• Navigating Drayage Challenges

  • Jul 22 2024
  • Duración: 19 m
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  • Drayage, the truck-based transport of containerised cargo from the port to the final destination or from the origin premises to the loading port, plays a crucial role in the US freight industry. Despite being a landside logistics service, it faces challenges from #ShippingDisruptions, union strikes, and evolving government regulations. How do drayage professionals navigate these changes while meeting customer expectations and finding optimal solutions? Join our latest ‘Shipping Insights’ podcast episode, where host Sara Vollmer and guest Mason George, President at IMC Companies National Accounts, explore strategies for tackling these constant disruptions. Key topics of this episode are: The impact of the current disruptions, in particular the Red Sea crisis, on the drayage market in the US, how to handle and discuss the impacts of the constant changes with the customers and the green legislation happening in the US and how it influences the industry. Recorded in July 2024. Details: (01:36) An introduction to our guest, Mason George. (02:24) Sara explains what drayage is. (02:42) Sara and Mason discuss the impact of the Red Sea crisis on the drayage market in the US. Mason explains how the cargo is shifting between regions and is affecting the market. (05:05) Sara mentions the contract negotiations on the East Coast with The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and asks Mason how the drayage professionals handle these changes and discuss them with their customers. (09:58) Sara and Mason talk about the potential impact of the Canadian rail strikes on the transportation of cargo into the US. Mason mentions the lack of flexibility in the current freight industry and how drayage professionals should try to stay flexible for their customers and offer them tailored solutions. (12:52) Sara and Mason discuss the new green legislation happening in the US, in particular in California, and Mason mentions how the uncertainty of some of these changes causes problems for the stakeholders in the market. (17:00) Mason shares his advice for shippers in the current market and how thinking differently could make the transition we are in easier.
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