South Florida Ports Record Busy, But Not Traffic-Jammed Like Los Angeles

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Los Angeles cargo ports are seeing grounds shipping traffic, truthful it’s clip to ask, what impacts volition Miami perchance see.

“We haven’t seen that level of delays present successful Miami arsenic acold arsenic perishables adjacent for adust cargo,” Andres Ocampo said.

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Ocampo is CEO of HLB Specialties, helium talked with CBS4 during a concern travel successful Guatemala.

“You get bushed of eating the aforesaid that you’ve been eating each your life.”

He explained, people’s habits changed during the pandemic, and it helped to thrust up request for tropical fruits, which is what helium imports from South America to ample supermarket chains.

“And with that other request came much unit connected america to bring much fruit.”

In opposition to Los Angeles, South Florida is seeing vessel postulation travel faster, but Ocampo faces different occupation astatine the ports.

“What we person seen is aft the containers are astatine the port, released due to the fact that we’re having a shortage of drivers that tin determination retired the cargo from the port.”

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Port Everglades expects this measurement to enactment up for immoderate time.

“What we’re seeing present arsenic the betterment continues are grounds instrumentality movements, the counts for the months of June, July and August person astatine Port Everglades person been records,” Jonathan Daniels, Port Everglades CEO said.

In information past year, Port Everglades brought successful caller cranes, ones that volition unload adjacent bigger ships.

“Our connectivity is really fantastic with the Florida eastbound seashore railroads, connecting to the CSX system, our entree to the 595, truly puts america astatine an vantage to bring cargo successful rapidly and administer it to get it off-site,” Daniels said.

But much manufacturing and nutrient is expected to travel from Latin America.

“So the outgo to manufacture a container went up, the instrumentality to freight went up, labour has gone up successful these countries, truthful it’s complicated, I deliberation we’re going to spot much and much increases successful presumption of nutrient pricing,” Ocampo added.

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It’s a bittersweet concern for HLB Specialities, request is up, but this pandemic has them facing caller challenges.

Jacqueline Quynh