Florida ports say they can solve Pacific shipping woes, product shortages

米国経済の回復に伴い米国西海岸ではアジア発の貨物が滞留する動きがみられる。多くのコンテナ船が滞留を余儀なくされ、年末に向けてのクリスマス商戦に影響を与える恐れが出ています。こうした中、フロリダ州の港湾組合ではフロリダ州の港湾を利用する事で緩和する事可能と発言しています。

A traffic jam of cargo vessels in the Pacific Ocean is causing shortages that could impact deliveries to the United States for the holiday season. Already, it’s caused a delay in everyday items at grocery stores and retail shops.

But the Sunshine State thinks it can solve California’s shipping slowdown.

This week, the Florida Ports Council tweeted, “Don’t let the cargo shipping logjam in California be the Grinch that stole Christmas… save time and money by choosing Florida shipping lanes.”

“We think we can provide right now, certainly with a better, faster, and cheaper way to move product through several areas of the United States,” the council’s CEO Michael Rubin said. “California ports just don’t have the capacity to bring it all in. It’s going to sit off the coast for weeks to a month, and then get loaded and be stuck port-side as well.”

出展：

Fox 13 Tampa Bay

Florida ports say they can solve Pacific shipping woes, product shortages (ampproject.org)