The Growing Challenges Facing New York's Ports - NYC Revealed

New York’s Harbor is as large as it is complex. It’s home to one of the nation's most critical infrastructure systems: six container terminals moving millions of pounds of cargo in and out every day. This system is buoyed by thousands of workers, from tug boat captains to the Coast Guard to longshore labor.
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[@jeffreylazu6692]

I work the ports of Newark as a truck driver and so many things could improve on the port side of things to be overall more efficient . As truck drivers we spend 3 to 5 hours a day at times just to return a empty container and pickup a load. Worst port as of today is Pnct . Would be nice if cheddar looked into them and see how different they are to the other ports that share the harbor with them.

[@AG-yc7vt]

Would it be better to move the freight by rail a couple miles away from the city to a dedicated container center where they could be put on long haul trucks? So the trucks wouldn't have to go through city traffic just to get to the port and then more traffic to leave the city.

[@jeffreylazu6692]

@@AG-yc7vt the ports do have rail inside of the ports that would go inland, the truck drivers typically pull loaded containers and deliver to warehouses in the tri-state. From there long haul drivers get loaded and make the journey. We mostly use interstate 78, 80 and i95 from there we can go ti any near by state pretty quickly but most of our day is spent inside inefficient ports

[@edwardbrown3721]

@@AG-yc7vt lorries are far more efficient in short distances than long ones, the ideal solution would be to build a cargo station lorries take containers to

[@batya7]

What is Pnct (port)?

[@jeffreylazu6692]

@@batya7 yea ,port newark container terminal

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

Been to some of the New York harbors since early 2000s and recently. It hasn't changed much, while Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, etc are sooo advanced now. It's so efficient, on time (especially in Japan), computerized with driverless vehicles moving containers, clean ports, etc.. you name it. US is ages behind Asia in transport.

[@the0ne809]

Japan is something else. Also, its population is declining fast they have no choice but to automate as many things as possible. But you are right, the US is far behind because it hadn't invested on infrastructure for decades until recently and that is nowhere near enough.

[@davidwright2332]

That was my first thought! Where’s the ai?? I thought we we’re better than that.

[@yourcrazyteacher585]

Unions.

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

@@the0ne809 China also recently upgraded their ports to be automated with autonomous vehicles.

[@kmg501]

@Rohit S lmao, it is the unions that played a major role in driving business to other states.

[@JimTheFly]

The amazing thing about the Bayonne Bridge being raised is that it was done on time (minus some added time due to extreme weather) and the bridge AND waterway both stayed open while it was done. Also, while they raised the bridge, they couldn't move where the feet of the bridge are (the Bayonne side is literally in the middle of a residential area. It was a totally amazing thing to see being done bit by bit over the years.

[@indibindylou]

I am fascinated by these NYC videos! And as someone who lives in a Western port city, I enjoyed learning about all the jobs that enable ports to run as they do

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

New. york is full of history and marvellous engineering. I would love to visit some day, perhaps make a vlog or a documentary about the city.

[@skeetrix5577]

like anybody would actually watch that shit though do yourself a favor and don't bother

[@truebluereef419]

You won't be disappointed. This coming from someone,born and raised in L.A(love my city).

[@arfriedman4577]

We would love to have you visit and film. Depending on what you film, you may need a license or permit.

[@MrPavan7000]

Cheddar has one oft he best explanatory video on youtube!!! kudos to you.

[@cheddar]

THANK YOU!!

[@eddyvaldes]

Please continue to do videos that only revolve around New York City. Anywhere else in the world is simply not worth it.

[@cheddar]

Just getting ahead of it here: "DoEs ChEdDar Do aNy ViDeOs nOT aBoUT NeW YoRk?!"

[@HDTomo]

That fake rich girl: am I a joke to you?

[@iceman9561]

Tell them to go back to Texas or Florida

[@wildbill7267]

Because Texas and Florida are overrated

[@uhohhotdog]

Well do you?

[@cheddar]

@@uhohhotdog Of course! This is a series. Two episodes left.

