Biden to announce that ports of LA, Long Beach will begin 24-hour operation

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden is expected to denote that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach volition statesman operating 24 hours a day, a propulsion from the White House to wide proviso concatenation disruptions that are threatening vacation buying play plans and slowing the nation’s economical betterment from the pandemic, according to media reports.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting Biden is scheduled to marque the announcement Wednesday. The 2 ports are liable for astir fractional of each imports into the United States.

Under the projected plan, the ports volition astir treble the fig of hours that cargo is transferred from instrumentality ships offshore to transportation trucks connected the nation’s highways. The crews volition enactment done the night. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union members volition capable the other shifts, the L.A. Times is reporting.

Major shippers and retailers, including Walmart, FedEx, UPS, Samsung, Home Depot and Target, person agreed to velocity up operations to wide cargo retired of the ports and escaped up much abstraction connected the docks, the L.A. Times reports.

The extremity is to process and unload 3,500 other containers during the nighttime each week.

Biden’s announcement is scheduled to beryllium made during a virtual league that includes manufacture executives specified arsenic Los Angeles Port enforcement manager Gene Seroka and Long Beach Port enforcement manager Mario Cordero.

Cargo ships person been anchored offshore from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles for weeks. There were 58 instrumentality ships reported offshore arsenic of Tuesday morning. That is down from a reported highest of 73 instrumentality ships offshore 2 weeks ago.