This is everything Frank Sobotka fought for. Finally, we got that port dredged

@tanveerhasan2382

6 ай бұрын

_1 man, 1 vote!_

@outtarespecttomyfawtha1589

6 ай бұрын

this needs to stay the top comment.

@jrs89

6 ай бұрын

I was looking for a reference to The Wire as soon as I proceeded to the comment section. I'm glad this is the first comment. Thank you,

@callenjohnson81

6 ай бұрын

I was gonna say the same thing..only if him & ziggy were around😂😂😂😂

@kva7922046

6 ай бұрын

Came here to say this!

looks like they need a new bridge now

Well now it needs a new bridge.

Ports need more railroad infrastructure as with the rest of the country. Its the most efficient way to move a lot of heavy stuff. It need's to be federally regulated so we don't have the same 3 companies playing monopoly on their regions.

RIP Frank. You finally did it!

Man, if only Frank Sabotka had lived to see this . . .

@apo617

6 ай бұрын

Facts

@Edwachable

6 ай бұрын

Exactly my thoughts 😂

@ridwanomar5351

6 ай бұрын

RIP Frank Sabotka

@iank3924

6 ай бұрын

Came to say this

@chasemorgan2788

2 ай бұрын

Close your eyes frank…. Tough night last night.

I’m proud of all the Frank Sobatka love I’m seeing.

Looks like it's certainly getting a makeover now...

The moment I saw this. I knew the amount of the wire reference I’d see and I wasn’t disappointed 10 comments in. Rip Frank

I wonder how the tragedy of the FSK bridge may impact these growth plans?

Amazing that the Baltimore bottleneck, which has been around forever, is only now being fixed, and it only cost $500m Absurd that it took that long. By contrast, Apple's AirPods generated over $20B in sales.

@jtgd

6 ай бұрын

I got the perfect solution. Baltimore inspired AirPods

@HKim0072

6 ай бұрын

Coincidentally, I was just googling the 2017 tax cut savings for AAPL. _The report, covering the first three months of the company’s activities under the new tax rules, shows $16.1 billion of worldwide pretax income, and an income tax provision of $2.35 billion, for a tax rate of 14.5 percent. By comparison, the company’s effective tax rate for the first three months of calendar 2017 was 24.9 percent. If last year’s effective tax rate were still applicable, the company’s first quarter income taxes would be $1.68 billion higher._

Happy for Frank Sobotka, even I am from Finland.

Wasn't this explored in the HBO TV show "The Wire" Season 2 ?

I kept seeing Frank Sobotka’s name in the comments, so I assumed he was a politician in Baltimore from before my time lol. Then i looked him up 😑😑🤣

This whole snippet is so cringeworthy after today…

@AstonC-ic5kh

2 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯... Well researched and said. Definitely suspicious

3 months later, a giant container ship takes out a huge bridge in Baltimore. This upgrade couldn't come at a far worse time. That bridge disaster is a 100 million dollar a day disaster

If you walk through the garden...

@MrNotaterrorist

2 ай бұрын

you better watch your back...

As an importer, I sat helplessly back in 2022 when our entire nation's port capacity was swamped and overloaded. We waited WEEKS for vessels to get berths to be unloaded. We watched vessels start deferring their departure dates indefinitely or blank sailings. We ran out of stock on everything and watched our customers grow impatient, it was atrocious. We clearly do not have the excess capacity to keep us from another blowup, and if you understand how queue lengths behave in terms of systems engineering, they don't break down in linear fashion, the wait times EXPLODE when you exceed capacity. I dread the future, we can't get enough capacity online fast enough to keep us from hitting another logjam soon; it's only a matter of time.

Spoiler: It’s because of Frank Sabotka

one big issue with all the upgrades is that most of the money goes into unloading the ships faster, but not into every other stage in the terminal upgrading to container asrs would greatly increase the container capacity of the terminals while also increasing speed of access to any one container

@JiveCinema

6 ай бұрын

This is the same thing Frank Sobotka was complaining about.

