Pulse of The Ports Tomorrow

Has it been a year already?

The "Pulse of the Ports" peak season forecast is here already.
It is tomorrow in Long Beach.
Last years was awesome and I am expecting nothing less this year.
For a recap of last years presentation, click here.

Last year people were feeling a little blip in port pressure. Gas prices were high and transportation / supply chain was the theme.

This year, I am expecting many long faces. The theme will likely revolve around in how wrong all our previous forecasts were and how everyone is hurting because port volume is down.

There are no longshoreman representing on the panel this year, which is fine. They did not really share anything new last year.

Looking forward to the recycling bit, there are likely to be some disturbing numbers in that presentation. (FYI one of the largest exports out of LA / Long Beach is scrap).

Here is the agenda.

Peak Season Forecast "Pulse of the Ports"Long Beach Harbor Department - Special Meeting
Location: Hyatt Regency Long Beach

Experts Presenting Industry Forecasts

Dr.Joseph P. Magaddino — Chair, Department of Economics, Cal State University, Long Beach

Dean Tracy — Director International Transportation, Lowe's

George Adams — Chairman, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) and President of SA Recycling

Peter I. Keller — President, NYK Line (North America) Inc.

Elvis Ganda — President, California United Terminal

John Doherty, P.E. — CEO, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

Bob Curry Jr. — President, California Multimodal, LLC