FOOD FORWARD PULSES & BEYOND STEVE BALASKI NWSA
of how we serve the Pacific Northwest. We are what’s known as a ‘landlord port’, which means the terminal operating company is our tenant so we don’t directly operate our container terminals. Our CEO John Wolfe and the leadership team are focused on making our gateway easy to do business with. We are always looking for ways to influence better processes, such as how to improve vessel and cargo receiving consistency so that the shipper can have more stability and avoid additional costs. We have a new program that financially awards shipping lines whose services are on time. What we’ve seen is if the ship is on time as scheduled, a lot of the other issues with congestion are minimized. We also have a peak planning meeting every year where we bring the whole supply chain into a room to discuss issues and opportunities for improvement. We highlight best practices and trends to help the supply chain to plan
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