TOC Americas 2018

Trade and politics split the fortunes of the two giants of Latin American trade

The two largest economies on the east coast of South America are set to see divergent fortunes next year as container operators hope for an end to the doldrums that have hit trade.
Delegates at last week’s TOC Americas Container Supply Chain event in Panama heard how Brazil and Argentina dominate trade in the region, accounting for some 99% of teu trade between them.
“Brazil is turning the corner and now looking up …

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There must be a ‘win-win’ element in container line service contracts

Container carriers and customers need to work together to develop annual contracts that ensure shippers are provided with adequate service levels and lines are protected from cost spikes.
Cosco vice president Howard Finkel told delegates at last week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Panama: “Service contracts are basically rate sheets, usually with a one-year time limit, whereas there ought to be a win-win element to contracts – lines get protection, volume and payment …

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Evolving market could lead to ‘dangerous’ overcapacity in Caribbean box terminals

Use of outdated data and an under-appreciation of the way the container shipping market in the Latin America and Caribbean region has changed, could lead to dangerous box terminal overcapacity.
At last week’s TOC Americas Container Supply Chain event in Panama, Ricardo Sanchez, regional expert on infrastructure and ports for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLAC), was asked about his greatest fear for the industry.
“Short-term overcapacity …

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The downside for carriers and terminals of a digital supply chain

While every shipping company in the world appears to be developing some form of digital strategy, a leading industry academic has warned that digitisation could result in some unforeseen and unwelcome consequences.
Speaking at last week’s TOC Americas Supply Chain Conference in Panama, Jean-Paul Rodrigue, from the department of global studies and geography at New York’s Hofstra University, argued: “Digitisation could be a really bad thing for the shipping industry, but perhaps …

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China-US trade war straining the links in global supply chains

The failure of shipping lines to make a profit and terminal operators reporting declining profitability is putting the entire supply chain at risk, delegates at this week’s TOC Americas Container Supply Chain event in Panama heard.
Dinesh Sharma, executive director at supply chain analyst Drewry, said carriers and terminal operators were being pressured to diversify their business portfolios to mitigate the increasing risks from the trade war between China and the US and the huge surge …

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Container shipping alliances now planning to set course for Latin America trades

The major deepsea alliances could begin to extend their joint service network to secondary north-south trades, such as those serving Latin America, as they look to squeeze more efficiency from their cooperation agreements.
Michael Kristiansen, owner of consultancy CK Americas, told delegates at this week’s TOC America Container Supply Chain event in Panama: “I think the global alliances are coming – whether it is little by little or very fast, I …

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Revitalised Panama Canal now eyes expansion of port and logistics capacity

Following a strong year in terms of growth in vessel transits, the Panama Canal Authority is once more turning its attention to building port capacity as well as new zones for increased logistics activity.
In the keynote speech at this week’s TOC Americas Container Supply Chain event, authority administrator and chief executive Jorge Quijano (pictured) told delegates that, while vessel transits were its primary business barometer, ports activity had become increasingly …

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New Loadstar LongRead: The Panama Canal

Since it opened its enlarged locks, the Panama Canal has won back all its market share of Asia-US east coast container traffic.
According to The Loadstar’s latest LongRead, the ability of lines to move far larger ships through the waterway’s locks, coupled with cut-price tariff incentives by Panama on the return leg of the journey, designed to encourage lines to convert round-the-world services into Asia-US East coast pendulum services, the canal …

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