COVID Revealed What Was Working — and What Wasn’t — Across Global Shipping Lanes
Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei at an industry event said the COVID-19 pandemic brought heightened awareness to supply chain issues and revealed what was working — and what wasn’t — across global shipping lanes.
“For us who work in and around containerized shipping, COVID did something,” he said during a Sept. 11 keynote address at the Intermodal Association of North America’s Intermodal Expo 2024. “It demonstrated to the world the incredible power of container shipping to sustain a global economy under the worst of circumstances. But at the same time, the pandemic revealed all of the hidden flaws.”
