DeSantis Offers Florida Ports to Help Ease Supply Chain Pinch

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the ports in his state can act as part of a solution to ongoing supply chain issues.

โ€œSo we have capacity at all of our ports. โ€ฆ Weโ€™ve got capacity, and all of our ports can offer these businesses good incentives if they reroute their ships,โ€ he said during an interview with Fox Newsโ€™ Tucker Carlson. โ€œWeโ€™ve already had some ships rerouted. We expect to have more, but if youโ€™re going to sit off the coast for days on end, you might as well just bring it to Florida. Weโ€™ve got great logistics on the ground that can get it to market.

โ€œI think Florida can be part of the solution here.โ€

Unlike California, ports in Florida are always operated with 24/7 service, he said.

Clogged ports and global shortages of semiconductors and other key components have shut factories, crimped economic growth, and pushed supply chain concerns to the top of the to-do list for economic policymakers.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in Brussels on Oct. 21 that supply disruptions are a โ€œhuge concern,โ€ especially in the short term, as they are โ€œaffecting everyday peopleโ€™s lives.โ€

Much of the current problem is a mismatch of strong pent-up demand for goods fueled by coronavirus aid checks and savings built up during pandemic lockdowns against supplies constrained by production shutdowns, dwindling inventories, and shortages of workers.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen described the phenomenon as a โ€œvery, very unusual shockโ€ that shifted spending away from services such as travel, lodging, and restaurants.

โ€œInstead, weโ€™ve been gobbling up goods and commodities like weโ€™ve never seen before,โ€ Yellen told MSNBC in an interview that aired on Oct. 20.

To alleviate the backlog at the ports, California recently started a 24/7 pilot program. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last week that Union Pacific Railroad, the second-largest railroad operator in the United States, would serve the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with 24/7 service.

By Allen Zhong

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