What Makes U.S. Shipping So Difficult | CNBC Marathon

CNBC Marathon reviews why the U.S. shipping industry is such a conundrum.
First, CNBC explores how freight railroads became so profitable and how the industry plans to evolve to stay on top. The United States lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to passenger trains but when it comes to the freight railroad the U.S. is dominating. The U.S. freight rail network operates over 140,000 miles of privately-owned track in every state except Hawaii, according to the Association of American Railroads. It moves one-third of all U.S. exports and roughly 40% of long distance freight volume.
Next, CNBC takes a look at American ports. The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in North America, saw record volume in 2021. Imports including furniture, car parts and apparel surged to a record 5.5 million TEU's in 2021, a 13% increase from the previous high in 2018. A TEU or twenty-foot equivalent unit is the industry standard to measure cargo capacity for ships and terminals. One 20 ft container can hold about 400 flat-screen TVs. But along with that volume came an array of headwinds impacting everyone from retail stores and large manufacturers to portside communities.
Lastly, CNBC reviews why the U.S. and Canada haven’t done more claim the Arctic regions available for shipping. Two of the largest shippers in the world, MSC and Maersk, told CNBC they’ve decided not to ship in the Arctic. MSC cited both environmental degradation and unpredictability issues, among other considerations. Others, though, argue global environmental conditions could improve, with reduced carbon emissions from shorter transits. Arctic sea lanes might be ice-free in the summertime by 2035, according to scientists. That could mean faster global shipping times, and Russia and China are already taking the lead on their side of the frozen North. So why aren't the U.S. and Canada doing more? “It’s really a question of saving shipping cost-saving time versus that lack of predictability,” Gabriella Gricius from the North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network told CNBC.
CNBC Marathon brings together the best of CNBC’s coverage on the U.S. shipping industry.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Why U.S. Freight Trains Are So Much Better Than Passenger Rail (Published Feb. 2022)
15:49 Why U.S. Ports Are Some The Least Efficient In The World (Published Feb. 2022)
30:17 Should The Arctic Be Open For Shipping (Published Feb. 2022)
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What Makes U.S. Shipping So Difficult | CNBC Marathon

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[@DieselDucy]

As a locomotive engineer for a class one railroad. I will say the working conditions at train companies in the USA are HORRIBLE! We are FORCED to drive trains dead tired. Punished if we try to take any time off work, including being HARASSED for taking FMLA leave.

[@0fficialdregs]

i truly feel bad for you and all railroad employees who just wanna make a living and enjoy the railroads

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

@@0fficialdregs me too... this is why even though I would love to become a railroad engineer, these working conditions discourage me from pursuing the job

[@0fficialdregs]

@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle I would say look into the class 2 and 3 railroads, but I'm sure you want to work for one of the larger railroads instead.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

@@0fficialdregs I like the idea (while it may not be realistic) of going to and from Texas to Colorado by freight train and going from the Gulf of Mexico into the Rockies.

[@0fficialdregs]

@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle I don't see anything wrong with that. that sounds amazing honestly

[@CoachZed]

nice to see that the railroads are the most profitable they've been in history, yet their employees are striking because of how poorly they've been treated. It used to be that the railroad was one of the best jobs you could get, now its not much better than working fast food

[@icanfartloud]

The increase in money is directly tied to Biden shutting down pipelines so Soros' trains could get the contract to ship the oil, at least nowadays.

[@kimobrien.]

Its the Railay "Slave" Labor Act. In the 1950's a train crew was 5 people today the bosses want to run longer trains with just two crew and want to reduce that to one. Not tp mention all the other jobs that have been eliminated.

[@maxwalsh234]

@@kimobrien. yet trumpies pretend that everything is ok because h e saved a few steal mils 😂

[@kimobrien.]

@@maxwalsh234 No its people like you who are the ones pretending that capitalist Democrats are the saviors of mankind. Trump points out your hypocrisy and you go wild.

[@kimobrien.]

@@maxwalsh234 Queen Hillary was the candidate of indigestible promises by.coal bosses and steel magnates alike. People like Warren Buffet who brags about paying less taxes than his serrate and wanys bigger profots from BNSF. Jeff Bezos owner of the Washington Post and Amazon.

[@jonathonwood2868]

Funny how they always say they are short on the labor side, it's not a people problem, if companies would pay better they would attract more people.

