Consumers across the U.S. have money to spend. But they've pushed demand so high, supply chains can't deliver some of the things they want to spend it on.
President Joe Biden has brought together leaders from big business, the ports, and delivery services to get things moving.
(Joe Biden / U.S. President)
"Our goal is not only to get through this immediate bottleneck but to address the longstanding weaknesses in our transportation supply chain that this pandemic has exposed."
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle 40 percent of all shipping containers that enter the U.S. But all that traffic is forcing ships to wait out at sea.
So the people who run the ports have agreed to operate them around the clock, all week long.
Managers at delivery companies FedEx and UPS, and retailers including Walmart, will move more packages during the night. But they know they'll be hard-pressed to put goods onto store shelves ahead of the holiday season.
◆around the clock 四六時中 all day and all night without stopping
President Joe Biden has brought together leaders from big business, the ports, and delivery services to get things moving.
(Joe Biden / U.S. President)
"Our goal is not only to get through this immediate bottleneck but to address the longstanding weaknesses in our transportation supply chain that this pandemic has exposed."
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle 40 percent of all shipping containers that enter the U.S. But all that traffic is forcing ships to wait out at sea.
So the people who run the ports have agreed to operate them around the clock, all week long.
Managers at delivery companies FedEx and UPS, and retailers including Walmart, will move more packages during the night. But they know they'll be hard-pressed to put goods onto store shelves ahead of the holiday season.
◆around the clock 四六時中 all day and all night without stopping
◆be hard-pressed 苦境に立たされる、困窮する having a lot of problems and not enough money or time