The Biden Administration's struggles to alleviate supply
chain capacity issues appear to be continuing with no end in sight.
Part of the issue arises from the Administration's limited
focus on ports and another part arises from Congressional
stalemates. Could the much-needed beltway leadership on these
issues come in the form of the newly-tapped Maritime
Administrator?
Biden focuses on ports to address larger
issues
Throughout October the President and his Supply Chain
Disruptions Task Force – including Port Envoy (and former
Deputy Secretary of Transportation) John Porcari – met with
representatives from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and
the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to discuss
the supply chain capacity issues throughout Southern California.
The result of these meetings, as laid in an October 13 White House
Fact Sheet, was that the Port of Los Angeles agreed to expand to
24/7 operations, which would be supported by the marine
