Supply Chain Disruptions from Sandy-PLEASE REPORT- NY, NJ, CT, PA,

TOO ANYONE IN THE AREA OF NY HARBOR...

We need to get photos of the Docks and Ports.

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Whatever info you can gather that is factual.

Clearly people are in the dark about info and the whole thing is being mishandled, supplies are short, etc.

Pull it together folks and post here please.

Didn't respond to you in order. Sorry.

That is good intel and clearly FEMA still is as organized as Chaos Theory.

Keep feeding the Intel here. Thanks so much.

What the cop said about the East Coast event in October: [link to www.youtube.com]

I remember that one...

QUEEN EXPRESS an Oil Tanker has moved into the harbor but has stopped near the other 5 Oil Tankers in the Harbor.

This tanker came straight into the harbor, bipassing the others sitting out past Sandy Hook, NJ.

This may be screwing up Futures Contracts.

Regardless, The QUEEN EXPRESS has not moved to the Docks.

1. Either docks at All Oil Ports are damaged
2. Or they storage tanks are at capacity
3. Or there is no means to upload the Tankers.

Anyone with other thoughts or facts please comment.

I have been able to buy gasoline for my generator the past couple days at my nearest gas station. Cash-only though, because their internet service is down. (Obviously, mine is up.) Before that I had to go a bit further but after the first day and a half or so, when I was using stored fuel, I've always been able to buy gasoline.

I am north of NYC in the suburbs, not right on the coast.

There's also a harbor in Bridgeport CT, about 75 miles up the coast. I've heard that one is operating.

Broader Update on Ports.

It Appears NY Harbor is the only one effected in a major way as Philly, Baltimore, DC, RI, Boston all seem to have healthy Traffic.

As of this morning there are still no additional Ships at the Docks but there are 3 Container Cargo Ships on their way into the Harbor.

There were 4 Oil tankers in the Harbor but now the MISAKI is being diverted to Philly. This was one of the First Oil Tankers to be in the harbor so there must be something still wrong at the Docks of the Storage and Refineries in the Area. Also, Futures Contracts may be effecting this as well.

It does appear that one Tug Boat is lined up with the GLORY EXPRESS, an Oil Tanker but no movement yet.


[link to www.marinetraffic.com]

Both CSX and Norfolk Southern are still Cut Off.

[link to shipcsx.com]

[link to www.nscorp.com]

We are now starting AT LEAST DAY 7 of zero Trains coming to their respective terminals. As I have mentioned before, I believe this is a much bigger problem because it has more to do with Food coming from the West rather than from the Ships.

Certainly now, with Airlines being concerned with refueling at Newark and JFK, planes will not be the ideal solution. It will have to be trucks most likely.

Can anyone in PA confirm Trucks still sitting idle?

Container Ship Info

One TEU equals a 20ft Container "Twenty Foot Equivalent Units"

New panamax

10,000–14,500 Capacity (TEU)

Post panamax

5,101–10,000

Panamax

3,001 – 5,100

Feedermax

2,001 – 3,000

Feeder

1,001 – 2,000

Small feeder

Up to 1,000

NY Harbor cannot accept Post Panamax or New Panamax Ships. Too Big

NY Harbor is the 3rd Largest Container Port in the USA and Largest on the East Coast. LA and Long Beach, CA are one and two.

NY Harbor is also the Largest Oil Importing Port in the USA.

2011 NY Harbor TEUs

Imports: 2,683,689
Exports: 1,621,265
Total: 5,503,485

61% of the Northeast Market

From the Port Authority

[link to www.panynj.gov]

the situation is going to get a lot worse if they dont get the harbor working,coming up to a week now,the media are not reporting the situation,what the hell is going on ?????

They are waiting for the nort'eastern storm...

what sort of damage will that do ??


in the uk papers yestrday they a p[icture of new yorkers looking in the garbage for food,its quite insane if you think about it ???

infortunately it can have a huge impact. Imagine storm surge with no barriers, strong winds in weak structures and trees etc, heavy snow and rain in allready flooded areas, no power or gas, and the whater turning in ice! Ryan Maue‏@RyanMaue

Massive wind-field w/984 mb low likely w/some (sub)-tropical characteristics Late Wednesday, ECMWF 00z +96hrs [link to twitter.com]

Trains now.

Trains transport 70% of Containers across the US.

A few numbers.

One Double Stack Intermodal Rail Car: 4 TEUs
Truck: 2 TEUs

(Rough Average)Average Cars in a One Mile Train is 100. (400 TEUs)

A Panamax Container Ship fully packed is 5100 TEUs.

5100(Ship)/400(Train)= 12.75 Trains of 100 Double Stacked Intermodal Rail Cars.

Two Trucks per rail Car. so 400 TEUs x 2 = 800 Trucks per One Mile Train.

800 Trucks x 12.75 Trains =


10,200 Trucks to do the same job as a Train for every 5100 TEUs

Wow.

I don't know about you guys but I do not think there are enough Trucks to keep they supply chain going while the trains are down. That's 10,200 trucks IN and 10,200 Trucks out for every 5100 TEUs.

The big picture next...

interesting info

i know in my heart sandy is just the start,i have been keeping an eye on this thread and i notice that when i watch the mainstream news they are not telling the TRUTH to the public........


this next storm is worth keeping an eye on

Thread: Hybrid Storm like Sandy Can Hit The East Coast By Wednesday!!!

the next week could be a complete nightmare for people who never prepped

Holy Crap.

2011 Imports 2,683,689 TEUs/year

Simple Average though of course it seasonally changes:

7352 TEUs per day(365 day year) into NY Harbor.

Hmmm...

