1、Peter FriedmannExecutive DirectorExecutiveDirectorAgTrans.orgCurrent Global Ocean Shipping RealitiesFacing US Agriculture Exporters and Overseas CustomersQ1 2025OUR MISSION:There is nothing that we export in agriculture and forest products,that cannot be sourced somewhere else in the world.If we do
2、not deliver efficiently,affordably and dependably,our foreign customers have demonstrated that they can and will find another source in another country.Ongoing shipping delay,expense,capacity constraints due to avoidance of Red Sea/Suez Canal route until safe transit can be assured.Deterioration of
3、ocean shipping schedule reliability.Late,unpredictable arrivals,and blank sailings,challenging both ag exporters and importers Ocean carrier consolidation,fewer options for ag shippers,motivating search for new routes.US tariffs;concern over potential retaliation vs US agriculture exporters Cargo th
4、eft threatens agriculture exports moving by rail from inland US origins,to seaports.AgTC37thAnnual MeetingJune 16-19,2025Tacoma,WAwww.AgTrans.org/EventsAgriculture Transportation Coalition“The principal voice of agriculture exporters in U.S.transportation policy”Journal of CommerceAgriculture Transportation Coalition-AgTC