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Mexico Trade and Shipping Outlook

May 20, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT

Mexico’s economy may be stuck in the doldrums, but its freight markets are heating up. Although container volumes though Mexican plunged 11 percent in the first half of 2020, volumes are rebounding and new all-water services to the US are providing cargo owners new options to avoid often lengthy delays at surface ports of entry. At the border, cross-border freight volumes are rebounding, forcing shippers that typically demand direct truckload service from Mexico to the US to change their strategies. In addition, some US truckload carriers have exited the Mexican market in recent years, including US Xpress Enterprises, partly because there was more money to be made in US domestic lanes and Mexican service created cost inefficiencies in their networks. That meant less US equipment arriving in Mexico that could be turned around with northbound freight.

This webcast will provide an in-depth analysis of ocean and cross-border freight trends, highlight major port and intermodal investments, and address how cargo owners, with the help of transportation service providers, are injecting new flexibility into their supply chains.

Moderator:

Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor, JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s):

Raul Alfonso, Executive Vice President, and Chief Commercial Officer, Port Tampa Bay

Eduardo A. Campirano, Port Director and CEO, Port of Brownsville

Emmanuel Sanchez Ochoa, Managing Director, Albatrans Mexico

Juan Carlos Villa, Regional Manager, Latin America, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

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From Origin to Destination: How Sourcing Shifts Are Changing US Shipping Patterns

Apr 22, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT

US importers from Asia caught flat-footed by a surge of orders in the second half of 2020 turned to Chinese factories to meet the demand. US containerized imports from China in 2020 rose 2 percent year over year, after falling 10.9 percent between 2018 and 2019, according to IHS Markit data. That’s a clear sign that despite some shifting of production to lower-cost countries, the so-called world’s factory won’t be knocked off its perch anytime soon. Yet, procurement pressures to keep production costs will drive US importers to look for sourcing alternatives, and they will have to adjust their networks and inventory management accordingly. Some importers looking for greater control over simply cost savings are shifting production to Mexico. It’s a delicate dance, requiring importers and their transportation providers to understand the risks and opportunities of diversifying sourcing and the logistics implications.

This webcast will analyze the factors in play — from tariffs to near-sourcing — that should be front of mind for all cargo owners struggling to balance the need to meet surging consumer demand with rampant supply chain disruption.

Moderator:

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, Trans-Pacific, JOC, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s):

Daniel Krassenstein, Global Supply Chain Director, Procon Pacific

Jon Monroe, President, Jon Monroe Consulting

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Trucking Market Report: First Quarter Review & Outlook

Apr 8, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT

The first quarter is typically the slowest period of the year for trucking activity, but not in 2021. An ongoing boom in US imports and increased industrial output kept the pressure on truckload and less-than-truckload capacity in January and February. Winter storms then swept in and froze available truck capacity in large swathes of the US, especially the Central South. Those factors, and a slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, have kept rates rising. Shippers and carriers are coming to grips with rising costs in contract negotiations. Now, more than ever, a higher degree of collaboration and partnership is needed to ensure shippers are able to secure the capacity they need to serve their customers at a price they can afford.

This free webcast will dive into the factors driving today’s trucking market and analyze how the remainder of 2021 might play out.

Moderator: William Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking and Domestic Transportation, JOC, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s):

Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics, DAT Solutions

Sharon Regan, Director, Supply Chain, Bumble Bee Foods

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The New Frontier in Global Logistics Technology: Linking Customer Expectations to Customer Promise

Mar 30, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT

End consumers in B2C and B2B environments now have Amazon-like expectations around the arrival of imported goods. Shippers and their logistics service providers are grappling with a new reality: Approximate timeframes simply don’t work with today’s “I want it yesterday” consumer mindset. There is no single means to meet the challenge of such heightened expectations. Rather, importers and the intermediaries that cater to them need to stitch together visibility and analytics tools that help them determine where and when containerized goods are likely to arrive, not just at a port or near-port facility, but in the customer’s hands. As such, the “promise date” is becoming the de facto metric for companies to measure their international logistics performance. This webcast will explore the multifaceted “promise date” dynamic through the lens of various stakeholders impacted by this new commercial mandate.

Moderator: Eric Johnson, Senior Editor, Technology, JOC, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s):

Jim Blaeser, Director, AlixPartners

Simon Kaye, CEO, Jaguar Freight Services

Brian Morgan, Director of Engineering and Product, International Supply Chain, Wayfair

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Breakbulk Shipping: The MPP Fleet Prepares for The Global Energy Transition

Mar 25, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT

After weathering an utterly unpredictable 2020, the multipurpose and heavy-lift fleet is charting its 2021 course ahead of an energy transition that will require rethinking many long-held assumptions. Last year kicked off with IMO 2020 and a major bankruptcy — Zeamarine — in the MPP sector; no one could have foreseen that these issues would quickly become secondary as COVID-19 and the resulting crash in oil prices upended the global economy. A "green recovery" is now accelerating the global push to decarbonize energy sources, but what does this mean for project and breakbulk carriers? What can shippers and service providers expect to see in terms of trade lanes, available capacity, and freight rates from MPP carriers? This webcast will open with a fleet overview and be followed by a discussion of the sector’s outlook with executives from dominant MPP players. Susan Oatway, Senior Analyst, Multipurpose & Breakbulk Shipping, Drewry

Moderator: Janet Nodar, Senior Editor, Breakbulk and Heavy Lift, JOC, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s):

Justin Archard, Managing Partner, One World ShipBrokers

Susan Oatway, Senior Analyst, Multipurpose & Breakbulk Shipping, Drewry

Kyriacos Panayides, Managing Director, AAL

Dominik Stehle, Chief Commercial Officer, United Heavy Lift (UHL)

Ulrich Ulrichs, CEO, BBC Chartering

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