White House Port Envoy Says Nation’s Entire Supply Chains Need 24/7 Operations, Not Just Ports

All parts of the U.S. supply chain – not just its ports – need to move to round-the-clock operations to alleviate snarl-ups and reduce overall costs, President Joe Biden’s supply-chain czar said.

“If only you or only a terminal goes to 24/7, that’s interesting,” Stephen Lyons told Port of Long Beach Executive Mario Cordero in an interview Tuesday. “But if everybody – including the warehousing community, all the other modes of transport – moved to 24/7, or something more than today, that makes logical sense that you could move much more cargo in the same period of time.”

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