2,683,689/5100TEUs from above post = 526

10,200 Trucks per 5100 TEUs.

10,200 x 526 = 5,365,200 trucks for the yearly Imports

5,365,200/365 days = 14,699 Trucks per day

We need 14,699 Trucks per Day while the trains are down just to maintain the existing Imports before the storm.

These are just averages and obviously there are a ton of factors in play.

1. Docks are not fully operational
2. Trucks cannot even get into Port
3. You have to have the right trucks!
4. Countless other things

Reality is no matter when they fix not only the Docks but also the Rail Lines, we will have significant back log and bottle necks.

The things that were diverted away from the NY Harbor, will also require trucks to get to the area in some way, shape or form. Even if they Train to Philly, unload and Truck in, they don't have the Gas Supply for that many Trucks.

Trains are Still Cutoff This morning.

[link to shipcsx.com]

[link to www.nscorp.com]

It would be nice if someone in the area could confirm that there are no trains moving.

There are now 4 container Ships in Port Elizabeth with 3 Lined up to the Cranes.

[link to www.marinetraffic.com]

Still no movement from the Oil tankers in the harbor but there is a Hazard A Tanker Moving in now.

for more info and the truth

Can anyone verify this Organization is on site and giving out FREE fuel?

NORMAL = Trucks don't sit idling wasting gas. Trains dont sit idle waiting for trucks. Debris is rare and quickly cleared away. People feel no sense of panic, and do not clog up traffic routes, and empty fuel supplies in a panicked fashion.

What we have here is the opposite of normal, debris will take weeks to clear, trucks are idling with consumers clogging routes, taking all available gasoline. Trains are not meeting their loads and timetables, such a situation will worsen if not alleviated.

Each day of 'disruption' causes a weakening in the system to handle that disruption. Kinda like the classic scene with Lucy at the candy factory, the candy keeps coming but it doesn't matter because the system breaks down. If the candy stops, sure she can get a hold of things, but the NEEDS require the candy machine to flow even faster.

I won't say that this is full on doom, but if this were the "Street Fighter" video game, and the East Coast was Ryu, well, he just got hit by a severe Ha-Do-Ken and his health gauge is below half.

The weakness means further hits will not be received as well, therefore, yes, "ripe for disaster" is what I would call it.

Also it is due to years of JIT hypnosis, a diseased meme which this new generation of money-seeking gamblers called managers, have bought into. They have ruined America, these modern day businessmen with no sense. We need a modern day Joseph to take the ring of Pharaoh and order the nation to 'store up grain for seven years' because only such an event can cure the mental wrongness of this just in time modality. It's terminally vectored, and will surely destroy the nation eventually. What we need is warehouses and common sense people to stock them and dispense. But the anti-commies will never allow that to happen. We're fucked by anti-commies and fucked by commies. HA

I just drove from Maine ( where sandy brought us crazy 17' waves and 60mph winds) to the south, I filled up in Mass and agin in Ct as I heard that there were gas shortages. And I took 84 to 81 to avoid the city. There was no gas available at any of the 4 stations i stopped at on 84- just long lines of confused alarmed people w 60 people in line at subway and other food joints, but plastic bags on the gas nozzles and no gas signs in the windows of the stations. It was the same story at each stop, no gas, freaked people and more motorists stranded on the side of the hwy with no gas! I crossed into Pennsylvania with less than a quarter tank and saw a station w a line maybe 40 cars in line, cops at the station. Attendants pumping 15 gal per car. It was freaky. The news hasn't reported how wide spread this issue is and will be for some time. And don't forget people are still missing trapped cold and hungry in staten island and there's another storm on the way... Weird and scarey times, y'all!

i live in mass. i work for a computer repair company and 2 of our parts suppliers were out of new jersey, one is not open any longer obviously, and the other lost their warehouse out in new jersey so now they are scrambling to get parts out of a warehouse in texas, which is good they have backup but it creates more costs for shipping for us and them and ultimately customers, and im sure other businesses and industries will be feeling this already with any suppliers they had in the affected areas.

Strong Cat 1 winds at 850mb altitude on Euro.

[link to pbs.twimg.com]

Very likely that will mix to the surface as gusts.

Their website says they are in NJ:

Fuel Relief Fund is responding to the Hurricane Sandy disaster and has a loaded fuel truck
containing gasoline and diesel in New Jersey.

Fuel Relief Fund is on location in Hoboken, New Jersey about two blocks from City Hall.
Within an hour, of setting up there, over two hundred people were in line to receive the free fuel.

That's all I can tell you.

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For those readers who want more information on Fuel Relief Fund:


I found the site from a newspaper article, tracked it down. I figured that if the newspaper was covering it, it was legit.

Here is a link to their information page on a site that covers 501c organizations (registered non-profits):

[link to www.guidestar.org]

Excellent incite and I love Street Fighter. I think you have a very fair assessment of this situation.

It will start popping its ugly head in other parts of the country I would think. Not on the food level but you can see for the PDF link above that 23%(I think) of Chinese imports come into NY Harbor. Christmas and Hanukkah around the corner you may see a shortage of toys and other things of that nature elsewhere.

Thanks for the info. From what we have researched, it appears that NY Harbor provides a large amount to CT and Mass so that fact that it is spreading to those areas confirms the conditions we think are at the Harbor/Refinieries. etc. Most of the new gas coming in has been through PA so if they are rationing as well than yes, the problem is spreading quickly.

That Stretch of 84 across NY State to 81 is pretty barron too. Not like the West but You are saying that Binghampton, NY is also having gas lines now??

Have a safe trip and keep us posted.