Webcasts

As the driver of global trade, the Asia-Pacific region has some of the largest container ports in the world, including the world’s three largest, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It also has some of the strongest and most rapidly emerging economies, from the world’s manufacturing and export giant China to South Korea, the United States’ newest free trade partner. However, as emerging markets, they are inextricably linked to the largest consumer markets in the world: the U.S. and Europe. So when the economies in those two regions lag, Asia feels a major impact. That is the case now, with the U.S. economy creeping along with slow growth, and much of Europe stuck in a debt-driven recession. But the outlook is improving, especially for the second half of 2013, so some reason for optimism is returning for ocean carriers and shippers operating in the world’s two largest ocean shipping routes, the Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific.

This Webcast will examine the outlook for this critical trade region, the impact Europe’s financial crisis and the U.S. economy will have on Asia and what it all means for oceanborne and airborne trade and the carriers that handles it.

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Interested in sponsoring this event? For more information, please contact Tony Stein on tstein@joc.com

For the first time in years, optimism is beginning to outweigh caution among trucking executives perennially described as “cautiously optimistic.” The reason is simple: Trucking outperformed the general U.S. economy last year and far outdistanced the international shipping economy. In the process, profitability picked up, helped by a supply-demand balance the industry hasn’t seen in years. But the industry also faces significant challenges. A driver shortage may only intensify later this year, when new hours-of-service regulations reduce the time drivers can spend behind the wheel. That could further tighten capacity, putting greater strains on shippers at the height of the peak trucking season.

This webcast will analyze the outlook for trucking in the second half of the year, particularly during the run-up to the holiday shopping season.

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Interested in sponsoring this event? For more information, please contact Tony Stein on tstein@joc.com

Timed in the aftermath of the JOC’s Inland Distribution Conference, this webcast will analyze the process of strategically transporting and positioning imports at inland North American locations for distribution to retail locations and consumers, as well as the process of moving exports to coasts and land borders.

Drawing on the lessons learned at the JOC conference, this webcast will examine the myriad of choices and challenges confronting shippers once imports hit North American seaports and land borders, including how to mix and match transport modes optimally, whether transloading is a viable option, where, when and if to convert over-the-road cargo to intermodal, what inland ports to use, where DCs should optimally be located and what opportunities may exist to mitigate cost by leveraging backhaul whether in trucks or containers.

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Interested in sponsoring this event? For more information, please contact Tony Stein on tstein@joc.com

Global supply chain interests have endured monumental change over the past four years. The worst recession in decades required third-party logistics providers and other supply chain interests to dramatically change their business models as retailers slashed inventories, adopted revolutionary environmental initiatives and slashed costs. The environmental pressure has been equally strong — if not stronger — among federal, state and local governments, part of a new regulatory environment that is challenging companies up and down the global supply chain. Internationally, supply chains are as long as ever, but the debate over near-sourcing is accelerating as fuel prices surge. Amid all the changes, technology providers are rushing out new products to help companies navigate the regulatory and trade minefield.

This webcast, timed in the aftermath of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Annual Global Conference, will analyze the state of global supply chains, how 3PLs are responding to ever-growing customer needs and new technology services that aim to boost supply chain efficiency.

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Interested in sponsoring this event? For more information, please contact Tony Stein at tstein@joc.com