Container shipping’s revolutionary impact on world trade makes it an ideal topic for the U.S. Grains Council’s upcoming annual meeting in Long Beach, Calif., home of the second-largest U.S. container port.
An all-star panel of experts will explore transportation dynamics, the future of container shipping, and the implications for transportation-dependent industries like agriculture.
Panel members include:
- Steve Lofberg, president of Montclair Marine, a 40-year industry veteran who spent 14 years with Continental Grain Company before establishing his own ship brokerage and chartering business. Montclair Marine’s expertise is in transportation processes that coordinate trucking, barge, rail and transfer services.
- Dwight Robinson, vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Harbor Grain Terminal. In addition to running day-to-day operations, sales and marketing for this 55-year-old agricultural transloading business, Robinson is the managing partner of Worldwide Commodities, LLC, where he oversees finances, commodity trading and the logistics supply chain.
- Eric Woodie, senior merchandiser for Trans Coastal Supply Company, one of the leading U.S. container shippers of grain and feed ingredients. In the last eight years, Woodie’s special focus has been trading and managing feed ingredient export programs to ship distiller’s dried grains with solubles to delivery points across Asia. He is involved in all aspects of the container trade and logistics.
- John Miller, named assistant vice president for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) agricultural products in 2008 and now group vice president of agricultural products. Before joining BNSF, Miller was a senior group manager for TSC Container Freight (a division of The Scoular Company), president of Bartlett Grain, LLC, and held multiple positions at Continental Grain Company.
The panel will be moderated by USGC Regional Director Adel Yusupov, whose Southeast Asia region is a key nexus for container shipping.
For details on the Council’s meeting, scheduled for Feb. 10-12 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif, call 202-789-0789 or click here.