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Every Stop a Shipping Container Makes from China to Chicago | WIRED

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…

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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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243 Comments

  1. Jhawk 2k

    December 17, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    The ending of the video explained: We need to invent trains

  2. Goober

    December 17, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    I think WIRED is propaganda.
    Delays caused by consumer spending? Nope.

  3. Latoya 𝓕**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝓒𝓚 𝓜𝓨 Р𝓡0𝓕𝓘𝓛Е

    December 17, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    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.

  4. Mike

    December 17, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    No one said it here or in the video, so I’ll say it. The main reason the ports in CA aren’t using the latest technology is because of the unions. A long shoreman can make $250k a year doing what a robot can do.

    • Peggy Nielsen

      December 17, 2021 at 9:47 pm

      Mike,
      Shhhhh! Pesky facts… /sarcasm

    • Mr. Nobody

      December 17, 2021 at 11:22 pm

      WHAT??! 250K a year for this job? Crane handlers here in Europe do NOT earn even a fraction of this amount! 15k-20k euros at best…

  5. Lord Lucario

    December 17, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    and yet there is likely some morons that blame the president for these back ups. rather sad

  6. 메레디쓰 입니다

    December 17, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    2:15 Amsterdam…? Shouldn’t this be Rotterdam? 🥲🤔

  7. Chelsea 𝐹**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝒞𝒦 𝑀𝒴 Р𝑅𝟢𝐹𝐼𝐿Е

    December 17, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    Thank you for covering this.

  8. Stephen Jenkins

    December 17, 2021 at 8:58 pm

    Are we saying the US is causing this global container shortage?

  9. Della 🍆 𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 [𝐋!𝐯𝐞]

    December 17, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    I should show this to every customer that complains to me about us being out of product, and that it’s not fault!! They just don’t get it!

    • Snakedoktor

      December 17, 2021 at 9:37 pm

      …my fault.

  10. Lysa Woolley

    December 17, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    This was very interesting and informative. Thank you 😊

  11. Candace 𝔽**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ𝕂 𝕄𝕐 Рℝ𝟘𝔽𝕀𝕃Е💛

    December 17, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    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.

  12. Correct Also

    December 17, 2021 at 9:13 pm

  13. cougarten

    December 17, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    Whaaat, 1-5% go overboard? that’s an insane ratio.

  14. Celia 𝐹**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝒞𝒦 𝑀𝒴 Р𝑅𝟢𝐹𝐼𝐿Е

    December 17, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    I should show this to every customer that complains to me about us being out of product, and that it’s not fault!! They just don’t get it!

  15. Shelia 🥂 T[A]P Me!! to Have [𝐒]𝐄𝐗 With 𝐌𝐞

    December 17, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    I should show this to every customer that complains to me about us being out of product, and that it’s not fault!! They just don’t get it!

  16. turki aljadani

    December 17, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    So the main problem is, there’s no management, weak and outdated systems. Just that.

    Congress: we need a new 500 billion bill to soppurt the chassis.
    And the real problem is ignored

  17. Rusty Buckets 5000

    December 17, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    they should put big QR codes on them. Or sell ad space

  18. thomas

    December 17, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    We’re the best, Biden new mandate start Jan 1 all trucker driver need to be vaccinated, the trucker assoc say hundred of truckers will quit their jobs if this goes in effect. Great logic, international travel teen under 18 don’t need to be vaccinated or even crossing the border refugee. But trucker who we need, who stay in their trucks isolated for week will lose their job next years. And this administration wonder what going on, inflation at at 39 year high and it will still climb. How can we get back to normal with new rules? Answer is we will never go back to normal. It’s too late and F up

  19. Jessticles

    December 17, 2021 at 11:04 pm

    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.

    • Mr. Nobody

      December 17, 2021 at 11:28 pm

      Can I ask how much did you earn at that time?

    • • LKLG

      December 17, 2021 at 11:59 pm

      @Mr. Nobody average in the 60 thousands py

  20. Alessandro Bergamo

    December 18, 2021 at 12:09 am

    You lost me at Hyperloop

  21. Sharon Hill

    December 18, 2021 at 12:28 am

    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.

  22. ro pro

    December 18, 2021 at 12:33 am

    You had me until ‘Hyperloop’… 🙄 This woman is smoking crack.