[@adithyaramachandran7427]

Since most of the containers these days come from the Pearl river region in China, the West coast ports have a significantly higher load than those in the east. It takes a lot more time for a ship to make it from Shenzen to NYC than to Los Angeles.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

It's like 14 days china to Long Beach. Then 3 days train to NYC. Most my freight is the US to latin america and the Caribbean inbound comes from anywhere.

[@skyh]

With Los Angeles back logged the largest container ships go to Europe from China and loaded on to smaller ships to U.S. east coast ports.

[@CryptoGeneYus]

Shipping to LA sucks

[@sandrajones8245]

May I personally thank Macolm McClain for his revolutionary adaptation to the shipping industry.

[@purplealice]

Shipping containers can also be loaded onto trains as well as truck trailers. They call that "intermodal". Large ships anchor a little bit south of the Verrazano Bridge for the Coast Guard to inspect (and I think they're waiting for a harbor pilot). My landlord's day job is being a tugboat captain. I saw a video on a trainspotter channel in which there were containers on flatbed trucks, one container per truck. The trucks were then parked on railroad flatcars and shipped by rail. It struck me as rather silly.

[@UmbraBree]

Its quite efficient actually. It means that the last mile faucilities only need offloading equipment for those container deliveries.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

That's called ToFC Trailer on Flat Car. And if you ship the container without the chassis. In a well car that designation is CoFC Container on Flat Car. And some trailers are still just trailers. We ship into Elizabeth Marine Allot put it on the train in Cincinnati. There are racks we put 4 chassis on and ship them like a container as well. Just 4 pins is all that hold a container to the chassis. And then zip tie the safety catch shut locking the handle.

[@crakkbone8473]

THIS NEEDS TO BE LONGER. THANK YOU CHEDDAR THIS SHIT IS AWESOME

[@moregameplay7004]

As someone who works down on the pier, always cool see ships you work often like the MSC Elodie show up on video.

[@Mr.Septon]

I would imagine we are steadily approaching a time limit before a lot of our largest, or at least most critical ports, will have to either split function, or be moved to new locations where larger ports for the realistically growing future can be built and expanded. I imagine we will largely wait until we have to rush to truly make the replacement.

[@sailingspark9748]

Where would you put them? The Ports are where they due to a number of reasons. Not only sea access, but access to deep water. The Delaware bay shore of New Jersey is very "empty", but it is also mostly all marshes and the bay is very shallow. To build a new port just south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Salem County would require dredging millions of Cubic feet of Mud, filling in wetlands (a big no no) and then you would need to connect the port to the existing highway and rail system. What you ask would be a big undertaking and probably not worth the time, effort, and money needed to do it. What is going to happen is a total collapse of the global market of "disposable" items. I am not talking dixie cups and trashbags, but cheap items that have a very short finite life before they need to be replaced because they cannot be repaired. Not only can the people not afford to keep replacing broken items, but the world cannot afford the costs involved in manufacturing, shipping, selling, and even disposing of them.

[@Mr.Septon]

@@sailingspark9748 do you make some valid points, sure, but regardless of disposable items, as populations increase and we become more globally intertwined, we will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. This is why countries around the world are build new massive ports that can handle current expansion of shipping. Eventually we either build new ports or expand the ports that we have. There isn't much getting around it. Do I think we need to make many changes? Yes. Do I think many of those changes will occur? Also yes, but to outpace other growth is just highly unlikely. A lot of countries in the west are relying on ports from other era's that could and thus far have relatively kept up, but there is a limit.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

The bigger ports will take the bigger ships. I'm not worried about that the U.S. Sports allot. Savannah Garden City Jacksonville Charleston Houston New Orleans Port Lauderdale Baltimore Dundalk Wilmington Norfolk Portsmouth. They all have size requirements for boats Panama canal size and smaller the bigger boats are primarily Asia to Europe thru the Suez canal. So NY NJ port authority will need to dredge the channels deeper for starters.

[@markusolofzon]

@@sailingspark9748 Stockholm county just a few years ago inaugurated a new harbor to be able to handle what’s coming. The harbor is located further from the city but with its own designated railroad tracks etc. Earlier the massive container ships had to navigate the worlds biggest archipelago (30 000+) islands. Passing residential areas, share the water with ferries and private boats to reach one of two harbors in Stockholm and share the space with all other types of ships. Now. With the new harbor there’s less disruption. Quicker turnarounds, safer waterways etc.

