b'12American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comIndustry leader saysTEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED investment is key toLOGISTICS TRI-ANNUALrobust global cold chainIn September, Sara Stickler became President and CEOoftheGlobalColdChainAlliance,awide-reaching international advocacy group comprised of temperature-controlled warehousing, transpor-tation and logistics industry players big and small. SticklercametoGCCAaftersevenyearslead-ing WTS International, a transportation industry association dedicated to the global advancement of women. AJOT recently interviewed Stickler about serving as a panelist at TPM 25 earlier this month as well as several critical issues facing the global cold chain.By Andrew Meadows, AJOTAJOT: What was the overallships that are providing value message at TPM 2025 as far asaddservicestocustomers. where the cold chain invest- Thecoldchainischanging, ment is flowing? andtheinnovationandcol-Sara Stickler: While therelaboration was on full displayLeveraging the largest temperature-controlled capacity network in North America, C.H. Robinson navigates busiest is current uncertainty around(KEY continued on page 18) floral season with enhanced consolidation program and end-to-end transportation servicesthe impacts on global supply chainsofchangestotariffs andgeopoliticalrelation-ships,productflowinthe cold chain is determined by a much wider range of factors. Thiswasakeytakeaway from TPM 25: as discussions continue over U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China andretaliatoryactions,it was a significant part of the conversation.However,so was resiliency. Foodsupplychainsare adaptableandresilient,and there is confidence that tariff increaseswillnotsubstan-tiallychangethevolumeof foodproductsintheU.S. supply chain. Sara SticklerThe current trend of year-on-year increases in the demand for temperature-controlledlogis-ticsservicesisexpectedto continue. Pace of investment mayslowwithneweco-nomic uncertainties and the increasingcostofcapital, but I think robust investment in cold storage capacity will continue,aswellasinvest-mentsintoimprovingtheReal Time Data Food Waste Remote ClimateEnd to Endefficiency of refrigerated trans- & Tracking Mitigation Controls Telematicsportation and cold warehouse operations.Iftariffchanges and geopolitical change drive arestructuringofsupply chains,theremayalsobeIts not just the boxits our approach to offering sustainable fleet solutions increasedinvestmentintobundled with leading edge technology that makesfacilitiestoenablenear- the difference.shoring.AnotherstrongthemeVisit www.seacubecontainers.com to learn more.throughout TPM 25 for coldseacubecontainers.comchain was the increased col-laborationacrossthesupply chainanduniquepartner-1141 BSYA SeaCube AJOT 8x10 Produce Aisle.indd 1 3/13/25 12:51PM'