  23. Yig_501

    December 18, 2021 at 12:51 am

    1 question why dont we make our own stiff

  24. naveone jakson

    December 18, 2021 at 1:07 am

    Ended

  25. Underpants and lightning

    December 18, 2021 at 1:13 am

    What are chassis? I didn’t hear an explanation.

  26. pocopoto

    December 18, 2021 at 8:43 am

    Jesus I swear America still thinks it’s in their golden years of industry when we’ve been falling behind on infrastructure for decades now. No highspeed rail, no centralized shipping ports, it’s like we were in a rally race and we decided to let everyone pass us easily.

  27. Timothy Gaming

    December 18, 2021 at 8:59 am

    Time to automate And get rid of those longshoreman. They are over paid anyway.

  28. Cisco C.

    December 18, 2021 at 9:07 am

    Maybe it’s me but that was the longest 9 mins of my life

  29. Claudia Oliver

    December 18, 2021 at 9:25 am

    Maybe we need to stop relying on China imports and start investing in our own industry. Just a thought.

    • JJ Barajas

      December 18, 2021 at 10:40 pm

      The chip industry is doing just that, with more fabrication plants opening in the states, after the global chip shortage messed things up.

  30. lala la

    December 18, 2021 at 9:38 am

    想看蜘蛛俠無家日彩蛋的話按👇

  31. Vibe Tribe

    December 18, 2021 at 10:42 am

    imagine if you cut off china and make things localy…. all that time and transportation costs would be cheaper? how is it logical to think that making things overseas is cheaper? they don’t pay their workers? how good quality is going to be when you cut off costs drasticly?

    • Li0rE

      December 18, 2021 at 12:09 pm

      It might seem like all this makes it costly to ship internationally, but what is shown in this video is actually the cheapest and most efficient possible way to ship goods today.

      Think about that huge ship that is carrying millions of items. The price PER item is so incredibly low that for many items it is such a small price per unit that it is more like a rounding error than a high cost.

  32. DroneH

    December 18, 2021 at 11:59 am

    I’ve been to the port in Shanghai, it’s amazing. It’s huge and almost fully autonomous.

    • Ralph Laguna

      December 18, 2021 at 2:50 pm

      We still have Billy Bob running our ports.

  33. Alan Cash

    December 18, 2021 at 12:38 pm

    like a pro

  34. BoyFromBelgium99

    December 18, 2021 at 12:54 pm

    *The Port Of Antwerp is indeed better, it’s the best of the world, next to Amsterdam, Hamburg, Hong Kong & Shanghai!*

  35. imicca

    December 18, 2021 at 12:56 pm

    3:02 slight correction & fun fact: ships, like any other vehicles, are feminine, so these are big girls !

  36. 环球中国人民解放军 Global Chinese Army

    December 18, 2021 at 1:03 pm

    People who are not stupid know that China always the best country, Rising above own score. No other nation can be matched. You must respect and obey the most glorious nation China or else there will be severe consequences. I am so proud to be a Chinese. We Chinese are the smartest, strongest and greatest race

    • edballs

      December 18, 2021 at 2:19 pm

      decent troll tbf

    • JJ Barajas

      December 18, 2021 at 10:37 pm

      Epic troll

  37. Ralph Laguna

    December 18, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    Hey geniuses… Why not manufacture those goods right here instead of all that stupid, costly shipping?

  38. Atley Meow

    December 18, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    Conservatives: “how come Buttigieg and Joe aren’t out there driving every boat in reeeee war on Christmas!!!”

  39. EL WARRIOR

    December 18, 2021 at 3:31 pm

    WOW SO PEOPLE ARE BUYING TONS OF MICROCHIPS ONLINE, MAKE NO SENSE

    • Uldis Pāže

      December 18, 2021 at 3:35 pm

      Intel i7 made in China LOL.

  40. Melissa H

    December 18, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    Nice video of Eaton Centre, Toronto.

  41. Wayne Montgomery

    December 18, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    This video was full of BS and exagerations.

  42. A G

    December 18, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    This is insane. I will gladly pay more for a decent pair of shoes made in the USA…they last longer and do not add to all this waste and pollution. Plus, they provide jobs here. This must stop–we really do not need all this crap. Buy vintage!

  43. Myrtle

    December 18, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    Port of Amsterdam? Don’t you mean the port of Rotterdam

  44. Mark Hancock

    December 18, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    Another big issue is the longshoremen’s union which is a legal monopoly within the US and has no interest in efficiency.

