Logistics Plus Customs Brokerage Manager Gretchen Blough appeared on NPR’s 9/25/24 and 10/4/24 editions of Marketplace to comment on how the East and Gulf Coast port strike would affect the economy. Gretchen described the bottlenecks caused by a strike, congestion fee charges, and alternate cargo options. Upon the strike’s conclusion, Gretchen reappeared on Marketplace to discuss the lasting implications and what would come next.
Listen to her comments before the strike at https://www.marketplace.org/2024/09/25/looming-port-strike-could-slam-a-fragile-system-says-customs-broker/ or by clicking below.
Listen to her comments upon conclusion of the strike at https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/dont-be-like-boeing/ or by clicking below. In this segment, Gretchen appears at the 11:54 mark of the episode.
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