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A White House plan to counter future pandemics includes billions of dollars for efforts to speed up production and distribution of new vaccines, diagnostic tests and PPE. The White House is also dedicating $3 billion to speed up production of COVID-19 vaccines.
“The program offers technical and consultative resources that both shippers and carriers can use to reduce their carbon footprints, while improving the speed, resilience and efficiency of their supply chains,” said Bob Shellman, president and CEO at Odyssey Logistics.
One major concern for the opposition is a possible explosion of lawsuits under the state’s PAGA provision.
Plans for the Louisiana International Terminal call for a 350-acre container facility capable of handling 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units annually.