  45. Travis Smith

    December 18, 2021 at 10:59 pm

    The biggest problem, I see is, the number of empties, we send back.
    We need goods coming is & goods going out.
    China is essentially a company that makes everything cheaper.
    When there are 2 companies, one produces the same but for 1/2 the price
    as the other, it’s obvious which company will close first.

  46. Insert Name

    December 18, 2021 at 11:05 pm

    America needs to invest more into America in general

  47. Michael Quinn

    December 18, 2021 at 11:06 pm

    China has slaves

  48. vitim 35

    December 18, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    Eu sou brasileiro

  49. Zebi Abzulius

    December 18, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    I clicked on this thinking it was a Wendover Productions video

  50. helic opter

    December 19, 2021 at 7:32 am

    The Americans simply consume too much per capita! Start your contribution by buying less and driving smaller cars!

  51. -_-

    December 19, 2021 at 7:35 am

    US back then: Let’s revolutionise shipping around the world by inventing containers. 😎💪
    US now: No, automation bad 😭😭

  52. Abdul Kader

    December 19, 2021 at 9:38 am

    i was ok with the video until the ending mentioned Hyperloop vaporware lmao

  53. Brady McDaniel

    December 19, 2021 at 9:43 am

    What a mess!

  54. Gordon Davies

    December 19, 2021 at 10:26 am

    Nbbjkllllllm vcxzASSDFIMM

  55. yamikirin

    December 19, 2021 at 10:48 am

    Im sorry but this just seems like a more dry version of Wendover’s video with less details

    • m

      December 19, 2021 at 11:17 am

      Yamikirin Agreed the Wendover video is a head and shoulders better explanation. m Plus this video has some factual holes in it

  56. m

    December 19, 2021 at 11:32 am

    This video could have been so much better as well as much more accurate . m

  57. Simulation 2001

    December 19, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    Solution : Build more ports…

  58. appry78

    December 19, 2021 at 1:51 pm

    Isn’t the Alameda corridor already the chassis free solution she is referencing?

  59. Zachary Miller-Ember

    December 19, 2021 at 2:03 pm

    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.

    • Alexander Wood

      December 19, 2021 at 7:16 pm

      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.

    • Fall Witch 1

      December 19, 2021 at 10:09 pm

      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!

  60. アルバート

    December 19, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    Just use railway

  61. Edward

    December 19, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    LOL that’s not a 20ft container

  62. abdolrahman alabdoly

    December 19, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    just for improvements, the lady is kind of annoying because she is comes up every time you stop talking, i think this makes things more unattractive

  63. Invox

    December 19, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    We need Teleportation.

  64. Daniel Tan

    December 19, 2021 at 5:10 pm

    The volume fluctuating between speakers is so painful ..

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    December 19, 2021 at 5:36 pm

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      December 19, 2021 at 6:01 pm

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      December 19, 2021 at 6:02 pm

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      December 19, 2021 at 6:03 pm

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  66. Wu Lung

    December 19, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    US always establishes profitable monopolies.

  67. the dog

    December 19, 2021 at 6:09 pm

    this may be the tactic to bring the manufacturing capabilities back to here

  68. max burns

    December 19, 2021 at 6:54 pm

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    • max burns

      December 19, 2021 at 6:58 pm

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  69. Alexander Wood

    December 19, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    This video is just plain wrong. Containers are not trucked to Chicago, they go by rail, and the map even shows a rail terminal but yet the narration says it’s trucked over the road.

  70. veela420

    December 19, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    Lol, this is how it was in the 80s in commie eastern Europe, except there were no ships waiting 😂

  71. tr0nd15c

    December 19, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    F*CK YOU CHINA🖕🏻for decimating the world’s economy & health. #ChinaLiedPeopleDied #KungFluFighting #CCPVirus #FuckXiJinping #ChinaCoverup #CommunistPropaganda #ChinaPayback #Praying4War

    • Heidi Ho

      December 20, 2021 at 12:34 am

      Why are you blaming China when it’s American Greed that causes most problems! Btw, it was Ronald Reagan that started the outsourcing of American goods

  72. Jacob Hansen

    December 19, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    So what will Maersk say about this?

  73. w23857980

    December 20, 2021 at 12:04 am

    create a new port outside the city.

