Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations
Truckers are leaving containers all over Los Angeles.[1]<p>Allowing stacking over 2 high is only useful if you have the equipment to stack over 2 high. A place that just stacks empty containers 2 high probably only has large forklifts. The special equipment for high stacking is far more expensive, and only bought if you need it.[2]<p>A more useful proposal is a &quot;peel pile&quot;.[3] This is a system which assigns outgoing trucks an easily accessible container to deliver, rather than a specific container that has to be retrieved. There&#x27;s an app for that. This is being implemented by IMC, the largest marine drayage company in the US. They say they&#x27;re already up to 8 high stacks in the LA area. The higher the stack, the longer the retrieval time.<p>&quot;This keeps drivers moving and productive, even if they don’t know the exact load they’re getting or the delivery location.&quot; So it&#x27;s really dumping the sorting problem on drivers. They have no idea where they&#x27;re going next. There has to be some way to separate containers by approximate location to make this work, so a driver knows how far they&#x27;re going to be asked to take the thing.<p>How well this all works depends on how well the software organizing the stacking works.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jalopnik.com&#x2F;the-streets-of-los-angeles-are-overflowing-with-cargo-t-1847917927" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jalopnik.com&#x2F;the-streets-of-los-angeles-are-overflow...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bison-jacks.com&#x2F;why-bison&#x2F;blog&#x2F;how-to-lift-a-shipping-container&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bison-jacks.com&#x2F;why-bison&#x2F;blog&#x2F;how-to-lift-a-shi...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.peelpile.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.peelpile.com&#x2F;</a>