Only one terminal out of the 12 in San Pedro is operating 24 hours a day - Total Terminals International at the Port of Long Beach - and that every-second schedule is only Monday through Thursday, making it a 24/4 situation, not 24/7. A Port of Long Beach official said discussions were taking place with other terminals.
The 24/7 operation at the Port of Los Angeles is not even happening.
So the ports as of right now are status quo as it relates to expanded operations.
The reason for this lack of 24/7 is because every facet of the supply chain must be participating in an equal fashion.
The question is what can be done to change the behaviors of those in the supply chain to go to 24/7? This frustration can be read in a press release from the Harbor Trucking Association, which said the Biden administration's plan did not address the core issues that have been plaguing the supply chain.
In the sea of faces of those attending this press event, a critical piece of the supply chain was missing - the ocean carriers and the port terminals.
The terminals are the key segment of the supply chain that not only schedules the truck container pickups and drop-offs, they also request the labor to unload the vessels.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/heres-truth-behind-247-port-operations-pledge
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