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US West Coast truckers ready for box import surge (but less keen on buying non-diesel trucks)
In this news insights episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King is talking U.S. trucking, drayage, domestic freight demand and international trade with Matt Schrap, CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association.
Among other topics, they delve into:
The readiness of US West Coast truckers to cope with for an influx of import cargo due to disruptions in the Red Sea and Panama Canal.
Whether LA and Long Beach ports have the processes, capacity and labour in place to handle a surge of cargo.
Actions taken to improve the container return system, which had a significant detrimental impact on chassis supply during the pandemic.
The advantages and disadvantages of various appointment systems that drayage operators serving western gateway terminals must navigate.
The sluggish investment in non-diesel trucks despite the availability of subsidies and incentives.
Is the Port of Long Beach ready to receive a new wave of container imports?
In this news insight episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer at the Port of Long Beach, outlines why the de facto closure of the Suez Canal to container shipping, low water levels on the Panama Canal, and the threat of union action at rival ports on the US East and Gulf Coast, are creating a unique window of opportunity for West Coast trade gateways.
But after the congestion and chaos of the Covid years, host Mike King asks if Long Beach’s terminals and supply chain stakeholders are now fully prepared to smoothly process a box volume demand spike.
The 2024 trade and economic growth outlook as geopolitical headwinds intensify
In this special News Insight episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King discusses the following with Robert Subbaraman, Head of Global Markets Research at Nomura:
Global economic and trade prospects in 2024
Asia exports outlook
Geopolitical risk in 2024
The slowdown in China
Freight rates and inflation
Trade and a Trump Presidency
Protectionism vs global growth
China + 1 impact on trade
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A shipper’s view: Maersk/Hapag, The Red Sea crisis, CNY and freight rate strategy
In this episode, produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group, host Mike King has an in-depth discussion with Bjorn Vang Jensen, Executive Director for International Transport at American multinational Cummins, on all things shipping and supply chain.
They discuss what the Gemini Cooperation agreement between Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk means for the remaining THE Alliance container lines – Yang Ming, ONE and HMM – and whether 90% service reliability is a realistic target for the new partnership.
They also analyse the Red Sea crisis and how to plan and adapt to disrupted supply chains. And they discuss what shippers should expect in the lead-in to Chinese New Year factory closures, and what geopolitical conflict and risk means for the future of globalisation, international trade and liner strategy.
More on Bjorn Vang Jensen:
Bjorn has experience of all sides of the freight business. Until just over a year ago, he was one of container shipping’s best analysts as VP Advisory Services for Global Supply Chain at Sea-Intelligence Advisory Services. He’s also been a vessel scheduling manager, a salesperson, a freight forwarder and a 3PL.
On the BCO side of the fence, prior to taking the reins at Cummins, he was global head of logistics at Electrolux for 16 years during which time he was responsible for moving millions of TEU and hundreds of thousands of tons of airfreight.
