I read something to this effect, as stated below: While many businesses continue to leave California for Texas and elsewhere, international shipping companies have been increasing their operations in Florida, with one launching a new service on the East Coast, and its first port in Florida, bypassing the West Coast and California ports. Sea Lead Shipping Pte Ltd, a privately owned global shipping line headquartered in Singapore, announced the launch of a new service linking ports in East Asia with ports on the East Coast of the United States — the first port being JAXPORT in Florida. [snip] Last October, DeSantis announced that Florida seaports had open capacity and could meet holiday demand, while other seaports across the country were struggling with logjams. He made the invitation at JAXPORT, stating that JAXPORT, Port Everglades, Port Tampa Bay and Port Panama City all had availability to handle more cargo. More at Source. This article reminded of the many articles and pictures telling how goods coming off of ships and onto intermodal trains was being heavily pillaged at west coast ports, especially LA.
Man, that's gonna send shock-waves through our politics. I wonder how that impacts the logistics (and costs) of shipments from Asia.
It is possible many companies have moved or located operations in the Florida area because they expect their facilities there to be damaged, wiped out, or destroyed in the next few years or decades, and they can shovel in the government or corporate welfare/ insurance by the boatload then. i.e. more humongous profits from natural , or man made, disaster losses. Remember how many thousands of people simply re-build their million dollar houses in dangerous areas, and the government repeatedly bails them out when their houses are destroyed by hurricane or other 'disaster' ?
Florida doesn't have the trucking restrictions that California does, that are, in part, at the root of many of the system back-ups there. Only relatively new trucks can operate on California roads, and I believe there is a restriction on the drivers as well.
Yeah, the Kumbaya state doesn’t like 18 year olds driving 18 wheelers. I think they have to be at least 21.