  74. Tim Brankin

    December 20, 2021 at 1:24 am

    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:

  75. Ali D

    December 20, 2021 at 4:06 am

    her voice slowly murders your brain because of how monotone and boring she is

  76. chickenwing986

    December 20, 2021 at 4:22 am

    The reason there is a backlog isn’t because “pesky consumers keep spending too much money on goods!” , it’s because California democrat leftist policies limited the amount of employees working at the port, and limited the amount of trucks that could drive into California to take the containers away. Thanks to this piece of propaganda, I’ve now confirmed that Wired is spewing leftist 2030 lies. Thanks for making that clear to everyone.

  77. seven henson

    December 20, 2021 at 6:17 am

    Nobody to blame but the government for under spending on critical infrastructure

  78. Michael Ray

    December 20, 2021 at 7:51 am

    All it takes is one Somali pirate to get on board one of these container ships and say “I’m the captain now” to ruin everything 🤣

  79. ellamennop

    December 20, 2021 at 8:28 am

    who owns the actual containers? whole video is fascinating, thank you

  80. Tried and tested

    December 20, 2021 at 8:50 am

    the title doesn’t match the video

  81. Star Lord

    December 20, 2021 at 8:51 am

    Stubborn, old fashioned and unwilling to change, two words perfectly describing US lol

  82. Barry Julian Waldron

    December 20, 2021 at 9:35 am

    Nixon’s American 🇺🇸 mistake!
    🇦🇺🦘

  83. kevin Leeparker

    December 20, 2021 at 10:36 am

    we need space x thinking people to solve this…and less politic blockage….while other countries invest in deep sea ports and automations…we had to get a permit to dig up a bucket of dirt…hahahahaha….the world still needs ports…because labor and resources are different at every countries…..like bananas can not grown here abundant like tropical countries…

  84. Arrow14100

    December 20, 2021 at 10:47 am

    Hyperloop? Guess she doesn’t know what she’s talking about afterall.

  85. Tom Petty

    December 20, 2021 at 11:57 am

    8:36 that’s Dom frm fast n furious

  86. William H

    December 20, 2021 at 1:18 pm

    “let’s follow a single container. how about that one over there?”
    [circles three containers]

  87. Jwrailv&e

    December 20, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    All these trillions spent on “infrastructure bills” and our highways, schools, railroads, ports, are all decades behind.

  88. CAP

    December 20, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    What’s wrong with this guys voice?

  89. Biltz Tom

    December 20, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    How Amazon is so fast and efficient?

  90. mr question

    December 20, 2021 at 4:36 pm

    YOUR STORY MISSES THE PART RAILROADS PLAY INTO THE CHAIN.

  91. dave hann

    December 20, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    Chassis, shassy not cha!!!

  92. A H

    December 20, 2021 at 6:57 pm

    perfect way to transport drugs

  93. Poida

    December 20, 2021 at 7:18 pm

    Use the trailers just do everything at night when traffic is at a minimum and you can just keep on Rollin’

  94. Shauday Smith

    December 20, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    developing a hyperloop for logistics makes a lot more sense than one for commuters between LA and SF.

    • Álvaro González

      December 20, 2021 at 8:34 pm

      Or maybe plain trains

  95. Andrew H

    December 20, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    This is a perfect example of why US ports are slow. It’s because idiots think that instead of using trains, automated cranes, and automated container movement within the port, we should just use the hyperloop. How about unions that are not allowing automation be forced to get with the times, and we invest in existing rail infrastructure. The entire port is behind in every way and it’s not because of chassis. A lack of chassis just makes our sh!t stink even worse. The unions wouldn’t even let the ports go 24 hours a day until recently.

    • Wolf

      December 20, 2021 at 11:33 pm

      So blame unions huh, Such a classic merican burger flipper who don’t know whom to question & stays at s*** standards 😅. Btw in Europe & in my country Denmark, all the ports have unions & paid 5 times more than USA & ports are automated. Lmao automation doesn’t mean no human, it means data logs are automated.

