SUPPLY CHAIN: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti this week touted the Biden Administration's move to expand the Port of LA's operations to 24/7 in order to tackle the supply chain crisis.
This will add needed capacity to put towards clearing existing backlogs.
Large companies will use expanded hours to move more cargo off the docks, so ships can come to shore fasterwill seek to increase its use of night-time hours significantly and projects they could increase throughput by as much as 50% over the next several weeks. is committing to an increased use of 24/7 operations and enhanced data sharing with the ports, which could allow it to move up to 20% more containers from the ports.
“It doesn’t help to have longshoreman unloading container ships in San Pedro and not have chassis with manned tractor units ready to pull the containers into the inland empire and get them onto railcars or hand them off to long haul drivers, “ he said.is the head of McCarter & English's transportation, logistics and supply chain management practice.
“It does though send a message that the Administration is listening to the industry and understands the problems, and that help may well be on the way in a more permanent fashion,” Leibman said.is a business law professor at Temple University and the author of the forthcoming book,. He observed that, “The Biden administration's efforts will offer some short term relief to the ongoing supply chain issues, but such relief will be limited at best.
“That said, it would be ideal to see a more holistic solution rather than addressing a specific bottleneck. The passage of the infrastructure bill would provide a foundation needed to support modern business and benefit every American."Follow me on
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