The demented and senile President's Plan Fails to Move Long Beach Port Operations to 24/7 After 4 Months

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"Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero revealed in his annual “State of the Port” address on Wednesday that the port facility had not moved to a 24/7 schedule, though he commended Biden for helping start the “conversation”:

We will continue to advocate for transformational change – 24/7 operations.

Not just here but throughout the supply chain.

There are 168 hours in a week.

For the most part, our terminals are open less than half those hours.

Without expanding our terminals or building new facilities, we could handle still more cargo by utilizing more of those hours.

We’d also need truckers and warehouses to go 24/7.

With the Biden Administration’s help, the framework for 24/7 supply chain operations has been established.

We’ve started the conversation.

And we will continue the conversation.

In October, with record numbers of cargo ships lining up outside the Long Beach and Los Angeles Ports, Biden declared:

After weeks of negotiation and working with my team and with the major union and retailers and freight movers, the Ports of Los Angeles — the Port of Los Angeles announced today that it’s going to be — begin operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ..."

Biden's Plan Fails to Move Long Beach Port Operations to 24/7 After 4 Months The Port of Long Beach is not yet at 24/7 operations, despite President Joe Biden’s promise in October that the crucial cargo facility would be shifting to a round-the-clock schedule to alleviate a backlog of cargo ships that is hurting supply chains.