[@Species-lj8wh]

Its not the pay. Its the way they treat there employees. Want to work as a train engineer? Your expected to work 14 hours a day 5 days a week. You get 48 hours off. Not 2 days. If you got off at 6pm Friday your expected to be back on the clock at 6pm Sunday. Those 5 days on your on call. 24 hours a day. Mind, You will be paid up to 200k a year. With Golden Healthcare plans and Retirement. But they will run you hard and put you away wet.

[@PRH123]

@@Species-lj8wh I would gladly agree to that

[@davidshaffer4649]

It isn't just pay,but working conditions.i drive tractor trailer and looked into being an engineer and they have no holidays weekends and work on a 2hr call.they call you anytime and you show up in 2hrs or face the consequences.if they don't start treating people better they will be in worse shape than trucking no matter what they pay.

[@PRH123]

@@davidshaffer4649 that’s why the us needs a national labor codex, as most all other countries in the world have…. Those sorts of demands simply wouldn’t be allowed… in the interests of protecting the employee, and in the interests of safety…. A tired overworked stressed out employee is unsafe…

[@GintaPPE1000]

That's not how wages work. Especially not for transportation-related jobs. The freight companies just pass those costs onto the customers by raising shipping rates. Those manufacturers and producers in turn pass their shipping costs onto you, the buyers of their goods - including those hardworking engineers and yard crews who moved them. At best, the cost of everything only increases as fast as wages, so everyone is stuck where they are now. At worst, prices inflate faster than wages, and you just put more people into poverty. The only way to actually increase the average person's purchasing power is to either going to a Soviet-style command economy where the government sets the prices, or to decrease the cost of goods through greater efficiency. Like it or not, the American way of life is founded upon the lower third of the country being paid a pittance.

[@stacyjaye6350]

I'm a former teamster, and I am Union to my bone. But I can't back people that are against technology, like trying to save Coal jobs, for being against automation. Time marches on, folks. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.

[@Onehourworkout]

I call b******* f*** you

[@yourfriend4104]

What is even more confusing is that tech companies are automating the jobs that people aren't interested in or have enough of that they are fighting against. It's happening with the trucking business where there is a lack of truck drivers which is why companies are trying to provide some automation. I would only imagine if trucking companies would even refuse any truck drivers as it would be an expensive change.

[@who2u333]

Yea, screw all of those folks threatening a strike right now and pretending that it is because of pay and working conditions.

[@bighands69]

The US closed down US coal mines with the promise of fancy technology energy generation only to then import US coal from South America at a higher cost.

[@Onehourworkout]

@@who2u333 they wanted time off unpaid

[@cqd-tv4zi]

Why bother automating trains? It takes two men (one engineer, one conductor) to drive the train, which moves 200 trucks worth of goods. The rail needs one man per 100 containers, where the truck needs one man per each container, thus the saving will be minimal. Plus, many local yards still use manual rail switches, they are not going to update the entire system just for ‘automatic’ trains.

[@matt0844]

My though exactly

[@bnosza]

@@matt0844 When the union strike for some reason that’s the main idea behind automated the whole thing i think.

[@Kharmatos13]

Automated trains can run 24/7 with no breaks and the companies don't have to be extorted by unions.

[@robertomartin8731]

Profits, who cares about workers. Corporation don't care about laborers they're just cost that can be reduced as much as possible.

[@honkhonk8009]

Its for safety reasons. Their gonna automate trains the same way they automate your airliners. Airliners dont need pilots to take off, fly, and land. Pilots are simply there to make sure everything works out, and to take over in emergencies. Train operators are prone to failure, no matter how you look at it. Its repetitive. Automating the system is a good plan. They already have automated alot of the system anyways.

[@Parker307]

The freight train industry lobby is very very powerful. They have also been successful in shaping public opinion. People don't even think about passenger trains when thinking about travel. This is something that did not happen on accident. A lot of work on money has gone into people having that view in their heads.

[@bighands69]

Train passenger transport in the US is only viable between close states or close cities. Otherwise people are flying. It would be very uneconomical to travel by train from La to New York.

[@Parker307]

@@bighands69 This makes no sense. Freight rail people go on and on about how they can economically transport mass amounts but then when I comes to people there it's suddenly not economical. I know it's not exactly the same as people need services but it's not so so different that it overwhelm the inherent energy efficiency of trains. Russia is a big country and people travel by train for long distance there. It this because they irrationally want to spend more money on trains than flying? No, its because trains are good at moving stuff efficiently and that includes people.

