Economy
December 14, 2021
Tampa Conference Panelist: Port Problems to Persist Until Mid-2022
Written by Tim Triplett
Backlogs at the nation’s ports are improving, but it probably won’t be until mid-2022 before the bottlenecks clear and shipments of steel and other imports begin to return to normal.
“I think it will get better by the middle of next year,” predicted Doug Wray, vice president commercial for Ports America, who will be a panelist at the upcoming Tampa Steel Conference, set for Feb. 14-16 in Tampa, Fla. Ports America is the largest U.S. terminal operator and stevedore, with operations in every major port in the nation.