@samulilahnamaki3127

5 ай бұрын

Check the German Box Bay - system

@vincentgrinn2665

5 ай бұрын

@@samulilahnamaki3127 oh nice boxbay actually got their prototype made

Strange how you just had the accident with the Ship...

ooooffff.... Key Bridge tragedy is gonna put a real damper on these plans 😖💔

I’m glad Baltimore is getting the improvements they need. I remember years ago they had a long process to get the channel to the Savannah/Brunswick port widened and deepened to handle the bigger ships. Georgia invested in the port because Atlanta is a transportation hub and the port is an important part of the trade. Companies have built factories in Georgia because of the infrastructure that moves supplies in and finished products out.

It's getting upgraded with the growth of Freight Traffic. Canals can be used to have the shipping Vessels parked to unload the containers for smooth flow of the goods as with the Multiple Shipping Vessels.

1:25 Ports America spent $550m on terminal but seemingly $0 on bridge dolphins

Am I the only one that caught the guy calling the ship to shore cranes looking like "space war kinda machines" when he clearly meant star wars AT-ATs

I can remember the back log of container ships off the coast of long beach CA in 2020-2021. I could see plenty of them from the beach, over 100 of them back logged at the time.

Sabotka would be proud...

Who is here after the bridge collapse?

What about Frank Sobotka? I'm not hearing his name in here anywhere?

As a Baltimorean or “Baltimoron” lol, this is definitely good for our local economy!

@JiveCinema

6 ай бұрын

I was just out there in August to watch the Mets at Camden.. they got swept. And Baltimore is a beautiful city. Loved it 😊

@jordan6489

6 ай бұрын

Come back, there are some great parts to Baltimore City, not just the harbor. There are issue's here for sure, but the more jobs and industry the better.

@Toryboy1807

6 ай бұрын

The game is the game

@mysterioanonymous3206

6 ай бұрын

​@@jordan6489issues...? Understatement of the century.

@jordan6489

6 ай бұрын

I can’t say I disagree with your reply! I could write a novel about the issues that plague Baltimore but I just don’t have the time to do that haha

ILA Local 953 stand up! We're proud to represent the Port of Bmore 👷‍♂️💪⚓️

@wunkle9523

6 ай бұрын

And do you oppose automation like your colleagues on the west coast? Ports in Asia and Europe are much more automated.

Did DiBiago finally come through with it? Grain pier as a sweetener? What about Frank Sobotka? I'm not hearing his name in any of this

Land is way cheaper on the East Coast (at least in Baltimore) vs LA or San Diego.

@mysterioanonymous3206

6 ай бұрын

East coast is towards Europe. Westcoast towards Asia. You need both really....

@HKim0072

6 ай бұрын

@@mysterioanonymous3206 sigh, you realize we have trains right? Not all the merchandise that gets unloaded on the West Coast...is for the West Coast. 2/3 of the population lives east of the Mississippi. Why do I know this? Because my first job out of college was for a Fortune 500 company and I was a distribution analyst.

@mysterioanonymous3206

6 ай бұрын

@@HKim0072 Exactly. Because you said land was cheaper on the east coast.... Well duuuhhh, you still need both coasts or you'd have to cross the Panama canal - hardly an increase in efficiency, or it would have already happened. So you need both coasts anyways whether land is expensive or not. It's still cheaper than any alternative....

@doujinflip

6 ай бұрын

There's way more harbor options on the East Coast as well. The West Coast is dominated by sheer cliffs and direct exposure to the open ocean with few barrier islands or peninsulas calming the waves.

@highlymedicated2438

5 ай бұрын

​​@@doujinflipI live along the gulf. Is it easier for ships to dock in Shallow Waters along the Gulf or deeper waters like the West?