[@Spectification]

@@bighands69 So the network connecting the cities between La and NewYork does not have to be built, got it!

[@Pernection]

@@Parker307 Freight is always full

[@Aerrow62]

@@bighands69 Not many people actually travel from LA to NY compared to LA - SFO. The majority of travel happens within 5 hours of commute.

[@MinhLe-vj9ij]

Very informative presentation, we learn a lot from watching this program. Thank you for making it available to all of us. Again, thank you.

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@thestockfother]

Nationalize trains. Nationalize trains. Nationalize certain trains/tations routes for trade.

[@johnsamuel1999]

Lol noo , thats a bad idea

[@honkhonk8009]

In Canada, we didnt nationalize our telecommunication infrastructure. Instead, we have regulation that forces them to fairly rent out their infrastructure to smaller companies, which in turn compete. Really helped us lower the price we pay in data. The US should do the same. Not fully nationalize, but partially.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

That the carrying capacity is so much greater for trains should urge us to support trains. I do wish more trains offered passenger travel. I really prefer trains to airplanes and freeways. It's far more relaxing and you have space around you - even in regularly priced seats.

[@westside213]

You should move to Europe! I think you're going to be disappointed if you keep waiting for Americans to give up their cars (not gonna happen). Also, America is less dense than Europe and most parts of Asia and we should keep it that way! Stop trying to change this country, if you don't like it, leave!

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@travelinman70]

passenger trains are prevalent in Europe, but it's not "cheap".

[@MrJimmy-fl2bn]

I like the idea of different RR companies being able to use track from a different company as long the as Company that owns the track doesn’t change an outrageous price and treats all traffic equally on the track and everyone operates safely.

[@michaelschneider2874]

And The ports do not adjoin an efficient Large Railyard !

[@Reid52]

It won't help. Precision railroading, which this video stupidly defends, makes trains so long that it's functionally impossible for multiple trains to utilize lengths of track because they're too long to use two-rail bypasses. They would need to make trains shorter and hire more labor to increase capacity along current networks, which they won't do because the industry won't hire enough people despite taking in massive profits. This video is utter BS, it's just PR from the rail industry trying to defend its profit margins. Nothing in it would work as a solution to anything.

[@crl122486]

This is one of those rare instances where I support most of the Rail networks to be owned and ran by the Federal Government, but seeing how our Fed Govt operates, its a long shot

[@torineg.847]

It's all about money ! They to as what DieselDucy says in comments, It's another corporation that don't really care about the employees. as long as their making money.

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@austinhernandez2716]

Most rail tracks are private. That's the problem. Could you imagine all of our roads being private and semi trucks having to drive on them? Well that's how it is for railroads.

[@MrKongatthegates]

well, if they were public the unions would squeeze them dry so its pretty much a wash. More incentive to build more track if people and companies can actually own it. If it was public, there would be way less of it

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@MrKongatthegates Then explain why it's so terrible in the US right now and why it's better in countries with public railroads. And you act like unions wanting human rights is a bad thing. It's called the free market and it goes both ways. What's your solution to unions? Slavery? You want reliable workers then treat them right. It's that simple.

[@MrKongatthegates]

@@austinhernandez2716 its not terrible in the US. Its awesome

[@johnettipio]

@@austinhernandez2716 Unions can be good but when they become too powerful, they are no better that the companies they originally sought to protect their members from. To be honest, if we did have a national high speed rail network I probably wouldn't use it very much. I prefer to drive most places and if I had to get somewhere far away quickly, an airplane is much faster than a train. Please stop using slavery as nothing more than a buzz word. Slavery was/is an despicable practice. These people are not slaves. I agree that many railroad workers are underpaid but they can leave and find other work. I have never heard of slave that could choose a different master is he is unhappy. You are comparing bad working conditions to being forbidden from learning to read, forcefully breed like livestock, having your family separated and sold to the highest bidder, and being beaten or killed if you don't like it.

[@thegreyghost5846]

@@austinhernandez2716 if railroads in the US are so terrible then please explain why we have the best freight network in the world

[@MinhLe-vj9ij]

Very informative program, thank you.

[@EyeTech21]

just think about an 8000 mile journey for a box of shoes costing less than a chicken nugget, is unintentionally hilarious.

[@honkhonk8009]

But ironically enough the most cost effective method available.

[@ak6188]

Excellent documentary ❤❤

[@jamisonmunn9215]

There is only one reason why shipping the in USA sucks. . . Nothing is made here. Every city and town should be making something and that would help immensely.

