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As 2020 draws toward its close, North American shippers are
wondering whether 2021 will be a year of tight transportation
capacity, high freight demand, and rising trucking and intermodal
rates or the year transportation goes flat as the US and global
economic recoveries stagnate.
This year could hardly have been more chaotic, with two inversions
in US domestic freight markets as the recession first killed
freight demand and then revived it, as the need for inventory
replenishment built up a wave of imports that squeezed capacity and
US freight pricing.
With so many variables in play, including the continuing COVID-19
threat, it's never been harder to plan for a new year. Business
cycles are moving faster, with swings in truck pricing power and
capacity occurring almost every year.
This two-part webcast series will help shippers sort fact from hype
and develop a grounded view of coming logistics needs and
transportation environment. Our panels will bring together top
analysts, shippers, and trucking, intermodal, and logistics
executives.
The result will be an event that connects the dots between the international supply chain, from seaports, and transloading to last-mile logistics. We'll map the broad issues and dig into specific problems shippers face moving goods from origin to market in the COVID-19 era.
Sponsored By
Speakers
Ari Ashe
JOC Principal Journalist, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit
Paul Bingham
Director, Transportation Consulting
Chris Caplice
Executive Director, MIT Center of Transportation & Logistics;
and Chief Scientist, DAT Solutions
William Cassidy
Senior Editor, JOC, Maritime & Trade
Agenda
2:00-2:05 pm Welcome Remarks
2:05-2:45 pm The Economic and Freight Outlook How
will the US economic recovery evolve in 2021, and how will it
affect supply chains, modal choices, and shipper plans and
budgeting in the year ahead? Eight months after the initial
COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns threw the economy into a deep
recession, shippers are still dealing with supply chain disruption
and dislocation. The strong freight demand generated during the
recovery has meant more dislocation, but the recovery has been
uneven. This panel will delve into the economic outlook for the US,
what that means for freight demand and transportation pricing, and
what shippers should do to prepare for what could be a stronger but
costlier US surface transportation environment in 2021.
2:45-3:30 pm The Trucking Outlook: Analyzing Pricing
Dynamics
3:30 pm Closing Remarks
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