Harbor report - no pics

[chris_wlkr]

(04-09-2012 09:44 PM)SP4449 Wrote:  It isn't cheap to do business at the port of LA/LB.

SP-Shippers want lower costs and good service.

Gee .. I thought everyone wanted to pay more for crappy service.

at four times the normal cost. I do not need a mug, I will just lick it off the bar. Here is my wallet, take what you want for the tip.

..... obviously.

(Psss... Do not tell OOCL, they might have second thoughts on the 40 year lease on the mid-harbor land they just signed up for)

[TC Smith]

(04-09-2012 09:44 PM)SP4449 Wrote:  It isn't cheap to do business at the port of LA/LB.

Do you have proof of this ? How much business have you done with either port ?



TCS - If I find myself waterside soon, I'll shoot what I can.

[SP4449]

Here is where your answer lies.

It states that it is cheaper to move anything is by water and with the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal. The West Coast Ports could lose up to 25% of the present Cargo base to the Gulf and Eastern Ports in the decade to come.

SP-Read the link http://164.67.121.27/files/Lewis_Center/...rogram.pdf

[TC Smith]

(04-10-2012 11:16 PM)SP4449 Wrote:  "It states that it is cheaper to move anything is by water and with the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal."

And ... ? (sentence frgament)

"The West Coast Ports could lose up to 25% of the present Cargo base to the Gulf and Eastern Ports in the decade to come."

Keyword: "could" .. But most ports will still not be able to handle the larger vessels and fuel prices to move ships are a larger factor to consider along with transit times.

Call Hulcher, jonothan read something somewhere and derailed another thread.



TCS - only INRD has fakebonnets

[n6nvr]

As long as they can move boxes quicker and cheaper from west coast ports the companies are going to use them. Unless the Chicoms allow their competitors ships to use the canals at the subsidized prices they will charge COSCO then it will be cheaper to use the west cost ports. How long do you think it will take them to pay off the costs of the canal improvements if the shipping companies only gain a day or two (and they won't) and have to charge more, and add about 3 weeks weeks to the ship trip times?

[MrMRL]

Oh my, there are just so many appropriate choices, I'm simply compelled to use them all. Smilie picket line...

Mr. MRL