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Amazon seems to be efficient. Maybe they should open a port.

• wrycoder 5y ago
  Yeah, Bezos could just buy Houston?
  • lotsofpulp 5y ago
    Might be wiser to buy something on the west coast if efficiency is the goal.
    • wrycoder 5y ago
      Yeah, it’s weird. I was watching a YouTube that showed how Amazon was building their own extra long containers and bringing them up the river in Houston on specially constructed container ships with integrated cranes for unloading/loading.
      • Componica 5y ago
        I think this is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBIQIBavms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsBIQIBavms
        • wrycoder 5y ago
          Yes, that's the one! The containers are probably full of electronic products for the EOY push.
• bpodgursky 5y ago
  Anyone who could open a port free of longshoreman unions (aka able to automate) would be a step function above what we have. That's not easy to swing politically though.
  • LeChuck 5y ago
    Eh. I've worked at a massively automated container terminal free from unions (not in the US). It's not any faster than your US terminals. Less people, sure, but not any faster. I think you massively overestimate the gains automation would bring you.
    • koheripbal 5y ago
      This is an apples to oranges comparison. He said union-free, not automated.
      • t3rabytes 5y ago
        > (aka able to automate) It's right there.