SAN JUAN – The executive director of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, Joel Pizá, assured that the island has enough supplies to handle a two-day delay of some type of cargo ship, after the passage of the hurricane Ian for Florida.
Pizá’s promise comes after the port of Jacksonville, Florida, which handles about 70% of the containers that arrive in Puerto Rico, was closed last Thursday and Friday due to the cyclone in said state.
The United States Coast Guard is the one who will authorize the reopening of the port.
“Currently, a loading delay of two days is estimated, the which should not represent major problems with the distribution chain in Puerto Rico, because there are enough food supplies on the island to handle some kind of interruption of two or three days,” Pizá said.
Before this, indicated that from tomorrow, Sunday, to next October 8, it is expected was that about six boats from the domestic market and Jacksonville arrive without problems, “so there will not be a food crisis because there will be supplies,” the official emphasized.
Pizá indicated that during this week they have arrived without problems seven domestic vessels to Puerto Rico with 2,000 cargo containers.
Finally, Pizá recalled that on April 000 of 2021, for For the first time in the history of the Ports Authority, the port authorities of Puerto Rico and Jacksonville signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their commercial relationship and promote economic growth in both regions.
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