White House: Walmart, FedEx, UPS to go 24/7 to address supply bottlenecks

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White House: Walmart, FedEx, UPS to go 24/7 to address supply bottlenecks
By Alex Gangitano - 10/13/21 05:00 AM EDT

Major goods carriers Walmart, FedEx and UPS will move to working 24 hours a day, seven days a week in order to address the global supply chain bottlenecks, the White House announced on Wednesday.

The White House announced the update ahead of President Biden’s meeting with stakeholders, including Walmart CEO John Furner, FedEx Logistics CEO Udo Lange and UPS President of U.S. Operations Nando Cesarone, to discuss collective efforts to address global transportation supply chain bottlenecks on Wednesday.

“The supply chain is essentially in the hands of the private sector, so we need the private sector to step up to help solve these problems. Three of the largest goods carriers in the country, Walmart, FedEx and UPS, will make commitments towards moving to 24/7, working during off peak hours,” a senior administration official said.

UPS and FedEx combined shipped 40 percent of American packages by volume in 2020, according to the White House.

“By taking these steps, they’re saying to the rest of the supply chain, you need to move too, let’s step it up,” the official said, adding that Target, Samsung and Home Depot are also moving in the 24/7 direction.

Additionally, the Port of Los Angeles will move into 24/7 service. The port of Long Beach has been working 24/7 for the past three weeks, the official said.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/576463-white-house-says-walmart-fedex-ups-will-move-to-24-7-model-to-address

[jmyrlefuller]

Don't they do that every holiday season?

[Free Vulcan]

How is this any different than any other time? All those corps work 24/7.

[EdinVA]

If all the products on sitting on a ship in the ocean what difference will that make????
Chest thumping for the media

[GtHawk]

Sure go 24/7 California Is Let's Go Brandon gonna twist Noisomes and the other dems arms to put a hold on their asinine tractor rigs and independent contractor laws? Is he gonna put pressure on the Chicoms owners of the ports to work with the Longshoremen to boost performance? If those three things aren't addressed than it's all just more bullshite that we'll be getting.

I once said that the only way for California to return to normalcy would be for a significant number of dems in office to drop dead, somehow I think it would be wrong to pray to God for that, then again there's a Pope that's really chummy with high level democrats that not only embrace abortion but work to facilitate it, so...........

[Cyber Liberty]

LOL!  Another swing and a miss for the Brandon Crew!

Why don't you address the real problem, California's ridiculous law about emission standards for trucks?  The Rats will do everything but.

[libertybele]

LOL!  Another swing and a miss for the Brandon Crew!

Why don't you address the real problem, California's ridiculous law about emission standards for trucks?  The Rats will do everything but.

The other problem is the cost --

The cost to transport shipping containers between China and the United States surged to a record high in September.

According to the Freightos Index, the median cost of shipping a standard rectangular metal container from China to the West Coast hit nearly double what it cost in July, which was twice what it cost in January.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/shipping-container-costs-record-high-china-us