[@HaMoOoD95]

I'd tell your sound engineers to lower the background music. It's too loud for being just a background

[@Geknight]

Amount of logistcis have to be done to run all this smoothly 24/7 is mind blowing

[@JamesPhieffer]

Amazing how they talk about everything to do with the port, and moving containers, except the trucks. Considering how many come through any port in a given day, and how crucial they are to the functioning of the ports, that's a little surprising.

[@bijou1380]

Thank you for this information. I need it for my school assigment!

[@JeffBilkins]

I'd like to recommend all nerds to check-out the "What is Going on With Shipping?" channel for more US and global shipping stuff. I've been watching it since the Ever Given situation and the content perfectly fits the channels title, lots of news and background things.

[@captianmorgan7627]

8:36 I used to work at one of those tank terminals.

[@ExtraordinaryView]

Over the last few months this has been the busiest port in the US. I do a lot of shipspotting there and it's an incredible operation to watch.

[@cjuice9039]

It might as well be the port of New Jersey with the majority of the terminals being on the other side of the river.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

Jersey has the majority vote in the Port authority board.

[@markpatterson2507]

Like the Giants and Jets!

[@dougadkins7006]

@@Pocketfarmer1 I thought the governors of NY and NJ could add three commissioners to the board. No one state has more say than the other.

[@Pocketfarmer1]

@@dougadkins7006 as I understand it, the governor of new Jersey always appoints the chairman of the board.

[@found_documents]

Really fascinating.

[@garyhaszko3311]

There are more cranes and berths in Port Elizabeth than Port Newark, thus more ships go into Port Elizabeth

[@masbestiaquetu]

Awesome video

[@Mladjasmilic]

3:35 She estimated exponential growth based on 2 years (3 samples). Best I could make is quadric polynomial.

[@robertewalt7789]

I think she meant it to mean “very much,” not really mathematically.

[@BatCaveOz]

@@robertewalt7789 Mladen probably doesn't get out much.

[@masterimbecile]

9:12 “without these tugboats, ships would be…” Me: “ship outta luck?” “… unable to make it.” Me: dang it.

[@kaymish6178]

I had to unload a container today. The Biosecurity documents said it came from China to port of Tauranga then on a train from there to the container yard in my city then by truck to our unloading yard.

[@6idangle]

Crazy to think about all the things that have to happen for you to get something

[@danielgithinji5085]

Good content 👌

[@McMuffin103]

Lol 4 of these are in Jersey and I love how they’re considered New York ports

[@markpatterson2507]

Like the Jets and Giants!

[@beefweiner]

11:37 - he only works 5 hours a day? no wonder all my mail is freaking late

[@TrustTheShooters]

0:38 Damn, he was honest

[@BibleIkashika]

I need a coastguard here. I'm in love again and I remember 🤔

[@yookalaylee2289]

Malcom McLean was born in North Carolina. Just to make sure the North doesn’t forget.

[@JohnRay1969]

Let's have a full video on the tug boat guy.

[@markpatterson2507]

Pretty sure Mr McLean invinted the container in his home state of NC. Also the first container ocean shipment embarked Wilmington,NC for NYC

[@irfansarfrazconstruction7167]

Good jobs 👍

[@qingyangzhang6093]

Why put 4 massive container ports in Newark Bay, if Kill Van Kull was so congested, narrow and hazardous (and probably shallow before dredging)

[@sunshineimperials1600]

Well, Lower Manhattan wasn’t going to be able to support them, and New Jersey was willing to use Newark Bay, since much of the bay was still marshland until the advent of modern shipping.

[@taylorlentz8734]

The Bob Does Sports song threw me off in the beginning.

[@robertnapiorski8416]

Say it again for the people in the back. Modern shipping was invented and vast majority of the shipping is done in New Jersey! Excellent video!

[@thebananacraft7298]

When is this going to come onto curiosity stream .

[@BibleIkashika]

I'm glad they have work ...I too have work and get paid. Like them. So I am grateful.

[@martinbruhn5274]

Oh my god, I can't believe, that this one lady is literally called "Merchant" as her last name.