      Ask the govt, not ringa round blame game

    • Andrew H

      December 21, 2021 at 12:39 am

      @Wolf You don’t what you are saying. Listen up. You think the unions in your country act the same way as in America. THEY DON’T. In the US they very often put the profitability or quality of products of their parent company in jeopardy over the long term because of over reaching and irrational demands. In Sweden where I have experience with unions as well, they are much more rational, open to true compromise, open to technologic advancement even it I means a few lost jobs, etc etc. In the US, our port unions can’t even reassign a few crane operators. No, those crane operators are staying crane operators and automation will never occur or be decades behind. The lack of automation of any kind in the port of LA and Long Beach is mostly because if the unions being irrational. I support unions when they act like sane rational people. Like in Scandinavia they do a great job. US unions are too often too irrationally demanding. So yes, I blame the union because factually, they are a huge part of the problem.

  96. Ryan Bandler

    December 20, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    a container provides a convenient way of ~containing~ lots of things to make them easier to move them around.

  97. Jon Z

    December 20, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    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

  98. Peter Reijnders

    December 20, 2021 at 11:46 pm

    The Dutch Government has put someone under hypnosis against his will, because of some weird psychological experiment. They also let him sleep badly en put something in his food so he gets diarrhea. I always wondered why that is never in the news because it must stop immediately.

  99. ApexierGS

    December 21, 2021 at 12:04 am

    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.

  100. exeuropean

    December 21, 2021 at 9:27 am

    US Unions hate progress and efficiency

  101. Wingkee Ho

    December 21, 2021 at 11:21 am

    The easiest solution to solve the congestion issue in America is to blame the Chinese for everything and ban them to ship anything to the US. No container, no cargo, no congestion. America is great again.

  102. Colin Martin

    December 21, 2021 at 12:05 pm

    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.

    • cainiaowu

      December 21, 2021 at 1:33 pm

      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.

  103. Max Schumacher

    December 21, 2021 at 12:08 pm

    The end of this video is flabbergasting: the entire theme is that US ports are far behind comparable facilities in Europe and China when it comes to automation and then the proposed solution is to build a hyperloop?

    We are just going to skip the existing freight rail network and pretend that top speed and acceleration of the vehicles getting out of the port are the limiting factors in this system?

    Delusional

  104. pazz

    December 21, 2021 at 12:33 pm

    Well then stop shopping so much for fucks sake
    We don’t need that much garbage!

  105. NoobPerson305

    December 21, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    8:30 hyperloop imo doesnt seem too good of an idea, only maybe 1 to 35 containers at a time so not too great capacity and a bit too expensive to build, a conventional train would be much better for that, more capacity than trucks and hyperloop (maybe 40 to 80 at a time)

    • cainiaowu

      December 21, 2021 at 1:30 pm

      An fully automated port like Shanghai Yangshan which use robot to load/unload is the solution.

    • cainiaowu

      December 21, 2021 at 1:32 pm

      43.35 million annual TEU at Yangshan vs 8 million TEU at Long Beach.

  106. Anthony M

    December 21, 2021 at 1:00 pm

    Looks and sounds like a logistical nightmare. It also doesn’t seem efficient.

  107. Jaleel Grove

    December 21, 2021 at 1:12 pm

    Hyperloop is dumb. The capacity alone would make it difficult to integrate

  108. werdle92

    December 21, 2021 at 1:12 pm

    Tenet

  109. John Smith

    December 21, 2021 at 1:26 pm

    USA inefficiency.. because of the unions AS long as democrats are allowed to run these places……….they are not willing to let a crisis go unexploited.
    It is the present government that manufactors these crises, so they can promise people to fix them by printing more money.
    The biggest reason is that many truckers will only go to the California line to pick up containers. Inland truckers have avoided California for just a few short years. Many of the chassis are taken up at the state line because of the red tape involved with the innefficient democratic run state.

  110. Marksman

    December 21, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    just playing as Travis in GTA5 on the shipping container mission is enough to tell me manual loading crates is very inefficient.

  111. Hans Kostka

    December 21, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    US still lives in the last century or even earlier – just look at the crazy thing, that they still issue cheques which get “lost” in the mail — too dumb to use electronic banking

  112. Tira Ng

    December 21, 2021 at 3:14 pm

    😂 Wenzhou is my hometown, so surprised that my little town is mentioned here

  113. rrufio

    December 21, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    The US is always inefficient cos of politics and money.

  114. David Murray

    December 21, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    Unwatchable due to voice over

  115. Aaron Halliday

    December 21, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    audio mastering needed

  116. Toomo

    December 21, 2021 at 6:26 pm

    The speaker lady was giving an air of professionalism and credibility. Right up until she says “hyperloop”
    Credibility goes down the drain.

