U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday announced a new federal supply chain initiative designed to improve freight visibility and reduce cargo delays across the country.
American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative
Called the American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative, the proposed program would connect ports, ocean carriers, trucking companies, railroads, and major retailers through a centralized freight visibility platform to help move goods faster and more efficiently.
Centralized Dashboard Links Major Freight Hubs
U.S. Department of Transportation, the initiative would launch a high-visibility dashboard that links major freight hubs, including the Port of Los Angeles, with supply chain partners to help identify bottlenecks more quickly and speed cargo processing.
Secretary Duffy: Time Is Money
“When it comes to our supply chains, time is money. Fewer delays mean lower costs throughout the entire supply chain,” Duffy said. “The American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative will prevent bottlenecks, move freight faster, and deliver goods more affordably for the American people.”
The announcement was made on June 15, 2026, and forms part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s broader Supply Chain Resilience agenda launched in 2021. The initiative explicitly targets systemic latency at intermodal nodes — particularly at the Port of Los Angeles, which handled 9.3 million TEUs in 2025, Port of Los Angeles Annual Statistics Report.
Implementation will be phased over three years, beginning with integration pilots at five designated hubs: the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Chicago Rail Intermodal Terminal, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Logistics Corridor. Each hub will deploy standardized API protocols compliant with the NIST Transportation Cybersecurity Framework, released in May 2024.
Funding will draw from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law in November 2021, with an initial allocation of $475 million dedicated to platform development, interoperability certification, and workforce training for data stewards across participating entities.
Source: Logistics Management
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