Infrastructure like this, internet for rural America, prepping the grid for greener energy and EV's (I'm not a huge fan of EV's but they're seemingly inevitable) are all good investments. I think mid sized cities are in desperate need of mass transit, safe biking, and walk-able communities investment as well. Places that grew in Europe or Asia with tiny roads tend to mix shops and homes in a reasonable proportion. Just go down the block. We need to knock down a few houses here and there in suburbia and add small shops, offices, and non-industrial things of the like to decrease the distance traveled to work on average. I hate to say it but city's should have more apartments and parks and less houses. But my city is one of the most spread out in the nation (I think it's population per acre?). If not that extreme bit at least let's invest in a hub and spoke network for low or no emission mass transit combination of buses, transit vans, and trolleys depending on distance, speed, and capacity needed. Most cities have a ton of lanes and you can reserve one of those for mass transit and commercial vehicles only which helps business/productivity and makes mass transit extremely competitive. Have trains, trolley's, or fast buses connecting larger city's with surrounding towns. Now you've created a very valuable thing. I just wish I was alive in the 30's when we had mass transit. My city was tiny back then and we had trolleys, it was EVERYWHERE. 😢

"Today we got ships Uncle Frank"

Bring the boxes to Norfolk, we’ve had the upgrades Baltimore are seeking for years now

Frank can finally rest in peace now. They’re finally dragging out the harbor.

What about Frank Sobotka!? I'm not hearing his name in here anywhere!

Philaport took this approach to. They got alot of new machinery and really benefited lately too

The Inflation Reduction Act was one of the greatest pieces of Legislation ever passed. Honestly, if we could do another round of it, particularly with emphasis on renewables/infrastructure, it would be a gift to future generations; certainly not a burden. Such things pay for themselves & more with the synergy they create. Germany/EU will quickly fall behind us in not following our lead. They have antiquated ideas.

@dansands8140

6 ай бұрын

I hope you're just a bot. The IRA was just political graft rewarding Democrat allies. Trillions of dollars stolen from the American people.

@navyseal1689

6 ай бұрын

Doubt they gonna pass another Act

@highlymedicated2438

5 ай бұрын

So why does prices keep going up on literally everything? yeah that's what I thought

The Francis Sabotka Port of Baltimore

Baltimore is one of the beautiful places I ever been.

@Pr0toPoTaT0

6 ай бұрын

How many places have you been?

@zyxwut321

6 ай бұрын

​@@Pr0toPoTaT0Baltimore has its charms (it IS Charm City after all LOL). North Baltimore neighborhoods like Roland Park, Homeland and Mount Washington are actually really lovely and the wealthy northern inner suburbs in Baltimore County like Ruxton, Towson and Timonium are very nice as well. Like anywhere, there are good and bad parts.

@Pr0toPoTaT0

6 ай бұрын

@@zyxwut321 I live in southern Maryland so I feel like I have the right to talk down about Baltimore. Were ugly and pretty too 😆 Also, feel the need to mention there are good, bad, and VERY BAD parts to Baltimore. Only what I'm trying to say ❤️

@dansands8140

6 ай бұрын

What the %$#% am I reading!!!!!!!!!!

@HKim0072

6 ай бұрын

@@Pr0toPoTaT0 As someone that grew up basically

Great to see Frank Sobotka dream finally turn in reality. Now the port should be renamed after him.

@RVGGEDDROSES

4 ай бұрын

lol is this from the wire ?

I think the United States should try, and do container on barge, and put a huge port down towards the mouth of the Mississippi. I think they were trying to do that but I don’t know if it’s going through.

@KevinSmith-qi5yn

6 ай бұрын

I think the issue right now is the lack of manufacturing along the Atlantic. Most of our goods come from South East Asia. It's one of the reasons Mississippi traffic dried up, the death of US manufacturing. East Coast infrastructure is also an issue. It's very easy to lay tracks west of the Mississippi due to low elevation changes, less forests, and the relative emptiness. Get east of the Appalachia and the infrastructure is a mess and difficult to fix.

@brybryguy6314

6 ай бұрын

So, that used to be what happened back in the day with New Orleans and the Mississippi River. Unload in New Orleans and ship up the goods on river barges to the various cities. It still happens yes but not as much as before. Building a huge port now on the Mississippi delta would pose alot of problems, one the region is very hurricane prone as we see every year. Two, the topography, the delta is mostly below or just a bit above sea level and flooding is a huge problem, especially from strom surges. So the region is ideal for a huge port but at the same time, there are big risks.