[@MALIK-fk1rz]

and the lack of pay for these poor delivery drivers

[@bighands69]

US shipping is the best in the world. The US has a river network that allows cargo to travel that no other country on earth has.

[@jamisonmunn9215]

@@bighands69 well then explain FedEx yesterday when their stock went down 20% because they can't make the money they should be making?

[@Pernection]

@@jamisonmunn9215 it might be competition or fuel costs

[@Aerrow62]

@@bighands69 That network exists in unsustainable region where the modern manufacturing doesn't exist.coasts where the population exists always could use the oceans for coastal shipping.

[@Theblackdahlia1]

Norfolk Southern is always hiring, emails weekly about conductor, engineer, and yard jobs.

[@jewelzs1095]

Good article. 👍

[@keiththoma2559]

We need STB to be more aggressive on making sure the freight rail industry is investing in improving the network and better compete with trucking. Every additional rail car is 1 to 2 trucks not on roads/highways.

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@wagnsprinter]

These videos are so well done, they're like an Art Piece every single one of them....

[@danielfields4078]

It's a shame, that we don't have high speed rail.

[@briandbeaudin9166]

Not really. It is extremely expensive and would be massively underutilized in this country. China's high speed rail is losing immense amounts of money on a daily basis.

[@arv9993]

@@briandbeaudin9166 nope, that’s not true. NE corridor, SF to LA and the Texas triangle and other major population centers will be perfectly suited for high speed trains. It’s more efficient than using cars. All the major countries have shown that HSR is a economic boon.

[@noway5096]

@@arv9993 so I gotta rent a car where i'm going? nah, i'll drive.

[@arv9993]

@@noway5096 no, you would use local trains or buses to get around. If you live in suburb or in a rural area then you would need a car.

[@lzh4950]

Another advantage of the Arctic shipping corridor is being able to avoid maritime piracy hotspots e.g. Horn of Africa, Malacca Strait. If more ships use that corridor that could mean less ships using the more traditional route via the Indian Ocean & calling at ports like Singapore (probably why it had joined the Arctic Council as an observer member too, so it has more understanding about the impact of the Arctic shipping corridor)

[@steveo9683]

So you blame black people

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Autonomous vehicles will not need drivers but will need on board security personnel for trains and trucks for security and prevention of theft.

[@ronaldpiper4812]

Around Chicago one carrier with global 1 and 2 and western and many others. They closed them. Elwood is not answer to all problems. Bottleneck longshoremen,carb, and twice. It's fixable but there on inside looking out.

[@ChrisGuiver]

Do the Deutsche Bundesbahn operate in the USA? At @15:11 a DB (german DB cargo) locomotive is shown pulling a train (the 295.019-4 is normally based in Hamburg, so it was a long train under a lot of water to reach the US)

[@ronaldpiper4812]

Secure doors with bolt seal or make all locked in the car. Some do. Seal every container empty loads. And a generic seal on every load. Not blue with CATERPILLAR ON them. Or may tag. OR hump them containers real hard bent the door locks they get open at consignee.

[@ejonesss]

if the problem is money maybe the companies should diversify (csx novelties or csx casino and resort).

[@herrene05]

Beurocracy is the biggest hurdle to overcome in any type of businesses

[@paladinsorcerer67]

I support dock workers and I support avoiding automation of ports. I can live if my stuff from China gets here a bit later than expected, if it means that vitally important workers have a good paying job. If the workers can upskill and save themselves physical labor, then I support that, but not at the expense of too many layoffs.

[@scaryb69]

Why stop at transport? Why any stuff from China?

[@Mr1159pm]

Rails need to be separated from carriers and they need to provide equal access to all carriers. This will improve competition. Currently it's pretty much an oligopoly.

[@kimobrien.]

It will be an even more powerful oligarchy afterwords.

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@Fellowtellurian]

The freight rail network should be giving up track hours to passenger rail in order to move people off of aviation. Passenger aviation is the three highest contributor to transportation emissions.

[@DougGrinbergs]

5:48 railroads nationalized in most of the rest of the world 8:26 Amtrak pays freight RRs $142M annually for track rights.

[@rebecca.smith.]

Stup!d !d!ot. Japan has the best railway and it certainly is NOT nationalised. I live in the UK and the Nationalised service is expensive and non existent, run as a monopoly.

[@louminatti3776]

expand capacity and nationalize the rails themselves. end the monopoly.

