Conquering challenges with a positive attitude is critical to enduring success, according to speakers kicking off SMC3 Jump Start 2020 today [Jan. 27] in suburban Atlanta. Football legend Joe Theismann, in his keynote address before a gathering of more than 500 leaders of the less-than-truckload industry and related disciplines at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center in Cobb County, Georgia, urged attendees to embrace change.

Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Washington, D.C. Agriculture Transportation Coalition, says better and cheaper rail service will help U.S. West Coast ports and agricultural exporters reverse lost market share and increase competitiveness

In his State of the Port 2020, Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero noted that the Port experienced a 5 percent drop in volume in 2019 but he remains optimistic due to $4 billion in capital improvements which have made the port capable of handling 18,000 TEU container ships.

As 2020 begins, there are no signs that Montreal, Canada’s second biggest port after Vancouver, strategically located deep inland in relation to the industrial heartland of North America, is slowing down in terms of both capacity and cargo expansion.

When emissions regulations are implemented for one mode of transportation, an hourglass turns over for other modes.

Gene Seroka the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles outlined a new strategy for the Port to regain lost market share.

Stephanie Simon, Head of Airfreight, Americas Region, Damco’s outlook for 2020

Special to the AJOT Mike Short, president of global forwarding, C.H. Robinson

Critics says the cost of doing business at Long Beach and Los Angeles is high and due in part to tough regulations on diesel emissions, however Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach remains optimistic.

Unbeknownst to many, a US$452 million port modernization project is moving towards completion in Kingston, and it’s already remaking Jamaica’s major port.