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- The global pandemic triggered sky-high spending on manufactured goods. This increased spending created a huge bottleneck in the supply chain that could last for years. WIRED takes a look at the journey of a single shipping container; and with the help of supply chain analyst Lora Cecere, breaks down all the roadblocks a shipping container will encounter in 2021 and beyond.
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I was a longshoreman in Seattle for a few years, never made it into the union. I was shocked at the lack of technology, it felt like things hadn't changed since the 70's.
Can I ask how much did you earn at that time?
@@nobody....168 average in the 60 thousands py
@@babyg220 py?
@@14bqdonk per year
That was because of the unions protecting jobs. Good for them, I say. My father was in the union here,
but he was a supervisor. He was making up the scheduling and getting the "gangs" in.
He made his career on the waterfront. I can only wonder what he would think of this.
I’ve been to the port in Shanghai, it’s amazing. It’s huge and almost fully autonomous.
I've been almost in all China's ports, Shanghai too, it's huge and it's a mess, to some degree automated but it still a mess, all China's ports are mess depsite the huge investment, size and their considerable output, in real world pretty hard to manage ports with huge input and output, no matter where.
@@JigilJigil it's one of the largest, busiest ports in the world of course it's going to be a mess
@@JigilJigil well, I think it's better than Long beach, at least the supply shortage due to logistic is mostly caused on US port not Chinese port
Shanghai was over 40 million TEUs in 2020. Long Beach would be about 9 million TEUs in 2021. They somehow managed to expand fast enough to keep up with demand. US ports, not so much. We know where the bottleneck is. It's a function of the national government being willing to spend money to build infrastructure. In the US, there is a log jam caused by political bickering.
Port of Shanghai handled more containers (43,500,000 TEUs) in 2020 than top 4 US seaports, LA, Long Beach, New York and Savannah combined (29,499,000 TEUs)
It is simply not true that 1-5% of containers fall into the ocean. She said this at 4:29
“A WSC study found a tiny fraction, about .0006%” fall into the ocean
thank you that seemed very high to me
I think she meant if the ship loses containers. Then it will be around 1-5%
The number 1 to 5 % of containers fell off into the sea is wrong. Insurance cost for shipment is 1 % of cost of goods. I don't think insurance company will charge 1% if the lady quoted number 1-5% is correct.
0006% is subjective (qualitative) data and 1-6% is objective (quantitative) data
This whole thing is riddled with inaccuracies.
It's insane that all of this is still cheaper than just making the goods here in the US
They didnt really empasize enough how key the standardisation of the container is to keeping costs down. They made each step sound very complex, but in truth this whole system is extremely efficient and streamlined towards reducing costs at every step.
@@djefr While totally failing to be efficient at actually getting the goods where they need to be on time. The wonders of capitalism!
And yes, I get that there's a pandemic going on, but it sounds like these issues should've been solved long ago.
@@Into_Ingrid This has more to do with increased demand for imported goods. It's very efficient, it's just the infrastructure cannot be upgraded in such a short time to answer this increase.
You think about it and it makes sense. The US doesn't have raw materials and other countries do.
Some products simply can't be made in the usa. Some products simply can't be made in china. That's why global trade exists. China relies heavily on some of our exports.
As a Dutch citizen I'm proud of the port of Rotterdam. Together with Schiphol a great asset.
Just do not send your worthless degenerate soldiers to be part of un force to defend anybody.
So basically the solution is trains but nobody wants to invest a large amount for a good solution for the long term. Politicians just want easy cheap fixes now which needs to be replaced frequently, ending up costing more in the long run.
Yep. Short term gains, "It'll be obsolete in a decade. But I won't be in power, so who cares."
This's exactly why "China's belt and road initiative is the best project in the history of mankind"
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People don't understand how this will make life so much bett r for everyone involve....
Most long distance overland freight in America is already sent by train.
Yeah which is a shame because build all that infrastructure creates jobs in the short term
And then TuSimple can't yet go live with their self- driving trucks. But what might've worked? More trains.