  117. Max D30

    December 21, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Chinese are very well talented In manufacturing cheap yet ok quality goods…

  118. downtourth

    December 21, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    I should start a shipping company bringing all the empties back to China for a fair fee, I’d be a shipping magnet

  119. Tamica Wilson

    December 21, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    Thanks

  120. George Andrews

    December 21, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    Every container represents a transfer of wealth – which will never return. It’s all one-way traffic. Which is why our factories close every day.

  121. rueberschaer

    December 21, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    Who was in charge of audio balancing in this video?!

  122. Will Riddle

    December 22, 2021 at 12:32 am

    Hyperloop? That or just optimize the port.

  123. Elyas Bin Yahya Rucker

    December 22, 2021 at 12:33 am

    Because everything is made in Communist China

  124. Alexander Caceres Gerasymlyuk

    December 22, 2021 at 12:45 am

    The autonomous iChassis by Cenntro is gonna be a major help

  125. CK l

    December 22, 2021 at 10:11 am

    So all in all, the delay is all here at North America port side. So it’s actually false to call it a “shipment “ issue; rather, it’s a poor port side logistic at North America side that’s holding all the product unload …

  126. janabananza

    December 22, 2021 at 10:11 am

    You had me right up to “Hyperloop”

  127. RoTD

    December 22, 2021 at 10:46 am

    8:28 all of her credibility, right down the drain…

  128. Alex Broere

    December 22, 2021 at 11:25 am

    As a Dutch citizen I’m proud of the port of Rotterdam. Together with Schiphol a great asset.

  129. biro24

    December 22, 2021 at 12:01 pm

    It seems everything is made in China…

  130. Roland M. Dill

    December 22, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    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.

  131. Matthew Vaughan

    December 22, 2021 at 12:54 pm

    Your container is a 40 foot container, not a 20 foot container.

  132. Dave Burr

    December 22, 2021 at 1:20 pm

    The start of the video shows a bunch of *empty* container ships “waiting to unload at the dock”.

  133. oilbender

    December 22, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    Was good until she said “hyperloop” lol.

  134. Anita

    December 22, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    BS – this did not happen. The shelves where I am are fully stocked – everywhere.

  135. Mike Hicks

    December 22, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    This loses a LOT of points by mentioning hyperloop. That’s total vaporware and really damages this analyst’s credibility

    • J J

      December 22, 2021 at 6:17 pm

      I was thinking about that. Pie in the sky solutions arent helpful

  136. John Laudun

    December 22, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    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.

  137. OMAR6575

    December 22, 2021 at 3:30 pm

    i guess after all these events…. moving manufacturing back to the U.S is it still not in cards.

  138. James Smith

    December 22, 2021 at 4:45 pm

    Why is there no automation why does it take so long to get a container and a container to the warehouse or distribution center why does it take so long for empties to get back to the trucks and and back to the ships one word the LONG SHOREMAN they screwed up the Harbor so bad this is what we have

  139. Kin

    December 22, 2021 at 5:18 pm

    Pretty shocking! “1 to 5 percent of containers fall into the ocean”

  140. Clostridium Tetani

    December 22, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    China is one of those countries that put ready-to-fire missile launchers in shipping containers. Like, built into the container, with a hydraulic door and everything. This keeps me up at night

    • J J

      December 22, 2021 at 6:16 pm

      Do you have any evidence for this claim?

  141. Rebeca Gmz

    December 22, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    I can see why Amazon is trying to come up with their own strategies. Wouldn’t be surprised if they take over.

  142. Carlos Martinez

    December 22, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    This shortage is manufactured. They are pushing/forcing the vaccine to make everything go back to normal.

  143. Chuck Mankin

    December 22, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    Government ownership of the ports would make it far far worse.

  144. Chuck Mankin

    December 22, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    Maybe we shouldn’t have torn up all of those railroad tracks!

  145. MrMcMind

    December 22, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    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…

  146. Raymond Tudor

    December 22, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    Another industry which it will be changed conpletely by nfts

  147. Chauvin Emmons

    December 22, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    What a perfect reason for entrepreneurs to begin manufacturing everything that we ever would wish to have here in America and a good reason to never again trust or do business with China

  148. femanvate

    December 23, 2021 at 1:30 am

    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.

  149. J W

    December 23, 2021 at 1:45 am

    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.

    • Daniel A Lor

      December 24, 2021 at 12:42 am

      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.

