Is Florida Solving the Supply Chain Crisis?

For weeks, Americans can see the backlog of container ships at California and New York ports.

The calamity is causing a severe shortage of goods and Biden’s Administration continues to sleep at the wheel.

As hundreds of ships remain stranded off our coasts, Transportation Security Pete Buttigieg escaped on a 2-month paternity leave.

The supply chain crisis has only intensified with the lack of leadership from the Biden Administration.

.@JoeBiden’s supply chain crisis now hits a new record off the Southern California coast as the number of ships waiting in a backlog hits triple digits. Americans, Californians and our struggling economy deserve better.https://t.co/zHHsxDB2mx

— Jessica Millan Patterson (@millanpatterson) October 20, 2021

A Los Angeles neighborhood just outside the nation's busiest port complex has become a perpetual traffic jam, with trucks hauling cargo containers backed up day and night as workers try to break through an unprecedented backlog of ships waiting to unload. https://t.co/RqAdrl4K1q

— BakersfieldNow (@bakersfieldnow) October 21, 2021

There were 103 container ships at Los Angeles/Long Beach terminals or waiting offshore on Wednesday, an all-time high.

If anyone is telling you the supply chain crisis is getting better, they are full of it

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 21, 2021

Not my photos, but these are the shelves of my local grocery store in Western New York. Americans everywhere are feeling the effects of Biden’s inflation & supply chain crisis.

This is what socialism looks like. #BareShelvesBiden pic.twitter.com/CoskOsEvzv

— Natalie Baldassarre (@N_Baldassarre) October 19, 2021

Our Safeway appears to be trying to hide the supply shortage by using single lines of products to fill shelves. Leading to this: pic.twitter.com/CDXR67FYRu

— Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) October 21, 2021

When pressed about the issue, Press Secretary Psaki danced around the question:

REPORTER: "Given the seriousness of the supply chain crisis…wouldn't it be wise for the Secretary (Buttigieg) to…come back to work?"

PSAKI: "I think what you're getting at here is this question of whether men, parents, women, should have paternity and maternity leave." pic.twitter.com/WDZdf9YJoN

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 19, 2021

With the backlog of container ships in California and New York, Governor DeSantis announced Florida ports are open to ease the crisis.

Watch below:

BREAKING: Gov. @RonDeSantisFL announces that Florida’s ports are open and will step up to ease the backlog of ships in NY and California contributing to the supply chain crisis. pic.twitter.com/zbCOdCV5Vv

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 19, 2021

DeSantis stated Jaxport and Port Everglades can handle the ships backlogged at other ports.

https://twitter.com/SPepper1964/status/1451176779440394244

Governor DeSantis to the shipping businesses:

“Come to Florida. We can end the supply chain issues. We will cut the red tape. We will work with our ports!”

— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) October 18, 2021

Will Ron DeSantis Save Christmas?

“Florida is open for business, and we are the solution to help resolve the global supply chain crisis."https://t.co/iSGl06rpdD

— coco1439 (@coco14391) October 13, 2021

Florida’s ports are open for biz to help get goods back on shelves & mitigate Biden’s crippling supply chain crisis that’s hurting FL families. I encourage all shipping companies to avoid California's backed up ports & come anchor in the Sunshine State! https://t.co/xRQ1kHdwhO

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) October 18, 2021

Open for business! Florida ports have capacity and always run 24/7. Container ships have a place to unload cargo quickly and efficiently. https://t.co/bulqnGVuGc

— Helen Aguirre Ferré (@helenaguirrefer) October 22, 2021

And it appears some ships have already re-routed to Florida.

We have already seen ships re-route to Florida and look forward to accommodating even more.

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) October 19, 2021

Local 10 reported:

To help with supply chain jams, the Florida Ports Council is asking shipping companies to avoid the snarls in California, use the Panama Canal and come to the Sunshine State.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Port of Los Angeles will move to 24/7 service as the Port of Long Beach already has and FedEx and UPS will increase overnight operations.

US Coast Guard Cmdr. Stephen Bor said cargo ships are back up along the shore and it looks like “a cell phone waiting lot” in the Pacific Ocean.

“There are more ships than there are parking spots,” Bor said.

Mike Rubin, the Florida Ports Council’s president and chief executive officer, said the 7-day Panama Canal voyage to Florida will help shipping companies avoid moorage fees to anchor ships. Jonathan Daniels, the chief executive and director of Port Everglades, likes the idea.

The Post Millennial provided details on the number of containers heading to Florida ports:

DeSantis made the announcement when he stopped at JaxPort on Tuesday morning. JaxPort is stepping up to offer incentives to businesses that want to move cargo through the port. A European-based container shipping company is rerouting to JaxPort, set to bring in 1,000 more containers a week, DeSantis said.

The one container ship supplier deciding to utilize Jaxport in Jacksonville, Florida, for its US unloading destination highlights the incentive package that could potentially invite more seafaring customers to The Sunshine State.