The ending of the video explained: We need to invent trains
Well put! I really do hope that we can invest in rail infrastructure again. It makes so much more sense than long haul trucking
it was even worse than it, she suggested the hyperloop....
Lost me at the "we need Hyperloop"
No. That pipe dream will never materialize for that purpose. We need practical solutions to things like.... The huge list of issues we have that other countries have solved.
An fully automated port like Shanghai Yangshan which use robot to load/unload is the solution.
43.35 million annual TEU at Yangshan vs 8 million TEU at Long Beach.
The US needs to learn how to use railways first before they can have hyperloop!
"something like hyperloop" is not the same as "hyperloop"
The lady was right about the inefficient Ports in the US, but wrong about the most efficient Ports. 7 of the Top 10 in China, including 4 of the top 5 in China, #2 Singapore, #6 Korea, #10 Netherlands.
Very true.
Also the number 1 to 5 % of containers fell off into the sea is wrong. Insurance cost for shipment is 1 % of cost of shipment. I don't think insurance company will charge 1% if the lady quoted number 1-5% is correct.
I guess You're missing the point a bit
Your sorting it based on volumes, not efficiency, though according to maritime-executive, not that anything would change, Asia dominates the top 50 efficient port, with Yokohama(Japan) at the top, and the rest you can prolly guess.
@@id204ghost7 so how do you calculate your efficiency rate?
She seemed informed and intelligent until she mentioned hyperloop😂😂😂
Couldn't agree more!
This Shanghai container port is fully automated with no human crane and movers, so the port can operate almost five times faster than LA port and much safer for human who operate remotely in office via 5G. Don’t think LA port union will like this automation.
And neither should you lol
Literally we cannot organize moving boxes around. This is embarrassing.
Sounds like America needs to invest in the ports. It doesn't help that they are owned by the cities they are in. This needs to be a federal thing.
America's infrastructures have been crumbling down for the past few decades. Time to step up the game.
b-b-b-b-but that's not infrastructure!
@@ralphlaguna6168 with what labour?
@@ralphlaguna6168 that's completely un realistic no one wants to buy a 200 dollar toaster every wants a 20 dollar one, the cost of manufacturing in the usa is really high.
Why aren't there competitors? It may be that too much regulation and politicking is the problem
The post office is federal
Amazon is private
It is important to voice that the lack of efficiency is where they make money. If they were as automated, upscaled, and logistically integrated as modern ports then everyone making money would lose it. They make money on service fees and premiums during congested times like these. The shipping monopolies are all deliberately not investing billions of dollars to upgrade things to the new standard. If they did then the profits of "economic rents" to their networks would plummet. Lots of traffic means lots of money for toll booths. More toll booths mean more traffic. Why would they invest in infrastructure that would reduce their "tollbooths"?
That is why China is beating American in this field, a strong central government with determination.
There it is. The problem is fixable When it's not fixed, follow the money or the regulations.
And they say that government is inefficient :D
And who owns the tollbooths (ports) ?
Who is benefiting ?
Who stands to lose if this is fixed ?
Then I guess I shouldn't be surprised why 7 of the Top 10 in China, including 4 of the top 5 in China, #2 Singapore, #6 Korea, #10 Netherlands..
The thumbnail is Japan to Mexico not China to Chicago.
I can see why Amazon is trying to come up with their own strategies. Wouldn’t be surprised if they take over.
what strategy? they would build their own port?
@@khein2204 Amazon is chartering their own cargo ships, making their own containers and leasing planes to expedite goods. But get this, they are chartering their own vessels to less congested ports such as Houston and New Jersey. I’m pretty sure I read somewhere where Walmart is asking for their assistance as well.
@@rebecagmz824 that's a smart move, but I wonder why they didn't build their own port considering amazon is a giant corporation
Thanks for explaining about supply chain and shipping information.
We're following a 20' container full of shoes. "There's our container!" As they circle a 40' on a vessel. Whoever edited this knows nothing about containers..
Are upgrading ports included in the infrastructure bill?
No actual construction will take place in California, the money is going to bail out the union pension plans.