  150. Dusty F1

    December 23, 2021 at 1:48 am

    Amazing how a 20ft container in Shanghai magically became a 40ft when it arrived in the US..

  151. alec

    December 23, 2021 at 2:47 am

    if your solution is hyperloop you are just scrambling to line your pockets instead of actual infrastructural solutions

  152. CNRMAX

    December 23, 2021 at 5:51 am

    america always falling behind europe and asia

  153. Yea Nah

    December 23, 2021 at 8:01 am

    Is this a re-upload? I feel like I’ve watched this before.

  154. Gary Powell

    December 23, 2021 at 8:55 am

    I know let’s make this or that so the politicians in that shithole state can manipulate it, steel all the money and make it worse than it was before.

  155. king james488

    December 23, 2021 at 9:16 am

    it also stops at your mother’s house.

  156. HAPPY9862

    December 23, 2021 at 10:11 am

    USA, IS OUTDATED

  157. Kenya Tanzania

    December 23, 2021 at 10:12 am

    BOYCOTT MADE IN CHINA
    ASEAN MADE IS BETTER

  158. Lemon Tree

    December 23, 2021 at 10:18 am

    That is such a good thumbnail!

  159. 112313

    December 23, 2021 at 10:27 am

    So basically…. The current supply crisis in the USA is caused by… Inefficient transport system in usa .. .

  160. Toti Fernandez

    December 23, 2021 at 12:20 pm

    Most of the containers circulating around the world were born in China and a big portion of them will die in America.

  161. Greg Dennis

    December 23, 2021 at 12:22 pm

    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.

  162. Sophia T

    December 23, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Can anyone explain what is a hyperloop?

  163. Jo Zh

    December 23, 2021 at 12:48 pm

    American seaport is a “third world country” quality and standard… cool…

  164. SussyPole

    December 23, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    so why is the video blaming the consumers instead of looking at the real problem.

  165. David Nunez

    December 23, 2021 at 4:27 pm

    Her solution is a Hyperloop? WTF 😂

  166. Omega Man

    December 23, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    At the 6:50 second mark, what does that have to do with ocean containers?

  167. 0pTicaL

    December 23, 2021 at 11:15 pm

    lol, change will never happen for the US unless it’s for war. Shipping infrastructure around the world is decades ahead of the US, I don’t see any real change happening any time soon.

  168. Daniel A Lor

    December 24, 2021 at 12:21 am

    Container number is not correct. Container number starts with 4 alphabets.

  169. Daniel A Lor

    December 24, 2021 at 12:37 am

    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.

  170. Chance Merrill

    December 24, 2021 at 12:50 am

    We need to manufacture THINGS to send back, not send empty containers. US relies completely on Asia to feed us, put clothes on our backs, and smartphones in our hands. Look at the exploding trade deficit. What happens when they decide to stop producing for us? Or when a global health crisis happens and we cant even produce our own toilet paper…

  171. Banker Dave

    December 24, 2021 at 1:23 am

    How about bringing the manufacturing sector back to America so we don’t enrich the enemy and help American workers!

  172. Timnor

    December 24, 2021 at 1:33 am

    She seemed informed and intelligent until she mentioned hyperloop😂😂😂

  173. Indrajit Dewanjee

    December 24, 2021 at 6:51 am

    Thank you Container

  174. Subhajit Roy

    December 24, 2021 at 6:58 am

    After WION, I found this

  175. Mr. Roque

    December 24, 2021 at 8:00 am

    Trucks really need their own dedicated highway.

  176. H W

    December 24, 2021 at 9:31 am

    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?

  177. James Sims-Williams

    December 24, 2021 at 10:26 am

    Something like a Hyperloop?? Or just a train maybe…?

  178. onyxpartitian

    December 24, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    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.

    • mihovill misha

      December 26, 2021 at 2:23 am

      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

  179. Ronald Carmona

    December 24, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    Someone please answer this for me:
    If a ship carries 15,000 containers does that mean it takes 15,000 semi-trucks to haul away the cargo one container at a time? That’s a big job. Thanks for your knowledge.

  180. Ronald Carmona

    December 24, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    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.

  181. Lợi Lê

    December 24, 2021 at 1:58 pm

    👍🏻

  182. Santi Ortiz

    December 24, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    Hyperloop 😂😂

  183. EddieVBlueIsland

    December 24, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    If the govenment (inter state commerce) would get out of the way (dispanded) free enterprise would find a solution -quick (M. Freidman)

  184. swgeezer

    December 24, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    maybe we should have most of our stuff made here?

