Webcasts

In analyzing data drawn from PIERS’ NVOCC Solution, one major conclusion can be made: Non-vessel-operating common carriers are penetrating a larger segment of North American container shipping and, critically, are impacting the direction of the market, more than ever. Certainly, NVOCCs’ share of U.S. containerized ocean cargo has vacillated in recent years, but as market forces become more volatile, more disruptive and less predictable, an increasing number of importers and exporters are turning to NVOCCs for solutions. That was the case during much of 2014 and early this year, as beneficial cargo owners sought solutions to one of the most disruptive supply chain events in recent memory: the gridlock that locked down West Coast ports during a dispute over longshore labor negotiations that stretched for nine months. By the time the crisis ended in the spring, NVOCCs had increased their share of U.S. imports further, growing 6 percent year-over-year in the January-May period. But as NVOCCs’ share of U.S. containerized trade grows, rate volatility is doing the same — in some cases, large BCO service contracts have become pricier than smaller shippers have received through NVOCCs on the spot market. And, although spot rate volatility on the trans-Pacific trade is much less severe than on the Asia-Pacific — where NVOCCs traditionally have carried a much higher share of the cargo — that’s not necessarily a success story, considering some BCOs received Asia-Europe pricing netting zero dollars early this summer.

This 60-minute webcast will analyze the latest data available on NVOCC trends with ocean carriers and shippers, and feature a demonstration of PIERS’ latest platform: PIERS NVOCC Solution.

Moderator: Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large,  IHS Maritime & Trade 

Speaker(s): 

Quentine Stenger, Manager, Product Development, PIERS, IHS Maritime & Trade

Bill Rooney, Vice President,Trans-Pacific Seafreight, Kuehne+Nagel

Aliet Martinez, Director of Client Development, PIERS, IHS Maritime & Trade

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What lies ahead in 2016? Join our chief maritime analyst, Richard Clayton, as he looks at the maritime industry and related sectors.

• Markets: Demand for bigger ships continues, market supply and demands changing the face of fleets
• Finance: Maritime finance landscape continues to change with new players
• Technology: Technological developments
• Expertise: Ageing maritime workforce
• Canals and ports: how will they cope with the ever-increasing size of vessels

“If you haven’t managed a transportation bid lately, it’s amazing how complicated and time-consuming that process can be. Automating processes remains at the forefront of the savvy supply chain professional’s needs. Through automating and streamlining your bids you can, for example, invite hundreds of national and regional carriers with a click, organize and analyze bid responses, and extract awarded lanes in a format ready for use in contract creation. Join our expert in carrier procurement as we define success through the RFP process.”

Sponsored by SMC³ and Jump Start 2016, this 60-minute webinar will address:

1. The factors for a successful bid.

2. Optimize your transportation expenditure and save time.

3. Strengthen your negotiation.

Join our expert in the RFP process as we explore automating and streamlining bids. 

Presenter:

Art Nourot, Vice President, Carrier Procurement, Unyson

Moderator: William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor, Trucking, JOC.com, IHS Maritime & Trade

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Freight logistics companies, industry analysts, and technology providers are talking about how the Internet of Things is already impacting global supply chains. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides connectivity of devices, systems, people, and services worldwide, offering potential improvements to the way global supply chains operate on a day-to-day basis. Gartner describes IoT as “a revolution waiting to happen”: in 2020, 25 billion connected devices will be in use, representing a 30-fold increase for supply chains. Freight logistics companies that grasp this opportunity stand to gain a distinct competitive advantage.

This webinar will discuss how freight logistics companies can harness the IoT revolution and take advantage of this imminent opportunity. We’ll discuss our point of view about IoT for freight logistics, share a vision of how carriers will use the IoT in the near future, and discuss how your company can be a part of the transformation. With examples, case studies, and suggestions about how to get started and pitfalls to avoid, this is sure to be an interactive conversation you won’t want to miss.

Join us for a provocative look at exactly what the Internet of Things revolution means for freight logistics operations, and what opportunities there are to streamline operations, improve customer service, and reduce cost.
To explore the Internet of Things vision for the near future, see the infographic and IBM solutions here.

Expert panelists include:

John Maley - Global Freight Logistics Industry Leader, IBM

Tim Meyer - Associate Partner, Internet of Things Center of Competence, IBM

Moderated by:  Alessandra G. Barrett, Senior Content Editor, JOC, IHS Maritime & Trade

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Increasingly companies across all industries are adopting data-driven decision making in their strategic planning and with good reason. Companies that follow data-driven decision methodologies are 3 times more likely to execute their decisions as intended. But what many companies are learning the hard way is that data alone does not help you make decisions. Gathering the correct dataset is often just the first of a series of time-consuming and repetitive steps that need to be taken to convert raw, unstructured data into the insights they need to base important decisions on.

In this webcast we will examine some of the struggles companies have working with unstructured trade data and some of the common pitfalls of trying to solve these problems in-house.

The webcast will be concluded with a live demo of PIERS new automated platforms that help companies in the transportation, chemical and manufacturing industries eliminate this work while increasing data quality and providing insights as specified by the customer.

Speakers:
Keith Bucco, Senior Trade Analyst, JOC | IHS Maritime & Trade
Aliet Martinez, Director of Client Development, PIERS

As the driver of global trade, the Asia-Pacific region has some of the strongest and most rapidly emerging economies, from the world’s manufacturing and export giant China to India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. But the dynamics of that trade are changing rapidly, as China and others develop a rapidly growing middle class. To fill that demand, once-dominant exporters increasingly are manufacturing products for their home markets and relying on exports from overseas to fill the void. In the long term, that’s great news for North American exporters, but the shorter-term outlook isn’t as bright. China’s economic growth, the marvel of the world for more than a decade, is slowing, and other countries largely are net sellers for now. But with the North American economy accelerating and Europe finally getting its footing, the Asia trade undoubtedly will be the driver for supply chain interests for the foreseeable future.

This Webcast will examine that outlook for trade with Asia and the implications for North American importers and exporters and the transportation providers that serve them. It will include the latest information on the regulatory environment, especially in China, and analysis of infrastructure initiatives such as China’s One Belt, One Road, an intercontinental overland network connecting Asia and Europe.

Moderator: Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large,  IHS Maritime & Trade

Speakers:

Rajiv Biswas, Senior Director and Asia-Pacific Chief Economist, IHS Economics & Country Risk Group

Ryan Ong, Director, Business Advisory Services, US-China Business Council

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Interested in sponsoring this webcast? For more information, please contact Tony Stein on Tony.Stein@ihs.com 

According to the Customs Modernization Act of 1993, all entities of the U.S. importing community are required to use “reasonable care” to report accurate and complete information to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) at the time of entry.  

How do you rank your organization’s own compliance program and reasonable care process?  How would CBP view your reasonable care process?

Join Amber Road and the Journal of Commerce on Thursday, June 11^th at 2pm EDT to learn how to achieve reasonable care programs based on CBP guidelines and court cases.  Key takeaways include:

• Factors that reflect a reasonable care process according to CBP
• How to implement an import risk model based on your company’s import statistics
• Key strategies for developing written procedures and an audit process with clearly defined checks and balances and accountability
• Best practices for leveraging automation to  support “reasonable care” within your organization

Moderator: 

Alessandra Barrett, Special Projects Editor, JOC, IHS

Presenters:

Suzanne Richer, Director, Trade Advisory Practice, Amber Road

Dave Albanese, Director, Solutions Consulting, Amber Road