[@ronaldpiper4812]

Appts to pick up. In LA? SORT AND GET the loads out to Barstow. As long as the container doesn't local delivery. Get it out of CA. nevada lots of room and truck friendly. And move when ever. The cost can only handle so many containers and anything California related. A port in a real busy city and were can you expand in the water. If they really wanted to fix it they could

[@tanujSE]

It's good if we have travel for commodities to travel and exchange world wide but there must not be private property with class relation

[@mikeem848]

@3:58 Where did you guys find this footage of the V&T??????

[@42meep13]

I feel like if the rail companies really wanted to push that clean factor they mentioned, they should actually push to electrify their lines, as a Pantagraph Electric Locomotive is more energy efficient, and can be even cleaner (depending on power plant fuel and scrubber quality), compared to Diesel Electric Locomotives. From my understanding, they won't because it would increase how much tax they have to pay on their infrastructure. I know some say the US lines are just too long, but the TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY is fully electrified. Just don't do Battery Electric Locomotives, that's just dumb. (Batteries on a Pantagraph Electric as a backup is okay, but they shouldn't be the primary power source)

[@Beantastrophe]

Companies want one person doing all the jobs of an entire team save a dollar. They aren't actually hiring

[@maxheadrom3088]

You can't compare only cost reduction between trucks and automated trucks - you need to show a comparison between trucks (automated or not) and rail. The reason rail is more economic comes from the characteristics of the wheels and the demands for the tracks. Metal on metal is more economic than rubber on road - and a lot less polutant. Tracks also require ramps to be 1/10 of road ramps - that's the main reason a rail track is more expensive than a road to built. Once built, however, you can get things working much closer to the optimum conditions. People may not be aware of this but tire dust is an important polutant and contributes to global warming. Tires produce rubber dust of different dimensions and some of that dust (I don't know the percentage) is part of what is called "dark aerosol". These particles raise to the upper atmosphere and because of a phenomenon cause by Earth's rotation fly to the north and south pole. The dust from the Northern Hemisphere goes to the North pole and vice-versa. That dark aerosol than falls over the snow and ice in the arctic and make it grey. Being grey it absorbs more heat from sunlight and melt faster - the first water from that melting snow/ice is black, btw, because of the dark particles. Dark water will also heat faster under the sunlight and the whole things will make ice/show to melt faster. Once Ice is melted, surfaces with a much greater hability to absorb energy from the sunlight are exposed. And that's how your car tires are an important cause of Global Warming. Automated trucks and cars are a really bad idea. More rail is an excellent idea.

[@noahthenormal]

@@collenflarity7856 Aren't you dead?

[@LWoodGaming]

@@collenflarity7856 who are you talking to?

[@melaniecotterell8263]

Mag lev? What about the bats and the bees. They just need to make tires white,

[@OmmerSyssel]

Thanks for an excellent contribution. 👏🏻

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@dlewis9760]

Every politician wants a railroad stop for passengers even if no one uses the facilities. It's called bringing home the bacon. I was watching KZbinr 企鵝交通手札. He was talking about more tracks between Taipei City and Keelung. They put the tracks in. The new route has more stops. It's slower than the original line. Lots of people don't use it. And we are talking about a route that works as it is not that far from one end to the other.

[@mafiousbj]

In most other countries both passenger and freight trains share the rail network (no fees attached)...no wonder Amtrak doesn´t work in the US if they have to build their own separate rail network besides the freight one, which probably has the best route paths already and has bought the land when it was dirty cheap. Also, just decentralize the west coast, it´s insane just two ports handle 40% of all containers exports into the country

[@alfaeco15]

A freight only railroad is far cheaper and more efficient to operate than a combined one. Far lower safety requirements when no people need to be transported to, and less operational hindrances (you are doing just one thing)

[@alfaeco15]

In Europe we have less space and more populated areas. Not easy to build/have operation specific rail networks.

[@wilee.coyote5298]

15:19 a 50% increase in freight volume? What causes this?

[@jonathankovacs1809]

CoachZed you are right It used to be that the railroad was one of the best jobs you could get my father worked for Santa Fe RR as a shop foreman he loved his job and it paid him well but now that the greedy money grubbing dirty CEO's living high on the hog with six figure incomes have ruined everything!

