Session #4: Disaster Resilience and Recovery – Port to Final Destination

Michael Legler Transportation Planner /Federal Emergency Management Agency

Discuss the importance of an integrated plan for “Last Mile Logistics” from ports to consumers post disaster.  Using examples from Hurricanes Maria and Milton we will show the ability to effectively move cargo out of the port is a challenge.  Resilience and Recovery is more than opening the port – it is getting food, water and gas into the hands of disaster survivors.