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You have tightly controlled quality assurance processes at your suppliers, packagers and plants. But once your product has left those safe havens, how do you maintain product integrity? You must ensure safety and compliance from end to end, including while the product is in transit. Hear real practical examples and lessons learned from industry leaders using Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and real-time visibility to prevent damage, theft and diversion.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• When to use an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor
• How to use data you already have with IoT sensor data to identify and react to damage, theft and loss in real time
• How to continuously fine-tune your supply chain for agility, safety and best-in-class customer satisfaction

Moderator:

Alessandra Barrett, Senior Content Editor, JOC

Speakers:

Jim Hayden, CTO, Savi

Sven Dharmani, Principal, Advisory Services, Global Supply Chain Leader Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing, Ernest & Young

Ken Ehrman, IoT Technology Expert/Consultant

US truck shippers are enjoying the feast stage of a feast-and-famine cycle, as last year’s tightest trucking market on record gives way to an all-time capacity glut this year. As the fall shipping season approaches, spot dry van truckload rates are down by double-digit percentages from this time last year, and contract rates are nearly flat year over year. Where rates are rising — in the less-than-truckload market, for example — they’re climbing much more slowly than last year. Shippers say LTL carriers that initially seek high single-digit percentage rate hikes in annual contracts often settle for much lower increases. There’s debate over how long this shipper’s market will last, however, with some optimistic trucking executives expecting a rebound in the second half of 2019. Others don’t expect much change until 2020. This webcast will discuss what trucking shippers, motor carriers, and others can expect in the truckload, LTL, and other sectors as 2019 enters the home stretch. Along the way, it will address the following questions:

• With debate raging about whether the US economy faces a recession, what should trucking interests expect in terms of industrial, consumer, and freight demand?
• How deeply and how long will shippers and other trucking stakeholders feel the impact of the US-China trade war?
• Will reliable low-sulfur blends be available quickly, or will carriers have to count on more-expensive marine gas-oil to get them through the first few months of 2020?
• What is the current state and outlook for inventory levels in the US?

Moderator

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

Speakers

Lee Klaskow, Senior Freight Transporation and Logistics Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Lane Forsander, Logistics Director, Cece's Veggie Co.

A combination of new and familiar risks is confronting the refrigerated shipping sector as the turbulence of 2018 shows no signs of letting up. On the political front, US and foreign agricultural shippers have been among the hardest hit in the US-China trade war that is now in its second year. The looming impact of the International Maritime Organization's low-sulfur rule and its ramifications could slash carrier investment in equipment, including reefer containers — where capacity already is struggling to keep up with demand. Still, growth in US imports and exports of perishable food is a bright spot, as is technology that helps support the reefer sector with smarter, more sophisticated containers while giving shippers and other cargo stakeholders better analytics to optimize their operations and improve customer service.

This webcast will analyze the state of the reefer shipping sector, the outlook for 2020, how geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty is impacting sourcing and routing decisions, and advancements in efficiency-enhancing technology.

Moderator:

Chris Brooks, Director, Programming, JOC Events, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speakers:

William C. Duggan Jr. North American Cold Chain Adviser, Eskesen Advisory

Jean Murphy, Vice President of Trade Policy for the US Egg and Poultry Association (USAPEEC)

What will the second half of 2019 bring for the project and breakbulk logistics sector? The JOC will examine the outlook around two relevant topics: the steel market and the trade landscape in the face of continuing economic and trade agreement uncertainty, and how the market is gearing up for the onset of IMO 2020, now only months away. IMO 2020, the global mandate for ocean shipping to switch from fuel with 3.5 percent sulfur content to 0.5 percent sulfur, comes into force on Jan. 1. Carriers already are cleaning their tanks and testing new fuel blends. The majority of multipurpose/heavy-lift operators has decided that scrubbers don’t make sense for them.

This webcast will discuss what shippers, carriers, and others in the project supply chain can expect in terms of fuel availability, prices, and compliance enforcement on the IMO 2020 side, as well as from steel prices and trade as business uncertainty lingers. Along the way, it will address the following questions:

• How are steel prices and US production adapting in the face of near-constant trade turmoil and slowing global trade?
• While global growth appears to be stabilizing, steel demand continues to look soft, with trade concerns keeping markets on edge.
• What is the current situation and how are supply chains evolving?
• Will reliable low-sulfur blends be available quickly, or will carriers have to count on more-expensive marine gasoil to get them through the first few months of 2020?
• What will fuel prices look like, near and medium term?

Moderator:

Janet Nodar, Senior Editor, Breakbulk and Heavy Lift, JOC

Speakers:

Amanda Eglinton, Associate Director, Pricing and Purchasing, IHS Markit

Kurt Barrow, Vice President, Oil Markets, Midstream and Downstream, IHS Markit

Last year’s peak season was anything but normal. The front-loading of cargo to beat a series of US tariffs on Chinese goods, coupled with a pullback in capacity related to carrier anticipation of weakening demand, frustrated shippers and forwarders as demand at times overwhelmed the system. Although this year’s peak season might be a bit softer than a year ago, US consumer confidence is still strong as shippers ramp up for the holiday gift-giving season. The big question is whether the supply chain will operate efficiently, or whether carriers manage capacity by rolling cargo, streamline services, or pull ships out of service for retrofitting ahead of the January implementation of the IMO’s low-sulfur fuel mandate.

This webcast will analyze the outlook for the summer-fall peak season with a focus on the following issues:

• The outlook for US importers.
• The macro economy: Is a slowdown ahead?
• The impact of tariffs and what’s next in the US-China trade war.
• Supply chain hotspots and the risk for disruption.

Moderator: Chris Brooks, Director, Programming, JOC Events, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speakers: Jonathan Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy, National Retail FederationAlan Murphy, CEO & Founder, Sea-Intelligence ApS