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Tune In: QVC's Sourcing Secrets to Mastering Tender Season
Logistics is the lifeline of retail success, essential for keeping the shelves stocked and customers happy. Join us for a must-attend webinar where QVC shares how they’ve transformed their logistics sourcing using Keelvar’s Sourcing Optimizer, all while improving efficiency and driving cost savings.
Learn how Dynamic Market Sourcing is helping QVC stay agile during tender season and discover best practices for optimizing logistics in the retail world.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from a retail leader transforming logistics procurement!
Moderator
Ariane Herrera, Senior Associate Editor, Special Projects, Journal of Commerce, S&P Global
Speakers
Dylan Alperin, Vice President, Professional Services, Keelvar
George Conway, Sr. Manager-Logistics Procurement, QVC
Port Performance North America: The State of Flow as a New Year Approaches
Moderator:
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor-West Coast, Journal of Commerce by S&P Global
Speaker(s):
TBC
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Global Shipping Report: Analyzing the 2025 Outlook
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Moderator:
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor, Journal of Commerce by S&P Global
Speaker(s):
TBC
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The Refrigerated Supply Chain: 2024 Review and Outlook
The containerized refrigerated shipping market in 2024 has been a tale of the haves and have-nots. In the US, refrigerated imports were up 7% in the first eight months of the year, led by fruits and vegetables, particularly from the Southern hemisphere. Exports, however, extended their 2023 decline into this year, falling 4%, with proteins such as meat, poultry, and pork falling 5%. Overall, US refrigerated imports are twice that of exports, a gap only expected to widen going forward, according to Eskesen Advisory. Globally, reefer volumes continue to suffer under the weight of demand-stifling inflation in multiple economies, as well as supply chain disruptions brought about by a months-long drought in the Panama Canal and shipping diversions away from the Suez Canal related to Red Sea Houthi attacks on ships. The result, after 20 years of annual increases, is that 2024 is shaping up as the second consecutive year of global declines for refrigerated shipping volumes. And yet, the longer-term future is bright, with market research firm Future Market Insights forecasting the global containerized reefer market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.9% through 2034, to $10.5 billion.
This webcast will analyze the state of the refrigerated shipping market as of fall 2024 and cast an eye toward 2025. Specific areas of discussion will include the outlook for perishables, proteins, and frozen goods; the impact of supply chain disruption; and the state of investment in equipment and cold storage.
Moderator:
Laura Robb, Associate Editor-Americas Container Markets, Journal of Commerce by S&P Global
Speaker(s):
William Duggan, North American Cold Chain Advisor, Eskesen Advisory
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Fourth Quarter Trucking Report: Analyzing the Peak Season
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After a two-year-plus freight downturn, trucking companies along with their partners and customers are looking forward to heightened demand. The US Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts in September likely set the stage for not only improvements in manufacturing and housing demand that will generate freight, but also lower capital costs for companies looking to expand by acquisition. Even before September’s half-point rate cut, freight volumes were beginning to increase, as consumer spending rallied over the summer and more goods hit the road earlier than expected. All this has shippers bracing for truckload rate increases, perhaps in the fourth quarter but certainly down the road in 2025. Will demand push rates up sharply during the next round of contract talks? Or will the availability of capacity blunt rate hikes and pave a more moderate path toward growth in transportation pricing in 2025? This webcast, led by Senior Trucking Editor William Cassidy will assess those and other points, such as the growth of dedicated and private fleets and the outlook for less-than-truckload shipping.
Moderator:
William Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking and Domestic Transportation, Journal of Commerce by S&P Global
Speaker(s):
Holly Pearce, Director of Logistics and Warehousing, Otis Elevator Company
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TPM21 Podcast: GCT’s Grosman on surges, safety, and navigating uncertainty
Beyond TPM: A JOC Podcast
Ep. 5: Doron Grosman, president and CEO of GCT Global Container Terminals, on weathering unexpected and unprecedented cargo surges, prioritization of worker safety, and identifying the knowns in an year of unknowns..
JOC.com · GCT’s Doron Grosman discusses weathering 2020's unprecedented surge in global shipping
TPM21 Podcast: CenterPoint Properties's William Lu on West Coast industrial real estate
Beyond TPM: A JOC Podcast
Ep. 4: William Lu, senior vice president of development for CenterPoint Properties, discusses the role industrial real estate developers play in their clients’ supply chain and the importance of identifying individual client needs for 2021, such as locations for safety stock, trailer parking, and access to alternate ports. In this podcast, Lu addresses the importance of a great last-mile facility for e-commerce – and the factors that make one – as well as US West Coast development, and emerging trends.
TPM21 Podcast: Port of Long Beach's Cordero on recovery ahead
Beyond TPM: A JOC Podcast
Ep. 3: Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, discusses the shift from the “radical uncertainty” of 2020 to a “year of recovery” in 2021. He addresses the essential workers on the waterfront, record numbers of containers at the LA-LB gateway, milestones in the port’s Capital Improvement program, and longtime industry leadership in environmental sustainability.
TPM21 Podcast: Carrier perspective with MSC's Santucci
Beyond TPM: A JOC Podcast
Ep. 3: Fabio Santucci, president and CEO of ocean carrier MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. USA on why the current environment is not a new normal for container shipping and his belief that we can look forward with optimism.
JOC.com · TPM21 Podcast: Carrier perspective with MSC's Santucci
TPM21 Podcast: Attaining Predictability - MSC's Simha on Digitization
Beyond TPM: A JOC Podcast
Ep. 1: Andre Simha, global chief digital and information officer for ocean carrier MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. and chairman of the Digital Container Shipping Association, provides perspective on the container shipping industry's move toward digitization, including analysis of the progress made and the potential curves ahead. Simha discusses growing use of smart containers and the steps needed to collectively unlock the value of captured data.
Recent News and Analysis
Maritime News
- DP World postpones planned announcement of London Gateway expansion
- Strike surcharges disappear as spot rates for US West, East coasts near parity
- Behind-the-scenes White House arm twisting got ILA wage deal done
- Port Tampa Bay effectively shut due to power outage in aftermath of Milton
- Lack of clarity over clean energy supply driving dual-fuel ship orders
Surface News
- Hurricanes not seen as truckload pricing catalyst despite relief demand
- Hub Group boosts cross-border business in JV with Mexican dray carrier
- Back-to-back hurricanes roil US truck spot market, pushing up rates
- Intermodal underperforming in booming Mexico-US market
- Rail industry split on how to best combat cargo theft
Air Cargo News
- Government, board approvals clear way for DSV-DB Schenker merger
- DB Schenker customers spooked by DSV takeover welcome at DHL: CEO
- DSV takeover signals end to 150 years of DB Schenker brand
- Limited air freight capacity available for US port strike-driven cargo shift
- Lure of robust Asian peak season a magnet for air cargo capacity
Supply Chain News
- Brief ILA strike alters once-placid labor landscape on East, Gulf coasts
- US retailers expect modest import bump in October to close out peak season
- Strike bullet dodged for now, but raises questions of market resilience: analyst
- ILA strike leaves US reefer importers few options, more risks
- House Republicans, shippers up pressure on Biden to stop US port strike