The administration will push in the coming months for more segments of the supply chain to operate around the clock and for companies to exchange data that exposes bottlenecks, hoping a series of modest improvements will help prevent future logjams, said John Porcari, who was tapped in August to serve as the administration’s temporary port envoy.
“One of the challenges we need to be aware of is that since we’ve made progress with the goods movement chain, the spotlight turns away from these issues; and before the spotlight turns away, you want to make some lasting changes that will serve the country well in the long term,” Porcari said in an interview.
Long-term fixes will require major changes to how supply chains are operated and regulated, labor and industry officials say. Now that attention is shifting away from an imminent holiday crisis, they are leaning on Biden to address long-standing issues related to workers’ rights, market competition and insufficient logistics technology.
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