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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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"?

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

The thumbnail is Japan to Mexico not China to Chicago.

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..

Thanks for explaining about supply chain and shipping information.

Are upgrading ports included in the infrastructure bill?

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

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.

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

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?

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.

You lost me at Hyperloop

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.

Everyone is first until they refresh

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

This was very interesting and informative. Thank you 😊

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.

Man this was good. Real eye opener.

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

01:34 that's a 40feet container not a 20 :)

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.

The clip is composed well, but one thing is not logical! Why the Wenzhou made cargo have to transit to Shanghai for export? IN between there is a seaport Ningbo where have shipping route to US as well! And it is not mentioned most container carriers will go Ningbo port for loading before arrival Shanghai?

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

2:15 Amsterdam...? Shouldn't this be Rotterdam? 🥲🤔

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

editor, please normalize the voiceover volume. Frequently changing volume is distracting.

Isn't the container rented and have to be return on a date or else you pay huge fine in usa? In china and africa it's mostly like this. And i see the container being open and transfer in enclosed trailer, for long distance it make sence but for short travel why not take the container directly to the depot. It's common practice here even for long travel, they divide if it is lcl mostly

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.

"something like hyperloop" is an unnecessarily complicated way to say "train"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Come on man! You make an explainer video about intermodal containers, and don't know the difference between a 20ft and a 40ft container. In the shot (showing the dimension as 20ft long, "your container" is obviously a 40ft. TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) is the base for measuring traffic volume and ship capacity, but most containers are 40ft.

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

Can anyone explain what is a hyperloop?

You had me right up to "Hyperloop"

Fascinating video! As the founder of a logistics company, I understand the challenges well. Kudos to Lora Cecere for the insightful analysis.

Trucks really need their own dedicated highway.

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

Thanks Ms. Lora

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

The volume fluctuating between speakers is so painful ..

Thank you Container

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

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

Why was the container sent back to China empty?

Ignores the fact that California has outlawed independent contractors = most long distance trucker (own and operate their rigs as independent contractors) can't pickup / drop-off containers in that state anymore. Any business having the choice of Ports in Florida know this fact.

The autonomous iChassis by Cenntro is gonna be a major help

8:30 did she just say Hyperloop?

Very interesting video.

A way to move containers inland, hmmm where have I heard about this before…

There is a lot miss information on this video

Opening segment "over a hundred container ships floated in the waters outside of LA waiting to unload" - None of the ships in the footage are container ships... 0:59 "95% of manufactured goods now move across the world on shipping containers" - again footage of a large number of ships and not a single container vessel.

Does this include the time it takes to pick up the people they're smuggling. 🤔

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

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...

Container on barge is coming on the Mississippi

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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-csYb1J9tqvE.html

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

Very very important information for people to understand how sophisticated & complex is the export import industry.....I always pay air freight cause if it arrives through LA....it will take another month or so...

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 …

All to bring products that still break within a week

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

thats soo epic

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

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

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

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

How Amazon is so fast and efficient?

America is always slow on new infrastructure tech, or just new infrastructure period. We spend little money on that.

The video doesn't actually contain the information the title claims. I guess I'll tell you. Container loaded on a ship and departs China at sea in transit at port in other locations waiting for offload and loading of other containers At sea in transit. (Currently expect 20 day wait for clearance to enter LA Long Beach ports. You are not in line until you reach queue area. This causes full power in a hurry so they can wait. If they slow to conserve fuel it can cost millions and another week) Unload at port. Wait 9-11 days Get placed on a chassis and taken by truck to a warehouse in the greater LA area. Wait indefinitely for empty containers to be removed to make space at the dock to unload. Once unloaded the container becomes one of more than 100,000 estimated empty containers clogging up LA and Long Beach. For many reasons, mainly California being California, it is cheaper and easier to make another container in China than it is to take it back for reuse. Amazon is responding by having them made to easily convert to standard US road trailers. They charter entire ships with their own crane to offload. Next the road trailer is completed and the loaded trailer starts it's 20+ year life of highway use.

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

What is shipping container?

Good video !!

"let's follow a single container. how about that one over there?" [circles three containers]

Thanks

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

The short: North American rail needs big infrastructure upgrades

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