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Day 1 - FOCUS SESSION: The Great Vaccine Distribution Challenge, presented by Cool Logistics Global from the 2020 virtual conference, hosted by Port of Rotterdam. Join Moderator, Rachael White, Director at Cool Logistics Resources and panellist, Hannes Lassig, VP Sea Logistics Pharma & Healthcare at Kuehne + Nagel, for this stimulating podcast episode.

Day 1 - SESSION 2: The Fastest Route to Freshness, Presented by Cool Logistics Global 2020, hosted by Port of Rotterdam. Live from the Cool Logistics Global 2020 virtual conference.  There is no doubt that members of the cold supply chain have risen to the challenge of keeping world trade in food and medicines flowing in the face of pandemic challenges that have included sea and land border congestion, equipment and shipment displacement, a huge shift to remote working, frontline labour shortages and increased health security requirements and restrictions. Shipping, trucking, rail, processing, pack houses, ports, terminals, cold stores and other key cold chain nodes and modes have all been affected - in some cases negatively but for others positively, generating new investment and business opportunities. So now, how should members of the global cold supply chain move forward collectively to flexibly manage continued shocks and alleviate systemic risks to food and pharma cargoes, people, assets and infrastructure? Join Moderator, Steve Cameron, Director at Cameron Maritime Resources and panellists, Franklin Gius, Chief Mission Officer at Befrank, Matthijs Montsma, Post Harvest Programme Manager at Wageningen University and Michel Jansen, Managing Director at Total Produce, for this stimulating podcast episode.

Welcome from the host Port of Rotterdam, Global cold supply chain, reefer trade and perishable logistics during and beyond the pandemic presented by Cool Logistics Global. While the pandemic has of course dominated the global agenda in 2020 it has equally highlighted issues that have been ‘on the table’ for some years regarding coordination of perishables. Set against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, speeches and panel debates from industry leaders and new entrants across the global cold supply chain and refrigerated transport operations will explore the ‘next normal’ including the growing role of digital and automation technologies that are now tipped to be key for  tackling some of the industry’s biggest challenges. What do perishables shippers large and small need to know about shipping, storage and handling at origin and destination to make smart supply chain decisions? Join Moderator, Rachael White, Managing Director at Cool Logistics Resources and panellists, Ole Schack Petersen, COO at LCL, Thomas Eskesen, Founder Eskesen Advisory, Emile Hoogsteden, Vice President Commercial at Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Frank Ganse, Senior VP Global Head Seafreight Reefer Logistics at Kuehne + Nagel and Philip Gray, Head of Reefer Shipping Research at Drewry Shipping, for this stimulating podcast episode.

Future proofing #2 remote monitoring and control for the data-driven cold container chain presented by Cool Logistics Global from the 2020 virtual conference, hosted by Port of Rotterdam Join Moderator, Steve Cameron, Director at Cameron Maritime Resources and panellists, Hanane Becha, Cross Industry Supply Chain Track and Trace Project Leader at UN/CEFACT, Lissa D'Arcy, Solutions Integration Manager at Emerson Commercial & Residential Solution, USA, Don Miller, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Globetracker, USA, Al Tama, Vice   President & General Manager of Container and Port Solutions at ORBCOMM and Thierry Thevenot, Customers Operations Transformation Manager at Traxens, France, for this stimulating podcast episode.

Welcome and Session 1, presented by Cool Logistics Global from the 2020 virtual conference, hosted by Port of Rotterdam. ‘Redesigning the Cold Chain: Imagine, Transform, Rebuild’ is the theme for Cool Logistics Global 2020. Covid-19 has severely tested global supply chain resilience across the board and has shown that logistics and transport really matter. Global cold chain operations, which form an intrinsic part of how perishable goods are processed, shipped and stored across and within borders, have received more public, political and media attention in 2020 than ever before. The availability of fresh produce, animal protein, seafood and medicines have all shown signs of strain at one point or another during 2020. This may be the case for some time to come as the ongoing global health crisis continues to challenge complex cross-border cold supply chains from production to consumption. Not least of the issues is the rapid swing between in-store, e-commerce home delivery and food service demand, which has sadly resulted in food waste at a time at when our industry is challenged to achieve the exact opposite. Delivering a global covid-19 vaccine will be another major challenge for the cold supply chain, initially focused on airfreight, cold stores and trucks, but anticipated to also engage container ocean freight in subsequent waves. Join Moderator, Steve Cameron, Director at Cameron Maritime Resources and panellists, Radu Palamariu, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Chief Energy Officer, from Alcott Global, Alan Robertson, Director from Webster Robertson and Marc Rooms, Global Pharma & Reefer Training Manager from Kuehne and Nagel for this stimulating podcast episode.