Biden acts to fix supply-chain ‘Grinch’ threatening Christmas
Round-the-clock operations set to be expanded at key ports
17 October 2021 - 06:51
President Joe Biden urged the private sector this week to help ease supply chain blockages that are threatening to disrupt the US holiday season and said the White House plans a nationwide overhaul of the clogged system.
Biden said the Port of Los Angeles would join the Port of Long Beach, two of the country’s busiest, in expanding round-the-clock operations to unload an estimated 500,000 containers waiting on cargo ships offshore...
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