5 billion is earmarked for port upgrades in the infrastructure bill
just playing as Travis in GTA5 on the shipping container mission is enough to tell me manual loading crates is very inefficient.
whos travis
A rich investor, a politician, and a Railroad owner walk into a bar.
They agree to build a new automated port and then LA ports will realize this is not a joke.
I remember i saw it on the news a few times about China's ports. It's about how they are using AI to manage those ports and making them fully autonomous. Why can't we use AI?
So basically this is the day in the life of a shipping container
Everyone is first until they refresh
I'm pretty sure that's a 40 foot container, not a 20 foot one, that you're tracking. Also, aren't those folks at 6:55 unloading air shipping containers? Your essential point is a good one, but it's undermined by a fact check here and the wrong stock footage there.
This was very interesting and informative. Thank you 😊
You lost me at Hyperloop
This whole video is sponsored by a future federal alphabet agency waiting to be created. Hyperloop lol.
01:34 that's a 40feet container not a 20 :)
Man this was good. Real eye opener.
a container provides a convenient way of ~containing~ lots of things to make them easier to move them around.
3:02 slight correction & fun fact: ships, like any other vehicles, are feminine, so these are big girls !
In Spanish, _ship_ is _el barco_ and that's masculine. Same with French, _le bateau_ . Same with Portuguese, _o navio_ . And Catalan, _el vaixell_ .
But in Italian, it's feminine _la nave_ .
@@RaymondHng in English it is feminine :)
@@imicca Grammatically, Modern English does not have noun gender or gender agreement. English does not change the determiner or adjective to agree with the noun like the Romance languages above do. The narration is using _big boys_ mainly because the two words are alliterative. Calling them _big girls_ loses the alliteration.
Furthermore, the following Navy oilers are named after men.
John Lewis T-AO-205 Christened July 17, 2021
Harvey Milk T-AO-206 Christened November 6, 2021
Earl Warren T-AO-207 Under construction
Robert F. Kennedy T-AO-208 Under construction
Lol "we need to use something like Hyper Loop to transport the containers inland" are you stark raving mad woman?!! The hyper loop is expensive non efficient transport solution! We have something called freight trains and rail infrastructure that easily built at half the cost and 10x more efficient at transporting containers to an inland hub very quickly arrange schedule setup but no one seems to see port-to-rail directly as a solution to alleviate the congestion by federal government authority to coordinate such logistics by executive order. Sad we just let the logistics companies fumble and wait for them to figure out coordinations amongst themselves.
2:15 Amsterdam...? Shouldn't this be Rotterdam? 🥲🤔
"something like hyperloop" is an unnecessarily complicated way to say "train"
Make more of our stuff in the USA like we used to and this problem is significantly reduced if not solved. The added bonus is there would be many more jobs in this country like there used to be.
Can anyone explain what is a hyperloop?
Fascinating video! As the founder of a logistics company, I understand the challenges well. Kudos to Lora Cecere for the insightful analysis.
Wait they send back empty containers back to Asia? Can anyone explain why it's not filled on their way back
developing a hyperloop for logistics makes a lot more sense than one for commuters between LA and SF.
Or maybe plain trains
Lol no, hyperloop capacity is hilariously low and maintenance will be a huge pain.
they should put big QR codes on them. Or sell ad space
We do use codes on the containers, the unions forced doing it on paper to keep clerical jobs.
Forgot to mention (on purpose) that unions in America resist automation and increases in efficiency in the ports.
Isn’t the Alameda corridor already the chassis free solution she is referencing?
Yes.
You had me right up to "Hyperloop"
Port of Amsterdam? Don’t you mean the port of Rotterdam
At the 6:50 second mark, what does that have to do with ocean containers?
What are chassis? I didn’t hear an explanation.
I should start a shipping company bringing all the empties back to China for a fair fee, I’d be a shipping magnet
shipping companies are prettt much monoplization now. they make fortunes these two years.
Be interested to see the difference between Canadian ports and the American ports. Port of Prince Rupert puts containers on trains fairly quickly and it takes 4 to 6 days to get to Chicago by rail.
