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Moderator: Dustin Braden, Shipper Engagement Manager, JOC, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s): TBC

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What a year 2018 was for US containerized ocean shippers — and 2019 doesn’t look any less volatile. The pressures, from higher tariffs on US imports and exports to the International Maritime Organization’s low-sulfur fuel mandate on oceangoing ships, are showing little signs of letting up, posing continuing challenges for logistics managers and their transportation providers. On the service side, reliability hit new lows and last fall’s chaotic trans-Pacific peak season frustrated North American importers. The macro outlook isn’t that much more comforting. While the US economy moves from strength to strength, the frequency of warning signs of a slowdown — or worse, recession — are becoming more apparent. Not since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis has there been as much concern on what a US economic deceleration or retraction would do to the global economy — which, outside the US, already is showing malaise ahead of Brexit-related pain and slower Chinese growth.

With trans-Pacific contract negotiations right around the bend, this webcast will provide the insights shippers need regarding the direction of the market, and the path ahead

Moderator:Chris Brooks, Executive Editor, JOC Events

Speakers:

Daniel Hackett, Partner, Hackett Associates

Alan Murphy, CEO and Partner, SeaIntelligence ApS

Still wary after a protracted slump, project and breakbulk cargo stakeholders are wondering if they should trust nascent signs of better times ahead. A slowly filling project pipeline and hard-won project efficiencies are good news for oil majors, EPCs, manufacturers, and other shippers, but volatile oil prices and a turbulent business climate could put a damper on investment.

Our two experts will provide an overview and forecast for capital projects in North America and globally, and an up-close look at what we can expect for LNG globally in the near- and long-term, in light of the shale boom, shifting trade winds and a growing Asian market.

Moderator: Janet Nodar, Senior Editor, Breakbulk and Project Cargo, JOC

Speakers:Robert Ineson, Executive Director, Global LNG, IHS MarkitPhyllis Kulkarni, Regional Director, North America, Independent Project Analysis