Transportation Department Granting $450 Million to US Ports to Ease Supply Crisis

A rail mounted gantry crane lifts a 40-foot shipping container and loads it onto a rail car at the Georgia Ports Authority Mason Mega Rail Terminal Savannah. AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration on Feb. 23 said that American ports facing backlogs will be given access to $450 million from the Biden Administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure act, as part of the White House’s attempts to ease the supply chain crisis and lower prices for consumers.

The supply chain bottlenecks have slowed the flow of goods to store shelves and have pushed up costs throughout the world.