U.S. Ports Work Through Daunting Challenges to Deliver the Goods

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U.S. Ports Work Through Daunting Challenges to Deliver the Goods

2022-01-24
By United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Consumption Container Handling COVID-19 Delivery Service Employment Port Capacity Port Operations Ports Supply Chain Management
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https://doi.org/10.21949/1531446
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Statistical Report
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United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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With a perfect storm of existing capacity limits, rapid demand increases, and the labor shortages from initial COVID-19 pandemic reductions, container ports are facing major challenges in moving cargo. As the chart below shows, since late 2020, U.S. container ports have been successfully bringing in goods at a much stronger pace than before the pandemic.
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