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With a little over six months until the IMO 2020 legislation comes into force, the containerised shipping market is bracing itself for a period of change and uncertainty.

Join our live webinar as our panel of speakers will discuss the latest developments on a range of topics including scrubber adoption, rule compliance, capacity withdrawal threats, and fuel availability and integrity.

SpeakersMark Szakonyi, Executive Editor, JOCDalibor Gogic, Principal Anayst, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

The annual Top 100 Importers and Exporters report is one of the most extensive products The Journal of Commerce produces. Based on exclusive research, it analyzes the largest global companies shipping containerized goods to and from the US — essential information for shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics providers.

This webcast, the first in a two-part series, will analyze the makeup and dynamics of the Top 100 US Importers and the factors driving inbound trade. It also will look ahead to the rest of 2019 and the regulatory, economic, and transportation issues US importers face.

Moderator: Chris Brooks, Executive Editor, JOC Events

Speakers:Dustin Braden, Shipper Engagement Manager, JOCEric Johnson, Senior Editor, Technology, JOCBill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, West Coast, JOCMark Szakonyi, Executive Editor, JOC

The stars are aligning for Mexico’s transportation and logistics sector, with cargo volumes through the ports growing, the number of trucks across the border rising, and a new sense of stability and hope. The cloud of a possible dismantling of the North American Free Trade Agreement has receded, replaced with the United States, Canada, Mexico Agreement. Mexico has a new president, a major upgrade about to open at the Port of Veracruz, and a sense that the country could be the biggest beneficiary of a prolonged US-China trade war, as Mexican manufacturing, just over the US border, becomes increasingly attractive to investors. Yet to make the most of its good fortune, Mexico will need to overcome some deep-seated fluidity issues that torment the nation’s logistics and transportation sector. Top of the list are the increasingly disruptive security issues on trucks and trains.

This webcast, a primer for the 2nd Annual JOC Mexico Trade Conference in Mexico City in July, will analyze the state of the Mexican container shipping, transportation and logistics market, with an emphasis on the following issues, challenges and trends:

• The import-export outlook
• The impact of new trade agreements
• Port efficiency and disruption
• The regulatory landscape
• Sector-specific analysis

Moderator:Hugh Morley, Senior Editor, JOC

Speakers:Christopher Wilson, Deputy Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center Jorge Monzalvo, Head of Delivery, Middle America Area, Maersk

Growth in containerized cargo volumes through Canadian freight networks is shifting into a slower gear two year after surging in 2017. Even so, containerized cargo is set to keep expanding in the mid-single digits, thanks to new trade pacts and an expanding domestic economy. Year-over-year growth in imports through the top four Canadian ports slowed to 3.1 percent in 2018 after jumping 13.3 percent in 2017. Containerized exports increased 3.5 percent last year after expanding 6.5 percent in 2017. At the same time, broader Canadian economic growth is slowing, and consumer demand may weaken, putting renewed pressure on the need to better enable exports.

This webcast, a primer for the 3rd Annual JOC Canada Trade Conference in Toronto, will analyze the state of the Canadian container shipping, transportation, and logistics market, with an emphasis on the following issues, challenges, and trends:

• The import-export outlook
• The impact of new trade agreements
• Port efficiency and disruption
• The ELD effect on trucking
• The regulatory landscape

Moderator:Dustin Braden, Shipper Engagement Manager, JOC

Speakers:Dean Davison, Technical Director, Maritime, WSPPatrick Lo, CEO, Canaan Group

One of the most intense trucking capacity crises in recent memory throttled inland distribution channels in 2018, thanks to high import volumes and enforcement of the electronic logging device mandate. Capacity began to creep back late in the year as transportation networks found a new balance, but demand for drayage, truckload and LTL capacity remained strong, and truck utilization rates were high, keeping pressure on pricing.

As the industry rounds the first-quarter bend of 2019, this webcast will analyze the current landscape, the outlook for the rest of the year, and focus on these key questions:

• Will shippers find capacity relief?
• Will slower economic growth mean more capacity or will increasing complexity and other obstacles keep capacity tight?
• What can shippers do to ensure capacity they need in drayage and over-the-road trucking?

Moderator:William Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking and Domestic Transportation, JOC

Speakers:Kevin M. Zweier, Vice President, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics