:52 PM

23 hrs ago

across the bay when I walk on the waterfront. Normally the huge container ships are lined up waiting to dock. It’s quite a sight. But I haven’t seen many lately.

shanti

(21,741 posts)

21. Same with

Reply to Demobrat (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:47 PM

1 hr ago

the Port of Long Beach. Nada.

Hekate

(97,366 posts)

3. Well -- yes. Trump & cultists are at the FO stage of FAFO, but he continues to make his own reality

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:02 PM

23 hrs ago

Too bad the rest of us are stuck on Earth One.

Iamscrewed

(161 posts)

4. Learning curve

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:05 PM

23 hrs ago

tRump really doing a good job for the asshole, s that put him in. when are these dumbassed ignorant rednecks gonna wake up and stop the stupidity.

nolabear

(43,675 posts)

6. This is everywhere but not really true.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:12 PM

23 hrs ago

There’s a significant slowdown and a lot of anxiety but there are ships.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tariff-tit-for-tat-has-seattle-waiting-for-the-ships-to-come-in/

Nittersing

(7,187 posts)

15. Can you quote a bit? Hit a paywall. nt

Reply to nolabear (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:46 AM

6 hrs ago

ancianita

(40,354 posts)

7. Walmart shoppers will be seeing a lot of empty shelves.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:37 PM

23 hrs ago

Maru Kitteh

(30,101 posts)

12. And Costco, and Target and every other retailer in this country.

Reply to ancianita (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:31 PM

21 hrs ago

Along with almost every other sector of the economy. This will not be a “Walmart shopper” issue, it will hurt most of us. Also, for those inclined, (not saying you by any means) regarding Walmart shoppers with a downcast gaze is very much a part of how we have come to find ourselves where we are now.

Magoo48

(6,255 posts)

8. Silver lining

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:10 PM

22 hrs ago

Thousands of tons of plastic junk’s not ending up in landfills or our ocean.

bronxiteforever

(10,374 posts)

9. Kick. Port of Los Angeles showing precipitous drop

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:17 PM

22 hrs ago

From Fortune on Friday
Logistics experts are warning that cargo volumes at U.S. ports are undergoing a precipitous drop. This trend is most apparent in Los Angeles, home to the nation’s busiest port, and one that is first to feel any drop-off from Asian shipping. The drop in container shipping is the latest sign the White House’s trade war is having a real effect on the U.S. economy, and one sizable group of workers is poised to feel the impact first: long-haul truckers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-decline-la-port-hit-094500391.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIb2inTBjAzBplESZDYuQP5v0cPYeeap89lD71HBGqtvGA0RHLAgokqDxkOC-zhn3pmka9F1b284wn3UKQSLiR8Mk_yjJDadtYpY_u5l2FjpaUsLj3ozDI7TQnbza6QenYM6eK1c5Ni954htkaBy_z93BUDgLaoMPyyBEXnRp-2I

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,988 posts)

10. It would be a smart move to learn how to trim URLs so you aren't tracked everywhere

Reply to bronxiteforever (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:22 PM

22 hrs ago

Especially in these autocratic tyrannical times. Anybody who clicks on that link is associated with you and you with them.

Assume DU is watched. They have no right to, but that doesn't stop them. Try trimming at the question mark.

UpInArms

(52,667 posts)

14. Trim link like this

Reply to bronxiteforever (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:41 AM

6 hrs ago

https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-decline-la-port-hit-094500391.html

bronxiteforever

(10,374 posts)

16. Thank you.

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #14)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:53 AM

5 hrs ago

Xolodno

(6,968 posts)

11. I've met a lot of long haulers who were big GOP fans...

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:15 PM

21 hrs ago

...now, they may find themselves hurting. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.

Skittles

(163,658 posts)

13. also known as FAFO

Reply to Xolodno (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:20 PM

19 hrs ago

fucking idiots

pfitz59

(11,462 posts)

17. Not true. Hyperbole.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 12:45 PM

3 hrs ago

Here's a vessel tracking app: https://www.vesselfinder.com/ports/USSEA001

progressoid

(51,325 posts)

18. That's a nifty website.

Reply to pfitz59 (Reply #17)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:10 PM

1 hr ago

Is there a way to compare the traffic to previous years?

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,988 posts)

19. From that site

Reply to pfitz59 (Reply #17)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:18 PM

1 hr ago

Port of Seattle is located in United States (USA) at 47.5981N, 122.3471W.
93 vessels have arrived within the past 24 hours and 20 ships are expected to arrive in the next 30 days.

If you look at the first 20 ships in port (limit without membership), most are US fishing ships or cruise ships or Ro-Ro (car carriers).

Not clear is if the container ships there are empty and there only to pick up exports.

uponit7771

(92,765 posts)

20. They're being diverted to CA and MX no money for US truckers

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:44 PM

1 hr ago

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