[@ArgonDavid]

More and more transportation & manufacturing within USA for USA Citizens & USA residents and reduce dependency on other Nations like China etc. 🙏

[@bomk3956]

Big problems for shipping: 1) the Jones Act is completely outdated. The Jones Act restricts maritime shipping within us and needs to be massively overhauled and is massively outdated. It restricts shipping companies and makes maritime shipping extremely expensive. 2) Freight railroads don't share tracks very often, and when they do they charge extremely high rates. Just like roads, railroads should be nationalized and maintenance can still be contracted out so that people can make money off of it.

[@0fficialdregs]

let's not forget there are Class 2 and 3 railroads that could contribute as well

[@doomas3022]

We should have an American internal shipping channel. An East to West channel starting in Mission Bay? (San Diego CA) or South Los Angeles CA? San Francisco CA (area) would also be a viable starting point. The I40 or in between the I40 and I10 corridor would be optimal? That makes it way through to the Chesapeake Bay?? (Virginia) Or just redesign the ports?? to funnel the the ships through just a shipping channel that goes "around" Los Angeles? Just North or Just South of it?? Ships hold way more than trains/railroads and obviously trucking can handle. Exponentially higher volumes moved via water. We could also just consider just copying what the Chinese do? How do they move freight so well??

[@stuartnochance]

Do you realize how many locks would be needed to get ships over the Rockies? And how would you keep the higher locks full of water? That’s a hell of a lot of pumping!

[@trukeesey8715]

Choo choo is the most enjoyable way of travelling, compared to horseless carriage or aeroplane. I won't say anything about bicycle, horse, cart, nor boat in this comparison. Nor balloon.

[@GamerbyDesign]

Autonomus trains is proably a way easier problem to solve than autonomous trucks.

[@williamohara8153]

Much of the available capacity on the intermodal is never used. Most of the containers leave via truck instead of rail because shippers don't choose rail. It's faster to ship from China via LA or LB. It takes longer to reach ports such as Georgia or Boston. Why would they ship via a slower way ? It isn't really the fault of the Jones act.

[@sirbonobo3907]

never let privat companies own public infrastuctur this is always bad for the society.

[@melaniecotterell8263]

Private companies are greedy. Government is inefficient, and greedy.

[@stevenherrold5955]

i heard a funny story a man was asking for tickets to fly to hawaii when he was given a quote he said i will check amtrak . can you imagine his embarrassment when they said we don't go to hawaii

[@vej007]

Yes.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

39:50 : "ore and iron are the two main minerals that can be harvested in the arctic". I get iron is a mineral (metallic type), but what do they mean by ore? I understand iron ore, but what do they mean by ore as being one of two primary minerals which can be harvested in the arctic?

[@TheZodiacRipper]

Are both the tracks and the trains privately owned in the Us?

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

Open the Arctic. How about build rail networks in the nations of Central America as they have none. By taking all the goods they export to the U.S. by rail, many ships would be able to be used in other locations and open the logjam of American ports. This would also allow citizens from the 2 regions to go back and forth in interaction on coach passage!

[@hbarudi]

This video simply shows an overview of shipping in USA. The stuck shipping ship traffic in California, I just wish they would either distribute the ships to other docks where they can drop off and reload or power their engines down to the bare minimum life support systems... For trains, the idea of nationalizing the railroads is necessary, but I hope the bureaucracy does not weaken its efficiency. One idea to add passenger rail would be to attach to freight trains human rider rail cars and support (restaurant car and so on) rail cars to the freight train and make freight train schedules available.

[@birdness]

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

[@noahthenormal]

@@birdness Well you sure convinced me with your complete lack of an argument

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@birdness yeah right, entire wealthy and successful Europe runs like that! China created a massive highly efficient railway infrastructure from scratch! US is slowly collapsing because of reactionary nutters like you, incapable of following necessary development! 🤮

[@paladinsorcerer67]

I've heard that due to predatory trucking hiring, jobs in trucking have become terrible careers as of the last 20 years. It seems that employers will reduce wages and benefits so much that they end up going to AI trucking by their own practices.

[@joebloe1401]

one TuSimple employee commented on December 5 saying: “We’re going through huge layoffs right now. Stock is at an all time low. No clear path to making money.”

