{"id":798230,"date":"2026-05-15T13:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/798230\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:11:27","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-improving-supply-chain-infrastructure-is-key-to-mitigating-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/798230\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor: Improving supply chain infrastructure is key to mitigating disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To the editor<\/b>: Supply chain disruptions don\u2019t stop at the docks. As the Los Angeles Times reported, the price of fuel for cargo ships nearly doubled in L.A. over the past two months and the high prices are expected to continue for some time (\u201cShips at L.A.\u2019s ports face a fuel shock that\u2019s shaking the economy,\u201d<\/a> May 8).<\/p>\n

Already, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are each reporting a slight downturn in traffic, leading to predictions of further increases in the prices of consumer goods as higher fuel prices ripple through the supply chain. They\u2019ll reach warehouses, trucks, air and rail lines and all other aspects of how goods make their way from producers to consumers.<\/p>\n

The potential impacts are particularly significant because California\u2019s supply chain is a global logistics powerhouse. The state\u2019s supply chain accounts for approximately 830,000 jobs<\/a> and $660 billion<\/a> in exports.<\/p>\n

With so much at stake, the Supply Chain Federation<\/a>, a national advocacy group based in California, calls on policymakers, industry leaders and government agencies to work together to strengthen the systems that keep our goods \u2014 and communities \u2014 moving.<\/p>\n

That means finding ways to reduce fuel costs and continuing to invest in improving America\u2019s infrastructure, from building to maintaining roads, bridges, ports and airports across the country and investing in new infrastructure where needed. It also means expanding energy options and avoiding rules that create unintended bottlenecks or cost burdens.<\/p>\n

By doing so, we will ensure we are creating a more resilient supply chain before the next disruption, not after it.<\/p>\n

Tim Jemal, Santa Ana
This writer is CEO of Supply Chain Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: Supply chain disruptions don\u2019t stop at the docks. As the Los Angeles Times reported, the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":798231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,176712,325416,27697,7129,13330,72199,6276,2961,19945,224,2444,5337,40240,13331,325415,40031,14164],"class_list":{"0":"post-798230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-cargo-ship","11":"tag-consumer-good","12":"tag-disruption","13":"tag-editor","14":"tag-fuel","15":"tag-high-price","16":"tag-l-a","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-letter","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-times","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-port","23":"tag-price","24":"tag-supply-chain-infrastructure","25":"tag-truck","26":"tag-way"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116578765258283852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}