I was in PR driveing to AK in 1985. What a gloomy town. Probably you are bit more efficient is that minority that is Chi Coms run the port and no drunk Englishmen
The number 1 to 5 % of containers fell off into the sea is wrong. Insurance cost for shipment is 1 % of cost of goods. I don't think insurance company will charge 1% if the lady quoted number 1-5% is correct.
The autonomous iChassis by Cenntro is gonna be a major help
Thank you Container
The volume fluctuating between speakers is so painful ..
editor, please normalize the voiceover volume. Frequently changing volume is distracting.
Sounds like someone needs to sort these issues out. They seem simple issues. But why aren’t they being looked at! Especially the container identification.
Oh, it's been looked at. The Unions forced paper so they can keep their army of clerks employed, entering numbers on paper. Yes, on paper, backed up by strikes.
@@tonyburzio4107 Seems unions are a cancer in most of the countries they are implemented in...
Is a container part of the supply chain or logistics and transport?
thats soo epic
Container on barge is coming on the Mississippi
Very very important information for people to understand how sophisticated & complex is the export import industry.....I always pay air freight cause if it arrives through LA....it will take another month or so...
Isn't the container rented and have to be return on a date or else you pay huge fine in usa? In china and africa it's mostly like this. And i see the container being open and transfer in enclosed trailer, for long distance it make sence but for short travel why not take the container directly to the depot. It's common practice here even for long travel, they divide if it is lcl mostly
So instead of better organizing the shipping industry and getting it up the the standards the rest of the world already has implemented, the US should add another unproven mode of transportation like the Hyperloop? If ports and logistic hubs already struggle to get basic tasks automated you would really expect them to adapt that fully automated technology? To me it seems way more likely that asian or european countries will build Hyperloop networks to further improve their shipping industries, it would be the perfect addition for an already almost fully automated system. In the US a Hyperloop network would be congested within a day.
Whaaat, 1-5% go overboard? that's an insane ratio.
I looked it up and it was fractions of a percent, much ore likely. When she mentioned hyperloop I really started doubting her anyways....
Someone please answer this for me:
If a big ship carries about 7,000 containers (40') does that mean it takes 7,000 semi-trucks to haul away the cargo one container at a time? That's a big job. Thanks for your knowledge.
Sure is. And I would really hope they're using RFID tech for quicker tracking of assets. But I've been disappointed before.
8:30 did she just say Hyperloop?
A way to move containers inland, hmmm where have I heard about this before…
Come on man! You make an explainer video about intermodal containers, and don't know the difference between a 20ft and a 40ft container. In the shot (showing the dimension as 20ft long, "your container" is obviously a 40ft. TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) is the base for measuring traffic volume and ship capacity, but most containers are 40ft.
Very interesting video.
The clip is composed well, but one thing is not logical! Why the Wenzhou made cargo have to transit to Shanghai for export? IN between there is a seaport Ningbo where have shipping route to US as well! And it is not mentioned most container carriers will go Ningbo port for loading before arrival Shanghai?
Use the trailers just do everything at night when traffic is at a minimum and you can just keep on Rollin'
Something like a Hyperloop?? Or just a train maybe…?
How Amazon is so fast and efficient?
Trucks really need their own dedicated highway.
The short: North American rail needs big infrastructure upgrades
The start of the video shows a bunch of *empty* container ships "waiting to unload at the dock".
Thanks Ms. Lora
This video had me until the very end where she mentioned "Hyperloop". Lost all credibility there. Who in their right mind thinks that hyperloop would somehow solve this problem?
Trains: they already exist. They are cheaper. They are more efficient. They are more flexible. They aren't the vaporware suggestion of a serial grifter. Real Trains >> Fantasy Hyperloop.
Yup. They ignore trains going to Chicago even though that's how virtually all containers get to Chicago, then they come up with "Hyperloop". It sounds like we need more trains and more chassis and operate the backhaul of empties or filling them with goods to be exported more efficiently.
