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

looks like they need a new bridge now

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.

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

RIP Frank. You finally did it!

Well now it needs a new bridge.

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

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

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.

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

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

This whole snippet is so cringeworthy after today…

Happy for Frank Sobotka, even I am from Finland.

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

Spoiler: It’s because of Frank Sabotka

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 😑😑🤣

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.

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

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

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

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.

If you walk through the garden...

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.

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

Sabotka would be proud...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poor Ziggy had his canal enlarged repeatedly.

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. 😢

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

"Today we got ships Uncle Frank"

Frank sobaka would be proud 😢

Who is here after the bridge collapse?

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

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

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.

The Francis Sabotka Port of Baltimore

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.

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

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.

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

Also addressing the trucking industry will help with logistics as well

Baltimore is one of the beautiful places I ever been.

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

I came for the wire references - wasn’t disappointed

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?

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

Frank. You were a RN. Much love from Sweden

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

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

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

They getting a makeover alright 😆

Jonah Hill 7:35 😂😂😂😂

Now they need a new new makeover

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

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

All the interviews needlessly extend this video.

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

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

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

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

Yeah Baltimore needs any help it can get 👍

“Space war cranes”… so close

why? making them navy compatible?

From the wire

The whole city needs a makeover.

Cnbc 😃

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

Infrastructure and Jobs Act for the win!

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.

You gotta keep the devil down in the hole

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

Reform the JONES ACT! Now!!!!!

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

Its being pocketed

Just here for The Wire comments

/Pause/ Crane operators don't wear shoes?

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😂😂😂

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.

Make baltimore great again😊😊

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

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

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

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

🇺🇸👍

Disability plan for 3 months

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

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

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

Hope there are plenty of shifts for the checkers local

lol but the city is a hit hole

Pandemic! Get that Pandemic!

great video

#mada300