• Making America Groan Again

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 28 12:33:10 2025
    People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.

    It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work
    for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just
    mind boggling.

    https://bsky.app/profile/pamkeithdc.bsky.social/post/3lntnwjcek22s

    Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long
    Beach, sees steep drop
    ...
    ...
    "We are at a tipping point on the West Coast," said Ken Adamo, chief
    of analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics. "Looking at how many truck
    loads are available versus trucks, we've seen a precipitous drop, over
    700,000 loads have evaporated nationally in the past week compared to
    two weeks prior," he said.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/busiest-us-ports-see-big-drop-in-chinese-freight-vessel-traffic.html

    700,000 loads have evaporated

    Real consequences.....Making America Groan Again...

    Once existing stock is sold, those shelves will be empty..

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Apr 28 20:14:17 2025
    On 2025-04-28, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long
    Beach, sees steep drop ...

    700,000 loads have evaporated
    Real consequences.....Making America Groan Again... Once existing
    stock is sold, those shelves will be empty..

    Guess America is going to learn some stuff the hard way, eh? Might be
    the only way we learn. Make good choices, live good life. Make bad
    choices, ... I sure am enjoying that enormous uptick in American
    manufacturing though /snark.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 28 21:17:06 2025
    On 28 Apr 2025 20:14:17 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
    wrote:

    700,000 loads have evaporated
    Real consequences.....Making America Groan Again... Once existing
    stock is sold, those shelves will be empty..

    Guess America is going to learn some stuff the hard way, eh?

    The full line of products affected by supply-chain disruptions are
    unknown to me, but hopefully, those blue-collar MAGA types will
    experience this, and pay more for Made in USA products, if they can
    find them.

    They predict that by June, these supply-chain disruptions will be seen
    on store shelves.

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