Port Performance North America: The State of Flow as a New Year Approaches

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With year-to-date import volumes down about 15%, North American ports will enter the new year without the terminal congestion, vessel backlogs, and inland supply chain bottlenecks they experienced in 2021-2022. North America’s major gateways are using this period of slow growth to prepare for the next cargo boom that will occur after retailers have depleted the inventory overhang, they built up over the past two years. Ports on the East, Gulf, and West coasts are expanding their terminal capacity and improving road and rail corridors to reduce congestion at their marine terminals and on-dock rail facilities. They are working with terminal operators and shippers to reduce the number of long-dwelling containers that congest their marine terminals. The ports also are working with ocean carriers, terminal operators, drayage companies, and BCOs to share shipment data to accelerate terminal velocity.

This webcast, broken into three segments featuring speakers representing the North and South Atlantic ports, Gulf Coast ports, and gateways on the West Coast of the US and Canada will analyze what ports along the major North American coastal regions are doing to prepare for the next cargo surge.

Moderator:

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor, West Coast, Journal of Commerce by S&P Global

Agenda:

West Coast: 2:05 - 2:30 PM

Speakers:

Ed DeNike, President, SSA Containers

Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer, Port of Long Beach  

Captain Shri Madiwal, Acting Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Matt Schrap, CEO, Harbor Trucking Association

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East Coast: 2:35 - 3:00 PM

Michael Bozza, Deputy Port Director - Port Department, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey 

Daniel S. Smith, Principal, Tioga Group

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Gulf Coast: 3:05 - 3:30 PM

Speakers:

Janine Moreau Mansour, Head of Key Accounts, Port of New Orleans

Ty Reasonover, Senior Manager-Trade Development, Port Houston

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