[@MASS1866]

Not sure of American rail companies but CN and CP have become so profitable on the back of less maintenance workers and so less maintenance in general on the rail lines and so a huge drop in safety and usability of the rail system. As far as autonomous shipping, having driverless trains is practically a moot point in comparison to trucks as there is a two to four hundred percent difference in the manpower currently needed for trucking as opposed to rail. Also, there is almost no take in this article as to the implications of the loss of the thousands of jobs related to this automation. We are tearing down the economy to make profit in the short term and huge economic loss and poverty in the long term. There are more and more people looking for work and more and more jobs lost to tech. Looks kind of Orwellian. 😒

[@desistang8794]

Key word, private vs public

[@XOPOIIIO]

It's ridiculous that ports are closed on weekends.

[@charlesjay8818]

ports should never close, it should be a 24 hour operation 7 days a week. Just employ 2 sets of staff for day and night shift.

[@diannadima7082]

But rail is not safe from theft. I have personally lost so many of my orders because of theft. This is wrong there is no security.

[@expletivedeleted7853]

Shareholders love PSR, but not one shipper loves it. It’s ridiculous that a vital part of our economy is held hostage to greed from wall street.

[@markissboi3583]

Amazon boxes looted and thrown across railtracks 2:58 Securty 2 years L8tr we'll look into this . /..\ why some your parcels never arrived .

[@yeaho7935]

How long it going to take for me to my goods that's what I need to know

[@doomas3022]

We should have a east west shipping channel similar to China's North South shipping channel to aid with USA moving freight.

[@alfaeco15]

Autonomous trucks? Pipe dream.

[@danieldegracia1690]

Weather is young " as far as historical data" So yeah it changes,( hopefully not too soon)

[@kamnapavon4638]

The #1 Best Answer for Emissions Reduction.... Nothing else is viable at an Expedited Rate.. Electric Engines can be taken Offline, Charged, then Added back to the Line....... Along the Way.. Nothing else would compare.. Forcing Amazon to be Grounded, along with USPS, UPS, FEDEX, etc..... would save more Fuel than all the Cars used by the Public.. Same would be True of Public Transport or Airlines....

[@deanseawa]

You actually have to include in your narration that the railroad system predates Automobiles and airplanes? Thank you for making it very clear who your intended audience is.

[@ArgonDavid]

Huge Electrification initiatives of USA Railroads, Trucks, Ports, airports and roads are very crucial to survival of communities and reducing carbon emissions as well as slowing climate change effects on Earth and Earth's Northern hemisphere . 🙏

[@michaziobro5301]

It is easier to do Autonomous trains than trucks.

[@legaleagle1433]

BNSF is a subsidiary of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway's holding company and has made HUGE profits this last year. The profits are driven by the need to return dividends to investors.

[@Yeoj444]

13:30 yeah the industry owners and investors not the driver's. With stagnating rates fluctuating fuel and personal living costs they just don't want to deal with the driver's. It's less likely I'll retire and just get kicked out of the industry.

[@watsapp1266]

Thanks for your comment

[@googleyoutubechannel8554]

"prototypes of self driving trains" :) - taking into account all tricky edge cases, this is still like a weekend project for cal tech undergrads, lack of self driving trains has nothing to do with tech development.

[@omegaman4153]

interesting that five railroad companies combined, generated less annual revenue than UPS.

[@yeaho7935]

Why company like Amazon need is own Port

[@stacyclarkson6202]

West coast to East coast on rail takes a month, takes a truck a week! :) Im a TRUCKER!

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

1:28 CNBC didn't even try to find an American autotrain

[@295g295]

11:45 - Can a *container* be moved from a *ship* to a *railcar* without being pulled by a trailer-truck?

[@Tgspartnership]

autonomous rail cars would be similar to the autonomous cars in the dock yards

[@jasonogren5135]

We have forgotten that in order to have a future industry…… we need future consumers and workers … we have traded our birth rate for a stock portfolio,,, I wonder if that will work out??

[@CMDRScotty]

Sound like the Union of the ports wants the American people to pay higher prices. They should accept new technology and the company with the government should offer free education, moving credits, and retraining for people displaced by automation.

[@seeranos]

43 minutes on supply chains and freight, and not one mention of the problems of Precision Scheduled Rail. Railways are profitable despite giving up on quick deliveries or efficient routing, by grinding their conductor/engineers to dust, and handicapping any competing rail traveling on their tracks. 150 car trains on 1 track rails with only 75 car passing channels means every track can only ever handle a single train at a time, and passing tracks sit unused, except for the 4 hours where Amtrak trains are forced onto them to let these massive freight trains pass. That’s not to mention how double-stacked cars forgo efficient routes and sometimes force the destruction of efficient routes because the trains can’t fit the tunnels.

