The supply chain gridlock at major U.S. ports has small shipping hubs working at record pace to ease the crisis.
have increasingly become viable alternatives to congested coastal docks.list
of top U.S ports, reported a 69% increase in "tonnage" in 2021. Officials at the Port of Cleveland told FOX Business a significant increase in goods both in and out of containers, as well as iron ore shipments, drove the increase.Jade Davis, the executive vice president of external affairs at the Port of Cleveland, said more shipping companies used the inland port last year to avoid crowded east and west coast hubs.
Davis explained some companies that used the port had even chartered their own small ships to dictate where their goods would enter the country. "They’re just calling our port operators and saying, ‘Do you have room and when because we’re worried about various backups?’" Davis added. Across the country, other small ports are angling for some of the additional business overflowing from major U.S. ports.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has pitched the state’s 15 seaports as the relief the U.S. needs, saying local harbors "are used to operating around the clock." And in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott launched an "Escape California" campaign aimed at attracting carriers to the Gulf Coast.
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