David Vlajic, part of NOVA Chemicals' manufacturing excellence team, focuses on translating industry best practices into field execution. His work emphasizes optimizing turnarounds, ensuring smooth startups, and handing over assets to operational teams at full capacity. Reliability and uptime remain key priorities in these efforts.

Pete Reier, a seasoned turnaround manager, discussed his career trajectory, emphasizing the complexities of turnaround projects. He highlighted the importance of systems thinking and process-driven solutions over expert-driven approaches.

-Tesla’s We, Robot Event
-Amazon Air Services
-Pre-Strike Cargo Volume Numbers
-Dave Clark’s New Venture Auger

-Chinese Made Container Cranes
-Strike Isn't Over. Automation Issues Outstanding.
-Nuclear Energy Is Gaining Ground
-Consumer Confidence in Europe

-When is the Strike Going to End?
-Automation, Compensation, and the West Coast
-Commodities Affected
-Port Disruption Surcharges

-Circular Fashion Over Fast Fashion
-A New Move to Limit EV and Motors from China
-John Deere & Impromptu Trade Policy
-Zero Emission Forklifts

-321 De Minimis Discussions
-Chinese Startups Slow Downs
-Could China Pay the Tariffs? Maybe.

-Are Sails Back for Cargo? Not Likely
-Portland Terminal 6 in Financial Distress
-Another Freight Forwarder Hit with Cyber Attack
-USPS Back in the News

-Domestic Cargo Theft is Out of Control
-Increased Enforcement on US Importers
-Tariffs on Chinese EVs
-China to Expand Belt & Road Initiative

-GSP is Back! Payday for Importers
-Peak Season is Here Now
-Jobs Correction & Interest Rates
-East Coast Port Strike

-Foreign Trade Zones Pros & Cons
-Did We Learn From COVID? No.
-Interplanetary Supply Chains
-China & WTO on Trade Restrictions

-Tesla Semi Factory
-Global Sell Off. Why exactly?
-Industrial Development Pipeline
- Red Sea Crisis Getting Worse

-Focusing on Core Business
-Lineage Logistics $4.8 billion IPO
-WHO Agrees to Ecommerce Standards, Except for US
-UPS Peak Season Surcharges

-Mexico’s Tehuantepec Rail Corridor
-Europe’s 37.6% Tariff on EVs from China
-Truck Brokers, AI, and Outsourcing
-New Efforts to Devalue the Dollar?

-FMC Scrutinizes Maersk-Hapag Alliance
-50th Anniversary of the Barcode
-ILA Strike Threat: Likely or Not?
-New Chinese Tariffs Kick in August 1st

-Hurricane Beryl Hits Texas Coast
-Antidumping/CVD Increasing Bond Liability
-Rising Cost of Using PFAS Chemicals
-FMC Ruling on Demurrage and Detention

-FedEx Right Sizing?
-Maersk Out of the Running for DB Schenker
-Panama Canal Gets Some Much Needed Rain
-Increasing Risk for an East Coast Strike

-Troubles with M&As
-Libya’s Currency & Central Bank
-More News on M&As
-Venezuela’s Oil Production

-Red Sea Shipping is Down 90%
-East Coast Dock Workers Walk Away
-Replacing Income Tax with Tariffs?
-Chinese Ecommerce Prepping for Peak Season

-E-Commerce Disruption from CBP Enforcement
-USPS is Going to Try Reversal Logistics
-Why the US is Winning the Chip War
-Mediterranean & Asian Port Congestion

-NOAA’s Hurricane Season Predictions
-301 Tariff Expansions
-Ocean Rates Rising
-China’s Drone Carriers

-Why are oil prices so low?
-AI Applications in Logistics
-Asia & Mexico Sailings 
-AI & Europe's Power Grid

-Parcel and the USPS
-Capacity Crunches on the Coasts
-Cross Branding on Online Returns
-Depopulation Risks & Consequences

-Hungry Hungry Robots
-FMCSA Apprentice Driver Pilot Program
-Mexico as Top Trade Partner for Q1
-24/7 Financial Asset Trading

-Trade War is Coming Hard for EVs
-Amazon Logistics Surpasses UPS Volume
-The Northern Mariana Island of Tinian
-FTC Banning Non Compete Clauses

-General System of Preferences Coming Back?
-ELDs & Loopholes
-Baltimore Update
-Inflation Taking Longer Than the Fed Thought
-China Shock 2.0

-World Population Projections
-Possible Punitive Tariffs on China
-Laundering Imports through Mexico
-Baltimore News: General Average Claim & FBI Investigation

-UPS replacing Fedex for US Post Office
-Updates on the Port of Baltimore
-Second Wave of LogTech Acquisitions?
-FLPA Moving into a New Phase of Deeper Enforcement

-Baltimore Port’s Catastrophic Key Bridge Incident
-Halftime
-Countervailing Duties & Anti-Dumping Duties
-Housing Boom Building?

-CBP is Pushing E-Allegations Hard
-Gamification Warehouse Workforce Engagement
-US Considering Steel/Aluminum Tariffs Against Mexico
-Hapag Lloyd CEO Predicts Early Peak Season for Ocean