Bill to ease U.S. shipping backlogs heads to the President’s desk

The head of the US Meat Export Federation says the Ocean Shipping Reform Act takes important steps needed to improve shipping services in the US.

Dan Halstrom tells Brownfield ensuring access to international markets helps maximize the value ag products.  “This should incentivize the export logistics model to become more prioritized,” he says.  “Because we all know there are a lot of empties being turned around in some of the ports when we very much as exporters would like to have that filled with our exporting ag products.  In our case, beef, pork, and lamb.”

He says reliable shipping is crucial for many exported goods and this bill should allow for more consistency. 

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