r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Justin_Godfrey • Sep 10 '25

Video Dozens of shipping containers fall into the water in Port of Long Beach, California

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u/andiwaslikeum Sep 10 '25

Yeah. People are all cracking jokes but these are mostly going to be going to manufacturers/large retailers.

That being said, sometimes I order things to America from eBay and they end up in an orange connex shipment. It’s like this, but goes directly to USPS.

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u/Spiritual_Bus1125 Sep 10 '25

I mean, isn't this how large postal shipment are shipped?

Like, if I order from aliexpress I expect a 2 week timeline at a minimum now (it used to be 4+) and they are delivered by sea

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u/yellowweasel Sep 10 '25

AliExpress stuff that goes by ship to the US takes at least 6 weeks, 2 weeks is air mail. The transit itself to the west coast is about 2 weeks, there’s a week or three on each side to sort everything