[@Tgspartnership]

they could use a complete paradigm change

[@seeranos]

@@Tgspartnership I agree. Something to temper the profit-at-all-costs paradigm.

[@christopherstrong880]

Profitable feight network

[@Iquey]

The timing this video is being released. Is it a coincidence with the potential rail strikes? Or were they working on it for a while?

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Hmm good observation

[@katherynemero4118]

I know that there are people out there that can see it coming. If you're into that stuff, this outcome would have been obvious. These people are called economists. They study this, and they know. It's just not your thing is all.

[@NuestraPatriaGrande]

Our companies do well. The problem is that workers are not paid enough and healthcare and sick leave lags behind other industries. The plight of workers ushered the need for labor unions . Labor Day in most of the world ios still may 1st. Elites unfortunately control our government and how our tax funds are used. We spend more for war industries than we do for infrastructure spending and improvement of workers rights to a living wage and benefits. It is ridiculous to expect students to want to go into vocational training when we are not taking care of them once they start to work.Four year careers open up to much higher incomes and benefits.

[@kimcissell1905]

Hold out for what they need

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

firstly, Russia has been shipping far more tonnage by rail than us for years, and secondly, if you are making so much profit, and moving so much freight, than surely you can afford to double track and electrify major corridors to improve efficiency and allow passenger services to get through without disrupting freight services.

[@Bob-jn8gt]

Russia also doesn’t have navigable inland waterways like the US, which ship many 100s of times more tonnage annually than Russian choo choo trains

[@amazon4716]

One united railroad With multiple companies competing sounds fair. No monopoly.

[@welsthe3rd]

SOoOOoo profitable 💰💰 ... Can't afford sick days tho

[@blackhawk7r221]

Remind me again…..just how many paid sick days do they already get?

[@welsthe3rd]

@@blackhawk7r221 as many as you want!!... as long as you only want ZERO sicks days ☠️

[@bomk3956]

@@blackhawk7r221 zero

[@Ayo22210]

40 foot container turnpike doubles would help - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:40%27_container_doubles.png Container lumber carriers would make a big difference too - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Container_lumber_carrier.png

[@friendsofthegerund7693]

"Arctic" is an adjective word, not a noun. The Arctic what? Arctic circle? Arctic sky? Arctic wildlife? There must be a noun following the word "Arctic". Minus 1 point.

[@TheHouseofSniffers]

Never was a problem 2 years ago.

[@thorstenroberts4726]

It's difficult to compartmentalize freight rail from end to end shipping. New rails seem to be hard to build and a big part of the solution might be to extend the part of end to end shipping that is provided by freight rail. Passenger rail as it currently exists in the US is too slow to compete with air travel.

[@Spectification]

Japand and other HSR projects would beg to disgree in the 400 miles segment...

[@thorstenroberts4726]

@@Spectificationcorrect. Allow me to clarify: passenger rail in this country is too slow. I think the US could benefit greatly from a robust HSR system.

[@Spectification]

@@thorstenroberts4726 That I agree with as well.

[@Aerrow62]

HSR can compete with flight and be cheaper and faster upto 600 miles of travel while maglevs can compete with airlines up to 1200 miles of travel. Across the east and west coast maglevs can beat airlines in reach, speed and cost. The trains have higher initial cost and long gestation period but airlines are technically more expensive to operate from day one and need higher maintenance from increased wear and the nature of airport dependency adds commute time to end destination by it's very nature.

[@genrabbit9995]

Not with highspeed trains. When you are to travel like 1000km/640miles, an d you add waiting time, travel time etc. Then highspeed train all of a sudden is absolute possible. And by highspeed train I mean trains which on average travels at 200mph/320kmh.

[@robertdamin8723]

Who do you think are the profiter well it must be all the owners and the share holders is it not? Or tell me otherwise if it is not the case.

[@williamohara8153]

How does an autonomous train save money ? Labor costs per a mile shipped are less. Safety is key. You need personnel on 150 cars carrying 100 tons. It's a lot of weight. Trucks should be paying a fair cost for road usage. The wear and tear on the roadways is greater than their current payments. A green future would mandate trains since the emissions are far less

[@elijahmumfordjr1703]

did you see that youtube tried to block my messages

[@3rdworldgarage450]

Passenger rail in the US is expensive, slow and inconvenient. Of course no one wants to use it. It may be passable for small journeys, but for longer distances it is a poor third behind flying or driving.