Hurricane Ian strengthened early Tuesday into a major Category 3 storm. Florida is bracing for strong winds and possible floods. Based on the current predictions, Ian is expected to bring 6 to 12 inches of rain to central-west Florida, 4 to 8 inches to the rest of the peninsula and 4 to 6 inches to the Keys through Thursday.
Some LTL and FTL carriers have announced a closing of service centers, specially in Tampa and Fort Myers, but it is most likely that there will be more delays this week and the next one.
In regards airfreight services, airlines have announced travel disruptions, including American, Delta, JetBlue, Spirit, and Southwest and others. We are monitoring cargo aircrafts contingency plans as well.
Ocean services will be impacted as well. Port of Tampa but also some other ports such as Port of Everglades are currently under supervision. We expect that some operations might be delayed due to this circumstance.
Hurricane Ian strengthened early Tuesday into a major Category 3 storm. Florida is bracing for strong winds and possible floods. Based on the current predictions, Ian is expected to bring 6 to 12 inches of rain to central-west Florida, 4 to 8 inches to the rest of the peninsula and 4 to 6 inches to the Keys through Thursday.
Global Cargo Alliance will work to mitigate the impact but we are expecting delays due to closures and may present delays at origins out of an abundance of caution.
