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 will encounter in 2021 and beyond.


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[rawhide]

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.

[OwenRULESSS]

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

[wmercer]

It's insane that all of this is still cheaper than just making the goods here in the US

[dron]

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

[colinmartin]

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.

[Pwndbythnb]

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.

[charlesspesock]

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.

[Jhawk_k]

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

[alexbroere]

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

[timnor]

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

[jw]

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.

[smilodnfatalis]

Literally we cannot organize moving boxes around. This is embarrassing.

[DanSolowastaken]

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"?

[ALWH]

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.

[rebecagmz]

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

[TheContainerGuyTV]

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..

[adamhartmann]

The thumbnail is Japan to Mexico not China to Chicago.

[femanvate]

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.

[zarfmouse]

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.

[Commander_HW]

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?