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The stakes for container shipping in Washington, D.C., are only getting higher. Congress in August took its first step to rewriting the US shipping law for the first time since 2008. And now the Biden administration and some members of Congress are looking to repeal ocean carriers’ antitrust immunity, which could undermine their ability to operate within alliances. That could threaten the three major shipping alliances, or highly structured vessel-sharing agreements, that have allowed carriers to cooperate operationally by pooling their cargo as long as they still compete with each other. Critics, including President Joe Biden, say the alliances’ powers are too great and, in effect, reduce competition. Carriers counter that the unwinding of alliances would leave shippers with fewer port and sailing options, exacerbating the longest and sharpest shipping disruption since the dawn of containerization in the 1950s. This webcast will cut through legislative speak to define the issues and outline the commercial risk and opportunities for shippers and their transportation providers alike.

Moderator: Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor, JOC.com and The Journal of Commerce, Maritime & Trade and Supply Chain, S&P Global

Karyn A. Booth, Chair of Transportation Practice Group, Thompson Hine LLP; and General Counsel, National Industrial Transportation League

John Butler, President, and CEO, World Shipping Council

Ashley W. Craig, Co-Chair, International Trade and Logistics Group, VENABLE LLP®

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The crisis in Ukraine is having an impact on US highways, as fuel prices rise amid increasing uncertainty. The more than $1-per-gallon leap in weekly average diesel prices was a direct hit on US trucking companies and their customers, many of whom had signed annual contracts with high contract rate increases earlier in the quarter. Now shippers, carriers, and brokers are navigating a trucking landscape that again is being transformed by uncertainty, after two years of COVID-pandemic disruption. This webcast will explore how shippers and their transportation partners are dealing with this latest round of disruption, what the impact will be on shipping choices, and how they now view 2022 — all as the typical spring peak season for US trucking gets underway in April.

Moderator: William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking and Domestic Transportation, JOC, S&P Global

Dean Croke, Principal Analyst, DAT Solutions

Heather Dohrn, Chief Operating Officer, Dohrn Transfer

Holly Pearce, Director, Materials, and Logistics, C&D Technologies/Trojan Battery

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The last two years have shown that procurement of freight capacity isn't only a time-consuming challenge, but also an increasingly costly one to buyers, both shippers, and intermediaries. The question now is, what part of the process has moved beyond the human scale, and what process still needs to be managed and executed by logistics professionals? The answer clearly isn't the same for all organizations, but this one-hour session will cover the challenges and opportunities of using technology to address that highly complicated procurement puzzle. Technologies to be discussed include rate benchmarking, predictive rate tools, and automated procurement software designed to base decisions on historical and forward-looking data.

Moderator: Eric Johnson, Senior Editor, Logistics Technology, JOC, Maritime & Trade, S&P Global

Speaker(s):

Rachael Acker, Logistics Director, Wolverine Worldwide

Alan Holland, Founder & CEO, Keelvar

Jonah McIntire, Director, Autonomous Procurement, Transporeon

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This year’s process to secure service contracts in the eastbound trans-Pacific is unfolding like no other year before it. Buffeted by longer lead times, port schedule reliability, and ships that have been idled or slowed in transit, shippers have experienced exponential increases in freight rates over the past year, and still struggled to get their goods to destination weeks after originally scheduled. To bring some stability back to the market, ocean carriers urged their steady customers to enter annual contract negotiations much earlier than usual this year, and retailers and other importers jumped at the opportunity. For carriers, the early start to 2022–23 service contract talks provides an opportunity to lock in a base of business from reliable customers with a history of delivering committed cargo volumes. For shippers who started negotiations in November, rather than in February or March, the lure is to lock in capacity at contract rates that will assuredly be lower than the spot rates in effect during the 2021 peak shipping season. Demand for vessel space in the largest US trade lane will exceed supply this year, just as it did in 2021. On the other hand, spot rates have fallen from the record-smashing levels in October, which means early contract negotiations are beginning at a time when carriers’ leverage won’t continue to rise further. For both carriers and their customers, the ultimate goal during contract negotiations this coming year is to achieve predictability and reliability.

This webcast will analyze this crucial trade lane and explore whether there is any calm on the horizon or whether the storm will only continue.

Moderator: Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, West Coast, JOC, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit

Speaker(s):

David Arsenault, President, GSC Logistics, Inc.

Ben Hackett, Founder, and Principal, Hackett Associates

Michael Shaughnessy, Senior Vice President, Operations, Supply Chain, and Emerging Markets, Balsam Brands

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