And this attitude is why the US is lagging behind (and will never catch up with) Asia and Europe now. People afraid and/or intimidated by new technology.
That said it won't ever happen in the US any because it would require US companies spending money to upgrade to new technology and American companies no longer view business in the long-term, but only how to maximize short-term profits. Why invest in the future when we can give out management team fat bonuses every year? Who cares about customers or workers? Just give us that bonus!
Leon Musk...the Donald Trump of the "tech" sector.
do you watch adam something's videos?
@@yiminyu7131 I do, although I had this hyperloop-is-grifty-nonsense opinion before seeing his videos, that shared opinion is part of why I enjoy his videos now.
😂 Wenzhou is my hometown, so surprised that my little town is mentioned here
Who was in charge of audio balancing in this video?!
the moment she said hyperloop, she made it clear she is no expert at all.
I bet years ago she tought "why not fly those containers around by plains", propably never figured out why we don't...
She’s just an anti worker, pro automation shill.
What is shipping container?
audio mastering needed
Time to automate And get rid of those longshoreman. They are over paid anyway.
And semiliterate
That is not a 20 ft container!
I hate to say it but the shelves are not empty the prices are up a little but not bad where I am even during the last week before Christmas
Is this a re-upload? I feel like I’ve watched this before.
America is always slow on new infrastructure tech, or just new infrastructure period. We spend little money on that.
Something doesn't add up. 226 million containers shipped annually but only 17 million containers globally. According to google. Yet 90 days to ship 1 container.
7:40 Lora Cecere correctly identifies the main issue with the current container bottleneck at LA/LB (and many ports around the world): a shortage of truck chassis to evacuate full import containers and return empty (or full) containers for export - A lack of chassis. However, instead of shuttling containers via Hyperloop to distribution centers and container depot, EagleRail is a much more cost effective and practical solution: th-cam.com/video/csYb1J9tqvE/w-d-xo.html
who owns the actual containers? whole video is fascinating, thank you
generally shipping lines own the containers
mostly Shipping company who also owns the ships i.e. Maersk, Evergreen etc.
Rest are own by container leasing company.
The video doesn't actually contain the information the title claims. I guess I'll tell you.
Container loaded on a ship and departs China
at sea in transit
at port in other locations waiting for offload and loading of other containers
At sea in transit.
(Currently expect 20 day wait for clearance to enter LA Long Beach ports. You are not in line until you reach queue area. This causes full power in a hurry so they can wait. If they slow to conserve fuel it can cost millions and another week)
Unload at port.
Wait 9-11 days
Get placed on a chassis and taken by truck to a warehouse in the greater LA area.
Wait indefinitely for empty containers to be removed to make space at the dock to unload.
Once unloaded the container becomes one of more than 100,000 estimated empty containers clogging up LA and Long Beach.
For many reasons, mainly California being California, it is cheaper and easier to make another container in China than it is to take it back for reuse.
Amazon is responding by having them made to easily convert to standard US road trailers. They charter entire ships with their own crane to offload. Next the road trailer is completed and the loaded trailer starts it's 20+ year life of highway use.
Ignores the fact that California has outlawed independent contractors = most long distance trucker (own and operate their rigs as independent contractors) can't pickup / drop-off containers in that state anymore. Any business having the choice of Ports in Florida know this fact.
No, they exploit industry to pay off politicians.
Thanks
The prediction about empty shelves and the inability to get Christmas presents never materialized.
Her solution is a Hyperloop? WTF 😂
create a new port outside the city.
if your solution is hyperloop you are just scrambling to line your pockets instead of actual infrastructural solutions
Why was the container sent back to China empty?
Because there is not enough stuff produced in the US that can fill all return trips to China. Therefore to keep a flow of containers available to fill in China (or other Far East country) they have to be sent empty.
Us export more services than goods, like movies, tv shows, softwares, patents, knowhow, universities fees and so on..
Hyperloop? That or just optimize the port.
LOL that's not a 20ft container
All to bring products that still break within a week
Chinese are very well talented In manufacturing cheap yet ok quality goods...