Supply chain visibility was challenged during the booming months of the pandemic, placing even more importance on continued collaboration between the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and its customers at the Port of Vancouver. In episode 3 of Breaking Bottlenecks, host Aaron Chapman speaks to industry insiders and discusses a few key questions: How do companies in competitive markets weigh the risks and benefits of data sharing and transparency? Is greater supply chain visibility possible? And how does greater supply chain visibility help get a strained system back on track?  Featuring interviews and commentary from: Dan Bresolin, vice president, intermodal sales and marketing, CN Rail Grace Liang, president, OOCL Canada Raymond Tsang, vice president and head of ocean products, DB Schenker, Canada Peter Xotta, vice president, operations and supply chain, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Breaking Bottlenecks

Building trust through transparency: Collaboration and visibility in the supply chain

From container shortages to unprecedented surges in cargo volumes, the pandemic served as a stress test for the container intermodal supply chain, and for importers and exporters around the globe in 2020 and into 2021. In episode 2 of Breaking Bottlenecks, host Aaron Chapman looks at how container shipping surged during the pandemic and how market dynamics have made it a modern marvel of supply chain innovation. Told through the lens of the Port of Vancouver, industry experts discuss what it takes for container shipping to succeed and how a fully functioning nervous system within the intermodal network delivers containers to destinations around the world.  Featuring interviews and commentary from: Dan Bresolin, vice president, intermodal sales and marketing, CN Rail Grace Liang, president, OOCL Canada Raymond Tsang, vice president and head of ocean products, DB Schenker, Canada Peter Xotta, vice president, operations and supply chain, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Contained

In Episode 1 of Breaking Bottlenecks, host Aaron Chapman is joined by industry insiders to examine the state of the global supply chain through the lens of the Port of Vancouver. We’ll hear from industry leaders as they discuss the stresses, successes, and innovations, as the modern maritime industry adapted to bottlenecks during a global pandemic in real-time and on an unprecedented scale.    Featuring interviews and commentary from: Dan Bresolin, vice president, intermodal sales and marketing, CN Rail Grace Liang, president, OOCL Canada Raymond Tsang, vice president and head of ocean products, DB Schenker, Canada Peter Xotta, vice president, operations and supply chain, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Stress Test

Coming in 2022, Season 2 of the Breaking Bottlenecks podcast will explore the complex forces of global trade through the lens of the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. This season will examine stories that depict the stress-test of the supply chain, highlighting real-time responses, innovations, and new thinking that demonstrate the resiliency of port customers, supply chain partners, and port communities.    Featuring interviews and commentary from: Dan Bresolin, vice president, intermodal sales and marketing, CN Rail Grace Liang, president, OOCL Canada Raymond Tsang, vice president and head of ocean products, DB Schenker, Canada Peter Xotta, vice president, operations and supply chain, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Breaking Bottlenecks: Season 2 Trailer

Increased shipping, combined with a rapidly shrinking industrial land base, creates a difficult business equation to solve. Hear how customers at the Port of Vancouver and port authority staff are working to address the bottleneck of land availability at Canada’s busiest port. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unlocking land use through collaboration

In this episode, we’ll hear how innovative programs are being implemented to realize the port authority’s vision for the Port of Vancouver to be the world’s most sustainable port. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Energy efficiency and the environment

In an environment as dynamic as the Port of Vancouver, collaboration is key. Hear how collaborative engagement between the port authority, customers, government, and neighbouring communities delivered an ambitious expansion to trade-enabling infrastructure at the Port of Vancouver. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neighbours working together

Because it is a perishable commodity, the orderly movement of grain is mandated by the federal government in Canada. Unfortunately, that movement is often hampered by snowfall or extreme cold. In this episode, we’ll hear about the intricate challenges and novel solutions that affect the vital flow of grain through snowy passes, into terminals, onto ships, and across the water to customers abroad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trains, grain and snow

The complex web of global trade and supply chain logistics practically hums with technical innovation. But sometimes, something as simple as a suburban stoplight, a prairie snowstorm, or traffic congestion can threaten to bring the entire global system to a standstill, creating what industry insiders commonly call a “bottleneck.” In this new podcast series, we’ll break these bottlenecks open by exploring the intricacies, infrastructure and innovations that connect Canada’s businesses and communities with the world, as seen through the inner workings of the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port, and those who rely on it.

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