News / Florida ports can rescue Christmas, they claim – but will the ships come?

15/11/2021

Politicians from Florida are talking-up the state’s ports as the solution to the worsening congestion threatening to snarl-up imports of seasonal merchandise beyond the selling window.

They are even flashing money to entice container carriers to change course for the Sunshine state.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has ...

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