  185. henry twigger

    December 24, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    Could of cause, make things in USA.

  186. J

    December 24, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    America is known for cutting corners and paying way way more when things go bad due to there in action to actually build things correctly and efficiently. We don’t invest in our people or country we are always playing catch up.

  187. Rick Carrarini

    December 24, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Man this was good. Real eye opener.

  188. Albizu Garcia

    December 25, 2021 at 3:36 am

    The prediction about empty shelves and the inability to get Christmas presents never materialized.

  189. SwayBack

    December 25, 2021 at 3:43 am

    She said put the container on a hyper loop. Lol. We have trains… invest in infrastructure so it’s not out of date
    We want to complete the cycle not getting stuck in a loop.
    The whole world is owning us while we bicker a build more trashy suburbs

  190. Jeffery Mead

    December 25, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    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.

  191. JDM

    December 25, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    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.

  192. Sergey Smirnov

    December 28, 2021 at 7:45 am

    you show different container all the time, saying it’s the same one

  193. Stephen Mubanga

    December 28, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    Is a container part of the supply chain or logistics and transport?

  194. Stephen Mubanga

    December 28, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    This is a lot of inter model transportation

  195. Apalis1

    December 29, 2021 at 3:29 am

    They just circled random green cargo containers – bouncing all around the ship.

  196. airleech127

    December 29, 2021 at 6:16 am

    There is a lot miss information on this video

  197. Moomin Papa

    December 29, 2021 at 8:48 am

    Rather than investing in transportation, how about investing in manufacturing?

    • GLOBAL GHOST

      December 30, 2021 at 6:38 pm

      The Problem will always be about cost of Manufacturing 👨🏾‍🏭 based in China 🇨🇳 it’s usually Less to Pay a Worker on Average than a US Salary

  198. Matt Collins

    December 31, 2021 at 2:03 am

    Forgot to mention (on purpose) that unions in America resist automation and increases in efficiency in the ports.

  199. Nathan Pelka

    December 31, 2021 at 6:14 am

    There can’t be backlogs at ports when goods are produced domestically. Buy American made!

  200. Zoulous Production

    January 1, 2022 at 2:52 pm

    4:20 not a single container ship

  201. Gaz

    January 1, 2022 at 11:14 pm

    If things are so backed up that this may continue until 2023 why not make a new port somewhere on the east coast. Somewhere thats cheaper than California. That is built to the necessary scale and is actually designed efficiently so that short term it can provide relief, but long term it can actually run more efficiently than other ports, and see some return on investment. Seems like a no brainer. Then after ships unload there they can swing by California to pick up all the empty boxes.

  202. manny mo

    January 2, 2022 at 12:28 am

    Everything is made in China and the US is still the number one economy according to the fake media and fake economists, what are real goods or paper money?

  203. Lmaobox

    January 3, 2022 at 2:51 am

    All to bring products that still break within a week

  204. Robert

    January 5, 2022 at 7:18 am

    “Because consumers, still rattled by the pandemic,” because the media, with their heads still up their asses, continues to exaggerate the severity of the current stage of the virus

  205. GoofyTuna

    January 6, 2022 at 2:07 am

    This problem is fixable. The only issue is the owners and everyone who makes money in this industry doesn’t want to make LESS money than they already do. And guess what, this crisis is making them MORE money than if things were running smoothly. If politicians and businessmen didn’t butcher our manufacturing capacity and outsource it to China, we would not be in this big of a mess.

  206. borg386

    January 6, 2022 at 3:22 am

    That is not a 20 ft container!

  207. max idk

    January 6, 2022 at 8:21 am

    she green screened herself in front of containers? If WIRED did it, ew.

  208. alwaysabsinthe

    January 7, 2022 at 8:16 am

    Wait they send back empty containers back to Asia? Can anyone explain why it’s not filled on their way back

  209. F8_ Megalodon

    January 15, 2022 at 7:19 am

    So basically this is the day in the life of a shipping container

  210. GATTACA

    January 15, 2022 at 3:19 pm

    What her talk make me want to sleep.

  211. Piexus

    January 15, 2022 at 9:57 pm

    Thanks Ms. Lora

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