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Old 09-28-2021, 07:08 PM   #21
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Nothing wrong with the gCaptain article and nothing to argue.



You put your own spin on it by tossing in that Canadian anchorages are filling up. That is not true and not what gCaptain or USCG said.
Disagree re-read the quote
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Old 09-28-2021, 07:17 PM   #22
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Nothing wrong with the gCaptain article and nothing to argue.

You put your own spin on it by tossing in that Canadian anchorages are filling up. That is not true and not what gCaptain or USCG said.
Did you by chance wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning?
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Old 09-28-2021, 08:36 PM   #23
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Anchorages for freighters in the Gulf Islands have been full or nearly so for the past couple of years. An article by our MP suggested that the grain exports that had for decades been coordinated by the Federal Wheat Board were now in chaos as a result of the disbanding of that organization by the Federal gov several years ago, so now the ships wait for appointments at the various grain terminals before they can get fully loaded, thus filling up all of hte Vancouver anchorages and spilling over into the Gulf Island anchorages.
We also get occasional container ships, though most of those are too big for the Gulf Island anchorages.

Today's total according to AIS signals available to Marine Traffic (https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...ry:49.0/zoom:9) is 18 in the Gulf Islands.
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Old 09-30-2021, 04:09 PM   #24
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The other thing I noticed the other day was an absolute “mountain” of shipping containers stacked up beside the Knight Street bridge over the north arm of the Fraser River. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Uncertain if they were empty or full. I’m sure it’s a symptom of the upheaval in the shipping industry right now. Suez? Covid? Who knows!

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The other thing I noticed the other day was an absolute “mountain” of shipping containers stacked up beside the Knight Street bridge over the north arm of the Fraser River. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Uncertain if they were empty or full. I’m sure it’s a symptom of the upheaval in the shipping industry right now. Suez? Covid? Who knows!

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Years ago there was a container co on Mitchell Island that stacked empty containers either side of the Knight St. bridge, 7 high and the lot was full most of the time. Then upheavals in that industry caused those to move to another location, on River Rd in Delta. Maybe the current upheaval has brought them back? Or the construction of the interchange between #17 and River road has eaten into that space?
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Old 09-30-2021, 09:11 PM   #26
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Lack of truck drivers etc. Seems when you pay people to not work, they don’t…comrades.
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Lack of truck drivers etc. Seems when you pay people to not work, they don’t…comrades.
Too true. I suppose if I were making min wage and they offered me half to stay home, I would take it. No costs or taxes that is close to net income.
The businesses I deal with are all short staffed.
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Too true. I suppose if I were making min wage and they offered me half to stay home, I would take it. No costs or taxes that is close to net income.
The businesses I deal with are all short staffed.
Truck drivers et al, are hardly “minimum wage” jobs.
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I heard something interesting today in an interview with Gary Locke. He is a former WA State Governor and Commerce Secretary under Obama.

Something he mentioned that I had not considered was that there have been problems with the availability of shipping containers. Containers move around the world as they are used. The US has continued to import products from over seas but during COVID has not been exporting as much. More containers have been coming this way than going outbound. That has apparently resulted in a shortage of containers in some locations, making it harder to ship product out.
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Old 10-02-2021, 01:18 PM   #30
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Truck drivers et al, are hardly “minimum wage” jobs.
Hmmm. True truck driver average hourly is about $25 compared to fast food server $15.
The latter goes home every day.
$25 is considered the minimum livable wage, I should have said that, not minimum wage for entry level workers.
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Filling up

Home Port Ladysmith. Five years ago no container ships parked. Then one sometimes. Last couple of years- four or five is the norm. So I would say for us locally, yes there is a good backlog around the Vancouver port.
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Hmmm. True truck driver average hourly is about $25 compared to fast food server $15.
The latter goes home every day.
$25 is considered the minimum livable wage, I should have said that, not minimum wage for entry level workers.
Perhaps the fast food server is getting paid way, way, WAY too much for his/her skill set. Jobs that will soon enough be replaced by technology.
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