Craig Fuller on the Huge Challenge of Getting the Ports To Operate 24/7

Cargo ships are unloaded at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. , Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg News

Oct 28, 2021

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In recent weeks, the White House has attempted to make a greater effort to improve the functioning of supply chains. One effort includes getting the Port of Los Angeles, and the various companies who operate there, to operate 24/7. But this is going to be a herculean task. On this episode we speak with Craig Fuller, the Founder and CEO of the information and data company FreightWaves to talk about the ports, trucking, and why it's so difficult to modernize these markets.

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