In the Spotlight
Scott Menzies
IFPTA Secretary/Treasurer
PPI TS20 Conference Co-Chairman
After four years, the Port of Baltimore begins preparations to host its first Transport Symposium.
Jaap Simonse
IFPTA Vice--President
PPI TS19 Conference Chairman
Not to be over dramatic, but after every Symposium, there's always a little letdown, especially for the conference chairmen.
David Laurine
President
Highmount Logistics
The verdict is out on how things will move forward over the next two years, but it seems that the extremes may be fading.
Kenneth Norris
Editor, IFPTA
Without the full support from a global community, the IFPTA and PPI Transport Symposium would not be the same today.
Logistics Today
SCA Transforest opens route to St. Petersburg
Success of Container Express is expanding routes between northern Sweden, Rotterdam, Stockholm and St. Petersburg
- SCA’s container traffic has steadily increased since the 1990s
- Started collaboration with short sea transports between Rotterdam and Ireland
- New route is the result of collaboration between SCA Transforest and the Russian shipping company Delta Shipping Lines.
IFPTA Community
A worldwide audience travelled to Amsterdam to hear about the latest developments in logistics/transportation
- Sjuul Paradis, editor-in-chief of De Telegraaf, provided the keynote presentation
- RISI Two-Year Outlook Presentation: Forecast for the global pulp and paper industry
- Conference program: ”Challenges and opportunities facing the forest products transporation industry“
Smart Logistics
Personal interaction, face-to-face meetings and open discussions are the new norms for industry events
- Conferences putting a heavier emphasis on networking and personal interaction
- Embracing that digital space, social media now plays a prominent role in nearly all industry conferences and events
- Panel discussions and open sessions are taking center stage encouraging delegates to become more active participants
Logistics Today
Pressing concerns for shippers
An exclusive IFPTA interview with Nicolette van der Jagt, Secretary General, European Shippers' Council
- Increasing the cost of transport will not produce the modal shift needed
- industry and shippers to play a key role in reducing the environmental impact of transport
- ESC represents the freight transport interest of cargo owners in Europe, the manufacturing industry, and companies from the retail and wholesale sectors
- Changing the dynamics
Groundbreaking project uses RFID to track pulp shipments - Marriage creates a leader
Merger creates new forest products handling leader - An industry uprooted
Interview with Patrick Neylan of Drewry Maritime Research - A deeper shade of green
Norfolk Southern and GreenTrees have launched a conservation program