@dark12ain

6 ай бұрын

Idk if you live in the Mississippi but they can't get anything up the river for a while now due to low water levels. But you do see barges going up and down the Mississippi. I'm from Memphis. But the water is low and been low so it's causing problems

Frank sobaka would be proud 😢

Poor Ziggy had his canal enlarged repeatedly.

Also addressing the trucking industry will help with logistics as well

now me need to do this the ports of LA and Long Beach

Jobs can be created easily with a loose monetary policy. The real thing is having good jobs that are serving on a high-level and very efficiently.

This is a good advert for the corporate schills and lobbyists portrayed

@coreyleander7911

6 ай бұрын

??? Do you really believe this?

They should have also covered liquid terminals, not just containers (and one ro-ro)

@tanlocduong758

6 ай бұрын

xu xu gc u xu g😅

Why does everything have to be private public? Is the State/Federal Government allergic to just doing it inhouse and investing all the money that is needed?

@raylopez99

6 ай бұрын

Efficiency. I see you've never worked for the government...

@frank7353

6 ай бұрын

State investment like what China is doing sounds very impressive, but if you look more closely, they are extremely wasteful. US is a lot more developed and has much higher debt, wasteful investments are simply not that attractive nor necessary.

@taipizzalord4463

6 ай бұрын

@@raylopez99 Funny you say that. Chinas government is the world biggest yet they complete infrastructure projects like this at a higher quality, 10x faster and 1/3 price of any US equivalent. So much for Bloated government being impotent. That applies to the US.

@gazjaz2010

6 ай бұрын

Because nothing is possible unless a private equity group can make a profit on it. Thank you GOP

@HKim0072

6 ай бұрын

@@taipizzalord4463 lol, you've never heard of tofu dreg construction. And, dude. Concrete needs time to cure. Building fast...ain't a good thing.

Frank. You were a RN. Much love from Sweden

I came for the wire references - wasn’t disappointed

You need more large automated seaports in the west coast stretch.

You can see a quick shot of the NS Savannah at 3:47. ;) She was a nuclear-powered passenger / cargo ship.

I fully expected tons of Sobotka comments in the comment section and I'm not disappointed

The whole city needs a makeover.

They getting a makeover alright 😆

I’m a big fan of those Space War movies. 😂

Jonah Hill 7:35 😂😂😂😂

Now they need a new new makeover

Wow, this is everything they bitched about in season two of the wire rip Frank

Yeah Baltimore needs any help it can get 👍

did he say the cranes looked like "space war machines"? like star wars at-at's or something?

They need to find a better way to keep the illegal drugs out of the Ports.

@DR.slzzzp

2 ай бұрын

the US gov would NEVER allow that to stop, literally everything bad comes from the boats. and thats bc they let it, its their most and only profitable business. everything else is just make up.

Infrastructure and Jobs Act for the win!

Better take a page from Doug Marchand former CEO of Georgia Ports Authority.

All the interviews needlessly extend this video.

Fun Fact: they used to roll tobacco in barrels to transport it to the harbor and ship to Europe. Hence, the name "Rolling Road" in the Baltimore suburbs. The odd juxtaposition of Maryland. Kinda the South, but not really. Not really the North either. Hence all the battles from the Civil War.

why? making them navy compatible?

Where’s Frank Sobatka? I’m not hearing his name…

Cnbc 😃

From the wire

“Space war cranes”… so close

Double stacked wagons... as if murica has no detailments :D

🙂US got the money for wars, not to fix its homelessness, roads, ports.....

@coreyleander7911

6 ай бұрын

The US is literally spending money to fix its roads and ports though, as this video demonstrates? The Infrastructure and Jobs Act is funding these upgrades and it was passed by Biden in 2021.

Reform the JONES ACT! Now!!!!!

