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News and analysis focused on what the industry expects in the coming year for container shipping, ports, trucking, air cargo, logistics, supply chain, and commentaries from industry leaders
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Mike Regan, Chief of Relationship Development, Technologies
JOC Team |
Carriers, shippers and financial analysts have stopped making bold proclamations as to when the market will hit bottom, since every prediction throughout this year has been wrong.
Brian Bourke, Global Chief Commercial Officer, SEKO Logistics
JOC Team |
There is good reason to believe that 2024 may experience the most ‘normal’ pre-COVID trends than 2023, but there is still a lot of uncertainty.
Rock Magnan, President and COO, RK Logistics Group
JOC Team |
3PLs need to invest in infrastructure, technology and services to drive growth.
Thor Thorup, Co-founder and CCO, Portchain
JOC Team |
Efficient berth planning inherently contributes to lower environmental footprints, thus advancing decarbonization goals.
Gordon Downes, CEO, New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX)
JOC Team |
As we look into 2024, it will probably be anything but ‘normal,’ with even more variables that could prove extremely disruptive.
Michael Aldwell, EVP of Sea Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel Inc.
JOC Team |
Many of these touchpoints can be automated today via milestone reporting, however, they are reliant on human intervention and oversight due to the insufficient quality of the data that is being produced.
Jochen Freese, Chief Commercial Officer, Forto
JOC Team |
With generative AI’s capacity to understand and produce content and the IMO aiming for shipping to be climate neutral by or around 2050, the momentum is there to do more in 2024.
Chrissy Geibel, COO, Dunavant Logistics
JOC Team |
Technology is bringing ingredients to our industry at a faster clip so we may work faster and smarter. Speed, after all, is the life of this business.
Martin Thaysen, Chief Commercial Officer, Controlant
JOC Team |
Global pharmaceutical companies today need to be agile: to adapt at a moment’s notice without risking their ability to have complete visibility and control over their supply chain.
Ralf Schneider, President USA and Regional Director Americas, cargo-partner
JOC Team |
Digital transformation is a necessity that provides a number of benefits to freight forwarders, partners and their customers.
Carl Lauron, CEO, BuyCo
JOC Team |
Time is of the essence here, as the later a risk is identified, the more expensive it becomes to rectify.
William F. Aldridge, President, Allport Cargo Services
JOC Team |
One of the key drivers of success in developing and using AI will be access to and organizing the best and brightest talent available from all disciplines.
David Casey, SVP of Commercial Strategy, Advent eModal
JOC Team |
By offering flexible, technology-driven approaches, users can efficiently schedule and manage workload.
Jaakko Elovaara, CEO, Youredi Ltd.
JOC Team |
When you ask users of the most prominent solutions about their satisfaction with the product they receive, you’re likely to hear a chorus of complaints.
Constantine Komodromos, CEO, VesselBot
JOC Team |
On the horizon looms an era where precision in emission data will no longer be an option, but a mandate.
Bryn Heimbeck, President, Trade Tech
JOC Team |
Imagine a world where one shipment equates to one data file, with multiple users leveraging workflow and process controls for a standardized, consistent and predictable supply chain.
Sarjak Sheth, CEO, Shiperone
JOC Team |
The future hinges on technologies transitioning toward greater openness and interoperability with other applications.
Kooil O, Executive Vice President, Division Leader of Logistics Business Division, Samsung SDS
JOC Team |
In 2024, digital forwarders will encounter more competitive situations with the following keywords: acceleration in digitization, agility for volatile variables and increase in efficiency.
James Coombes, CEO and Co-founder, Raft
JOC Team |
Introducing technology into a forwarding business isn’t a one-shot thing. It’s an infinite game.
Will O’Donnell, Managing Director, ProLogis Ventures
JOC Team |
The power of AI lies in converting data into actionable insights, driving data-fueled decision making.
Alan E. Baer, President, OL USA LLC
JOC Team |
The information customers want to access is very rarely live; it is a snapshot of the state of their cargo at some point in the past.
Stefan Kalmund, CEO, Nexxiot
JOC Team |
To ‘progress’ intermodal visibility, a visionary approach is required.
Valentina Ion, Public Finance, Customs and Transportation Lead, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Corp.
JOC Team |
New technologies, such as AI, IoT and distributed ledger technology (DLT), are enabling automation, supporting remote monitoring and building command and control centers at the borders.
Jack Chang, CEO, JFSCHB
JOC Team |
I see new technologies in B2C driving innovations with unrealized potential.
Graham Parker, CEO, Gravity Supply Chain
JOC Team |
The first mile in any supply chain is crucial to meeting demand and is usually the most significant risk and failure point to meet intake plans.
Joe Dunleavy, VP of Innovation, Endava
JOC Team |
Addressing issues of oversupply and waste, which has been reported to contribute $165 billion in inventory disposal per year, offers significant potential to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.
Asaf Fridenson, CEO and Founder, eezyimport
JOC Team |
With the rise of tech-savvy shippers from Generation Z and Generation Alpha, the demand for a streamlined, digital experience has intensified.
Markus Panhauser, Senior Vice President, ocean freight Europe, DHL Global Forwarding GmbH
JOC Team |
Established forwarders developed their system landscape and data quality so that customers do not feel a difference.
Mark Baxa, President and CEO, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
JOC Team |
To say that any one of these functions can be fully automated to the extent that human interaction is entirely removed begins and ends with the activities and capability of service providers to automate.
Blaine Kelley, Executive Vice President, CBRE
JOC Team |
With near shoring, Mexico sourcing and electric vehicle production growth, demand from the automotive and food sectors now makes up almost 30% of activity, creating a healthy, balanced landscape.
Weston LeBar, Co-Founder and President, Cargomatic
JOC Team |
Using visibility in a predictive manner to help avoid bottlenecks and delays is the holy grail.
Pervinder Johar, CEO, Blume Global
JOC Team |
This technology is here in our hands right now, and we need to do our job in understanding it and evaluating how to best apply it.
John Vaccaro, President (founder, PalletTrader), Bettaway Supply Chain Services
JOC Team |
There remain other areas of the supply chain that are ripe for reinvention through technology.
Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE, CEO, Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
JOC Team |
Another more pressing issue is a lack of visibility in the supply chain, which is exacerbated in the drug supply by an overdependence on foreign manufacturing.
Tom Barnes, CEO, 319 Capital Partners
JOC Team |
Companies cannot continue to utilize technology that was built decades ago to manage business within their ‘four walls’ for managing supply chains that are growing in complexity and are expected to react quickly to changing business conditions.
Gregory Boyle, Director, Global Sea Freight, Signify
JOC Team |
Whether they be in your hometown or across the world, that team is the most innovative asset in container shipping today.
Dan Halstrom, President and CEO, US Meat Export Federation (USMEF)
JOC Team |
A rebound in import cargo arriving on the West Coast is essential for maintaining the outbound service options that allow US suppliers to serve their chilled meat customers.
John Janson, Global Logistics Director, SanMar
JOC Team |
We’re confident that the way we manage and strengthen relationships during the tough times will pay dividends when the market turns.
James Hookham, Director, Global Shippers Forum (GSF)
JOC Team |
Exposure to the same competition rules as every other industrial sector will be healthy.
Godfried Smit, Secretary General, European Shippers Council (ESC)
JOC Team |
Global geopolitical tensions are leading to commodity supply chains increasingly being used as a weapon.
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