[@Brick-Life]

Lots of ports near the city!

[@coolbeans7349]

hiv boarding lol 3:45

[@arthurbutt8457]

I think you all should just rename this channel to cheddar new York

[@Joesolo13]

they beat you to it by an hour

[@skizztrizz4453]

They showed no love to the port agents that bares the pressure and headache of the logistical side of operations. We have to tinder the NOA, coordinate with USCBP, USCG, pilots, tugs, linemen, repatriation, stores, etc... Yup a huge headache sometimes.🤔💭🤕🤕🤕🤣

[@jerrygaguru]

You need rework your history little bit the container was invented and first ship from the port of North Carolina in Wilmington North Carolina to New York City port

[@broadwayboy6024]

Wow. You completely forgot to mention the port truckers.

[@johns8249]

Why isn’t Del wearing a vest?!

[@prabhushankar8520]

Good.

[@GRosa250]

The actual name is Intermodal Container

[@common_c3nts]

Why would you have any shipping ports inside NYC? Just drive outside the city populated areas to have the port.

[@daveharrison84]

There is a lot of shoreline and room for shipping ports. Especially the west shore of Staten Island which is swampy and unpopulated. However the big shipping port in the region is in NJ.

[@Joesolo13]

@@daveharrison84 Putting it on Staten Island then means getting it *off* staten island, and the 4 road bridges are already pretty congested. There's already some container ships that offload there, directly adjacent to the one rail line.

[@eaterdrinker000]

The video shows that the largest ports are in New Jersey, and only one in Brooklyn. In decades past, the Port of New York ringed Manhattan (there were and are a lot of old and renovated piers formerly for those purposes), which caused a lot of congestion on the waterways and roads. But remember, tens of millions of customers live in the NYC metro area, so direct delivery was not terrible, at least in theory.

[@richardhaas39]

@@daveharrison84 US Lines used to be in Howland Hook.

[@SirDucky2000]

7:08 360° radius💀

[@KingUnKaged]

@11:08 "Our workforce is second to none." According to the World Bank and S&P Global, they're actually 333rd*

[@nicolasdavies4129]

You guys know there are more cities in the world other than New York, right?

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Is there now?

[@maxd3028]

My dream is to live in Queens by rockway and work in NY port

[@bongwelll]

I go to Rockaway beach all the time during the summer. People forget NYC has beautiful beaches.

[@kw2519]

Queens? You’re dream is to live in Queens? Why? Working for the port makes sense. But Queens?

[@maxd3028]

@@bongwelll lucky you 🌟💯

[@maxd3028]

@@kw2519 I don't know I am just feeling the place I know it's not the best in many aspects but I don't know I am attracted to it

[@kw2519]

@@maxd3028 Should probably buy a ballistic vest. Apply for your CHL too. The majority of crime happens in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Next would be queens.

[@skylineXpert]

remember when transatlantic was oceanic? Only QM2 does It now as the last ocean liner. Imagine If transatlantic still was oceanic. that will be their hamburg klassiker a7 am see.

[@yongchen4158]

Import / export ship weekly east coast vs west coast commercial big business worldwide

[@user-dr2pg8fk2i]

Forgot to mention that McLean was from North Carolina and invented the container there as well.

[@thomaswilloughby9901]

This video is miss titled, 4 out of 6 container ports are in New Jersey not New York and pretty much have nothing to do with New York. The roads into and out of the ports are decades old and can not handle the traffic safely.

[@Sirhc2023]

Drive the boat? You mean by operating the ship.

[@Spacecrust]

Can you guys do a video on NYC restaurants and outdoor cabins in the streets. Curious what the future holds and are they staying for good.

[@emeraldkimble7602]

I could have been a contender marlin Brando I o the waterfront year I was birn 1954

[@ConnorWeller]

the static sound you use in this video is horrible, it feels like I'm having a seizure each time it plays.

[@crakkbone8473]

THROUGH NEW JERSEY LOL

[@sk8razer]

Why is the "background track" *LOUD AS FUCK*???

[@HOMELANDERFEELS]

Why yall only do new york, why not boston

[@kazijiaurrahman8989]

The best ports in new yerk .....welldone...

