Pete Buttigieg says the crisis will continue at least until the COVID-19 pandemic ends amid fears of shortages ahead of the winter holidays.‘There are definitely going to continue to be issues, especially as long as the pandemic continues,' Buttigieg told . ‘If you have, for example, the third-largest container port in the world in shutting down because of a COVID outbreak in late summer you'll feel that in the fall here on the West coast.'He said that while politicians, the ports, and industry executives are taking all the necessary steps to combat the supply crisis, catching up with the backlog will take time - particularly as consumer appetite for imported products grows.‘Let's remember: we are talking about global imbalances between demand - which is off the charts right now - and supply which is racing to keep up,' Buttigieg said. Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg (right) told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace (left) that supply chain challenges will continue until the COVID-19 pandemic ends The supply shortage has led to empty shelves ahead of the holidays. Barren shelves are seen October 26, 2021, in a Lakewood, Colorado, Target store ‘…If we really want to see all of these disruptions end, we've got to end the pandemic. That's what getting everybody vaccinated is all about.'His comments came as the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports - which move about 40 percent of shipped cargo entering the U.S. - struggle with an historic backlog that's slowing billions of dollars' worth of consumer goods ahead of the holidays.The Biden administration has come under fire for its 'too little, too late' response to the backlog after it announced West Coast shipping ports would be running around the clock to ease bottlenecks in the system. RELATED ARTICLES   
  
  
  
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Despite White House efforts, port officials have struggled to keep pace with the inflow of goods as tens of thousands of abandoned empty containers create congestion on land.Starting tomorrow, LA and Long Beach port will bill carriers $100 for each day each of their containers linger for prolonged amounts of time.The fees will apply to containers that are sitting on the terminal for six days or more for units moving by rail, and nine days or more for goods moving by truck. Tens of thousands of empty containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are further hampering efforts to move imported cargo to customers  Starting November 1, https://www.fixme.com.pl/ the ports will bill carriers $100 for each day their containers linger for prolonged amounts of time in an effort to incentivize shippers to move their empties <source website t  
  
  
  
  
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