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And right now ports like Long Beach can't deal with the incoming container traffic. Currently, it's a struggle for a trucker to find a chassis now.

These huge ships can create huge variations in the total TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) coming in at any given time. Containers can get lost under incoming containers for days/weeks because the port is playing Jenga.

I guess my point is that someone has to figure out the destination side logistics that will arise with ever increasing amounts delivered all at once.



Check out Rotterdam. Ground container handling is done with robot vehicles.


And a mountain of software to route, reroute, stack and unstack all to ensure minimum time spent in the port for a full container.




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