[@BADSEED13]

Your wrong. The ports will not always need people. They are turning docks to automation. They will be cutting longshoreman jobs in the future.

[@armando_az1]

Oh look gta Liberty City

[@tomsreviews238]

Most of all that cargo goes through New Jersey, not New York, oops!

[@georgiamayde4160]

This is not the largest port on east coast. INCORRECT

[@studebaker4217]

Choose narration or background music (really foreground here) - NOT both, PLEEEZE.

[@kutokaughaibuni]

when god bless me i will come in ny

[@djxcel23]

Staten Island Aka Shaolin

[@MateoQuixote]

This is New Jersey not NYC

[@bongwelll]

Wonder how much drugs comes in to just NYC. This city parties hard.

[@johns8249]

A lot!

[@josephflaherty5449]

Left out the deckhands who put their work in on the harbor

[@nannerz1994]

Do LA, it's even bigger

[@skyh]

The biggest in the western hemisphere!

[@andrewmackemzie4565]

Lol cute port NY. Wait till you see da bayareas ports.

[@fruhotchiliman]

Why is everything on this channel just about New York???

[@baystated]

"a small army of tugboats." ARMY of BOATS. hmm.

[@eaterdrinker000]

Like the Chinese military! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy

[@Faraonqa]

I will TL DR the video without even watching, if this is not the reason, the video is wrong. """"Smart"""" American city planning

[@mance985]

1st

[@Logan.]

2nd

[@cheddar]

Good job guys

[@Logan.]

@@cheddar it's not much, but its honest work🤠

[@caesar7734]

Another New York City video…

[@titanicbigship]

It is September that’s why

[@DatGuyYonder]

KILL LA KILL

[@MikeJDavis747]

The largest port in the country is Los Angeles/Long Beach. It was the most efficient port as far as moving cargo. However, the liberal State and local governments have really bogged things down by not allowing diesel or gasoline trucks to enter the port area. They can either be CNG, compressed natural gas or electric. You can always count on the government to screw things up.

[@DougGrinbergs]

Loud, gratuitous music unhelpful, distracting for some of us☹️

[@oversaturatedweb]

Who chose "HIV Boarding" as an acronym? Geez.

[@harpermartin7813]

Awesome video! God bless. Always remember that Jesus Christ loves you all so much! Jesus Christ forgives all sins. Jesus Christ is God, King, and Savior!❤️🙏

[@realmechanicalengineer5792]

Unions are crippling our ports. Need to allow in temporary workers to get things moving.

[@andrewemerson1613]

imagine looking a group of people upon who's labor rest the entirety of modern civilization and thinking 'nah, they got it too good' yeah sure, hire more people to deal with increased volumes, but union bashing is almost never a reasonable argument

[@realmechanicalengineer5792]

@@andrewemerson1613 the union isn’t allowing temporary workers to come in. They’re using the unfortunate situation to delay and squeeze more money out. I like many unions. My dad has worked in one for decades and it’s been great. But every organization can use some criticism. Unions are so bloated and take in way too much money to just give to politicians.

[@ericvulgate]

Right. Unionization is a great concept but our unions as they stand are part of the corrupt machine.

[@andrewemerson1613]

@@realmechanicalengineer5792 so your argument is that the union should allow another source of unprotected labor, therefore removing all of their power as unions derive all of their negotiating capacity from representing the whole pool of labor. a union allowing large pools of UN-represented labor into the mix is basically the same as disbanding

[@Joesolo13]

*penny pinching management is crippling our ports. Fixed that for you

[@jonathanng2390]

ZZZzzzz ZZzzzzzz all gone in a few years ZZZzzzz ZZzzzz zZZ

[@timfremstad3434]

Why do they need to dredge the harbor?......... I thought the oceans were rising.......... Guess not?

[@jimmitchell6000]

a) Harbors naturally get shallower as silt builds up and b) ships have been getting bigger much faster than sea level is rising

[@smurfraper1]

Used to be the gateway for immigrants but now it's the unprotected Southern border I love that Ron DeSantis has been shipping immigrants to States where people were like hey let them come but they live nowhere near them. Secure the border or vote Republican and I'm a Democrat who just said that

[@juicewrld5884]

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