It's going to get worse. Remember how California has recently passed laws severely restricting independent truck drivers? Most trucking firms, particularly union truckers... do NOT go into the ports.
It sometimes takes 4 hours or more for trucks to get through the line up and clearance to go into the port. They can then wait up to 2-hours for a container to be loaded for transport. It can then take up to 2 hours to get through the line to exit the port facility again. It's not uncommon for truck drivers to spend 6 hours to 8 hours just to go into the L.A. port, pick up a load and then leave. Independent drivers don't get paid for that time or the extra fuel costs. Those drivers are in a hurry, so will go as fast as possible.
Union drivers, on the other hand, DO get paid for the time spent, including for fuel. They wouldn't care if it took 2 days to load up at the port... or how inefficient the process... because they get paid for every minute of it. They have every incentive to take their sweet time picking up a haulage load. YOU, the customer, will ultimately pay for the extra cost.
What it all means is that the Port of L.A. will be slower, less efficient and more costly.
There are easy solutions to solve the entire problem... but nobody in California is interested in doing that.
It's going to get worse. Remember how California has recently passed laws severely restricting independent truck drivers? Most trucking firms, particularly union truckers... do NOT go into the ports.
It sometimes takes 4 hours or more for trucks to get through the line up and clearance to go into the port. They can then wait up to 2-hours for a container to be loaded for transport. It can then take up to 2 hours to get through the line to exit the port facility again. It's not uncommon for truck drivers to spend 6 hours to 8 hours just to go into the L.A. port, pick up a load and then leave. Independent drivers don't get paid for that time or the extra fuel costs. Those drivers are in a hurry, so will go as fast as possible.
Union drivers, on the other hand, DO get paid for the time spent, including for fuel. They wouldn't care if it took 2 days to load up at the port... or how inefficient the process... because they get paid for every minute of it. They have every incentive to take their sweet time picking up a haulage load. YOU, the customer, will ultimately pay for the extra cost.
What it all means is that the Port of L.A. will be slower, less efficient and more costly.
There are easy solutions to solve the entire problem... but nobody in California is interested in doing that.
Spot on, the gears of bureaucracy grind to a halt, and everyone suffers by design...