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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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Port Everglades
JOC Team |
Seaports and their customers nationwide face the challenge of rolling out the federally mandated Transportation Worker Identification Credential.
Port Freeport, Texas
JOC Team |
When Congress established the Harbor Maintenance Tax in 1986, many in the port industry were under the impression the funds collected from cargo owners would be dedicated to keeping U.S.
Port of Miami Terminal Operating Co.
JOC Team |
2009 will be a challenging year for everyone involved in international trade. Two issues are impacting the maritime industry: the U.S.
Portland, Oregon, Port of
JOC Team |
The most important change in the year ahead will involve recalibrating and reorienting to the realities of a down cycle of uncertain duration and magnitude.
Ports America
JOC Team |
As we head into 2009, most questions revolve around how long the economic downturn will last and when robust growth will return to the container and automobile trades.
QuestaWeb Inc.
JOC Team |
From a global trade perspective, 2009 will witness the introduction of many new cross-border compliance initiatives, especially the long-discussed 10+2 security filing and the new ACE project that wil
RBS Americas LLC
JOC Team |
Attendance at 2008’s Terminal Operating Conference in Long Beach was noticeably lower than prior years. Without hesitation, everyone blamed the economy.
Reeve and Associates
JOC Team |
It would be an understatement to say 2008 was marked by a much higher level of uncertainty and risk than usual.
Retail Industry Leaders Association
JOC Team |
Economic uncertainty and the shift in political winds appear destined to set the tone for the year ahead.
Safmarine Inc.
JOC Team |
Entering a tunnel for the first time, you never know how long it will be until you get to the other side. We have all entered and exited tunnels during our lives and lived to tell about it.
Samuel Shapiro & Co.
JOC Team |
Given the housing market debacle, the contagious financial and banking crises, and the global economic decline, the incoming Obama administration has quite a lofty to-do list.
Savi Group
JOC Team |
Today’s supply-chain information providers must deliver more than just visibility of their customers’ shipments and mobile assets.
Schneider National Inc.
JOC Team |
Two specific pieces of legislation are of particular concern to us in 2009: the Employee Free Choice Act and the proposed carbon cap and trade legislation.
Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey
JOC Team |
With a presidential election behind us, I look forward in 2009 to a new era of American leadership in making shipboard careers more attractive. Bold leadership will be required.
Seattle, Port of
JOC Team |
The global financial crisis and recession will continue to have a significant impact on the maritime and transportation industries this year and beyond.
Seko Worldwide LLC
JOC Team |
Given the tumultuous business environment of the past six months, shippers will face serious competitive challenges in 2009.
Sher & Blackwell LLP, Attorneys
JOC Team |
The coming year brings an unusual number of potentially significant changes in the legal environment affecting container carriers.
South Carolina State Ports Authority
JOC Team |
Given the current economic and trade outlook, 2009 will challenge all ports to balance financial demands with the need to advance long-range port improvement projects.
Tacoma, Port of
JOC Team |
Economic conditions have upended the housing, banking and retail industries. In these challenging times, people buy less, retailers ship less, shipping lines carry less and ports handle less.
Tampa Port Authority
JOC Team |
Current economic headwinds and the short-term outlook have underscored the importance for ports to have diversity in their markets and across different lines of business.
Teamsters, International Brotherhood of
JOC Team |
I anticipate a harsh 2009. Not since the Great Depression will so many people lose their homes. Companies of all sizes are cutting jobs, demanding wage concessions and seeking bankruptcy protection.
TFG Transfracht
JOC Team |
There will be two main influencers on international trade this coming year: the economy and the environment.
Tompkins International
JOC Team |
When we predicted last year that 2008 would see further globalization, we did not expect that the costs of doing business in China would rise so
Trailer Bridge Inc.
JOC Team |
An important change affecting the shipping industry in 2009 will likely be the establishment of emission control areas (ECAs).
Transportation Intermediaries Association
JOC Team |
The two most important challenges for the third-party logistics industry in 2009 will come from the economy and government.
Transportation & Logistics Council
JOC Team |
When the economy is in bad shape, companies try to cut spending. One thing that is sometimes overlooked is to avoid unnecessary disputes and losses that eat into profits and hurt the bottom line.
TransTech Partners LLC
JOC Team |
In today’s marketplace, the role of the marine terminal operator is expanding well beyond its traditional boundaries of loading and unloading vessels.
TranSystems Corp.
JOC Team |
Two drivers of change have emerged in the past few years that will become increasingly significant in 2009.
Tyler Search Consultants
JOC Team |
The economic equivalent of Hurricane Katrina and Chernobyl hit the financial community in 2008. Unbridled panic and fear will continue to rule work force decisions until mid-2009.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
JOC Team |
In 2009, U.S.
U.S. Council for International Business
JOC Team |
Approximately 90 percent of world merchandise trade valued at more than $13 trillion annually is funded by letters of credit and other forms of trade finance.
U.S. Maritime Alliance Ltd.
JOC Team |
The International Longshoremen’s Association and USMX have agreed to start early negotiations for a new master contract. The parties expect to begin early this year.
United Arab Agencies Inc.
JOC Team |
The overall financial gains realized by ocean carriers over the past 20 years have been disappointing, and that trend is not expected to change in the near future.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
JOC Team |
As we enter an unprecedented era of fiscal uncertainty worldwide, pontification of its impact on the transportation sector is a natural outcome.
University of Denver
JOC Team |
In 2009, we will not have to talk about congestion or peak-season issues, given the near certainty of a severe recession brought about by the current financial crises.
UPS
JOC Team |
The growing interest in international markets continued in 2008, spurred on by a sluggish U.S. economy, weakened dollar and strong growth markets in Europe and Asia.
Vanguard Logistics Services
JOC Team |
2009 is shaping up to be an inflection point.
Vickerman & Associates LLC
JOC Team |
The more things change, the more port and intermodal competitive principals remain the same.
Virginia Port Authority
JOC Team |
As an industry we need to assess how — or if — the separate but related pieces of the cargo transportation system work together.
Vision Logistics Corp.
JOC Team |
The turbulence of the past year is behind us, but unfortunately the poor economy will continue to depress freight demand throughout 2009.
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