@KevinSmith-qi5yn

6 ай бұрын

The US should be subsidizing US ship builders as a matter of national security. If war ever does breakout, the US will need the capacity to build more than one ship a day. It just doesn't have that capacity today. The Jones Act is one means to protect US ship builders.

@Madame702

6 ай бұрын

@@KevinSmith-qi5yn Here watch Peter Zeihan video on reforming the "Jones Act". Reviving Water Transport in the United States || Peter Zeihan kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4R2xcGmqLHUmrw.htmlsi=5xIq91vbmM5wM5FM

Chinese cranes with cameras and industrial electronics? Surely Frank wouldn't have wanted this

Should have spent $ on protecting the bridges. Funny this is 3 months before chaos in baltimore port. Makin me wonder why they cant afford to protect pillars to bridges.

@cinpeace353

2 ай бұрын

No politicians want to spend money on problems that not happened yet. They can't even solve existing problems.

@cinpeace353

2 ай бұрын

No politicians want to spend money on problems that not happened yet. They can't even solve existing problems.

/Pause/ Crane operators don't wear shoes?

Its being pocketed

Just here for The Wire comments

Infrastructure investment by the federal government was proposed back in 2017/2018. Someone had this idea for good reason.

@alexkalexk6895

6 ай бұрын

And yet all of the Republicans voted against all of it

@coreyleander7911

6 ай бұрын

lmfao desperately trying to take credit away from Biden who passed this huh?

@jamram9924

6 ай бұрын

@@coreyleander7911 Congress voted on the infrastructure bill and then the POTUS signs into law. It was proposed before, but Congress was controlled by Democrats. It’s called partisan politics.

@cinpeace353

2 ай бұрын

Back in Obama's time... 2008?

31 million jobs credited to seaports? That’s 20% of the US workforce. Read a (n economics) book, CNBC.

You gotta keep the devil down in the hole

there is no way that it takes those dollar amounts to do half of wjat they have planned. i mean fucc if the higher powers werent taking half off top....it wudnt be that high. i was in construction for many years and the profit margains are soo crazy...people will pay 30k for a new 8x10 kitchen n tha most expensive thing in there is tha $1500 range and fridge😂😂😂

And those cranes are chinese. Maybe China should put an export embargo on these essential tools.

Make baltimore great again😊😊

Hope there are plenty of shifts for the checkers local

🇺🇸👍

do you want 24/7 operation? do you want automation? well, the union says no.

The Greeks will be able to move their products in faster.

Are the cranes made in China? If so they need to find another country to buy them from.

Disability plan for 3 months

While on the topic of efficiencies and making long-term investments with government money, the US should nationalize healthcare and make it universal.

@KevinSmith-qi5yn

6 ай бұрын

If you were to apply public sector healthcare funding in the US to the entire population, the US would spend more per capita than any other country. The issue is the cost, and not something Congress will tackle since most of them take part of the cut.

@coreyleander7911

6 ай бұрын

= "I dont take anything away from this video at all."

@firefox39693

6 ай бұрын

@@coreyleander7911That's true. I really didn't.

@coreyleander7911

6 ай бұрын

@@firefox39693 kinda standard for a far leftist

@firefox39693

6 ай бұрын

@@coreyleander7911Universal healthcare isn't far left. Making a nexus between universal healthcare and government money being spent on public infrastructure, with the sole focus of making corporations more profitable, isn't radically left-wing at all.

#mada300

God bless the USA and President Biden.

Can you imagine this happening under a Republican Administration? No, me neither.

@Nursemidratz

6 ай бұрын

Keep wearing your mask when you’re in the car by yourself lmao

@dansands8140

6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I can easily imagine public tax dollars being wasted on rewarding Republican political allies with unneeded infrastructure projects. The Democrats are just much better at wasting them.

@highlymedicated2438

5 ай бұрын

Literally no ports were expanding before 2020?

@highlymedicated2438

5 ай бұрын

Still no reply? yeah that's what I thought😂😂😂 I can think of three ports the West Coast alone before 2020