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There Is Less to Biden’s Ports Deal than It Appears

By Sean Higgins
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There Is Less to Biden’s Ports Deal than It Appears

President Biden last week announced that the two main ports on the West Coast will start operating 24 hours a day to help address a major supply chain backup that was causing shortages of goods. So the problem has been solved, right? Not quite yet.

Most international ports operate around the clock. The U.S. has long been the exception. One of the main obstacles to 24/7 operations on the West Coast was the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Its contract with the ports only allowed three work shifts that didn’t cover all 24 hours in a given day.

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