4th Annual Moving Metals Conference

The 4th annual Moving Metals Conference will examine in depth the numerous challenges inherent in the cost-effective transport of metals and raw materials through the value chain from supplier to end-user. Experts from throughout the chain including those from leading steel mills, aluminum producers, transportation companies, shippers and logistics providers will take part in a series of panel discussions and individual presentations across a range of metals and raw materials transportation topics.

NEW IN 2009

Roundtable Discussion:  Perspectives from a Logistic Manager

Logistic and operation managers from key companies in the metals industries discuss the challenges and opportunities of managing cost-effect transportation during a downturn in the economy and the much anticipated return to normalcy.

Featuring Alcoa, C/G Electrodes, Novelis and Ryerson

Keynote Presentation:  A Look at Commodity Flows & Freight Transportation Activity

Michael Sprung, Manager, Freight Analysis Framework, U.S. Department of Transportation 

Panel Speakers:

James Elliott, North American Logistics Manager, Novelis  
Ed Hamorsky, Director of Logistics & Transportation, Alcoa Metals Management  
Brian Kluge, Director of Operations, Ryerson  
Craig Longardner, Manager of Materials & Transportation, Steel Dynamics Inc.
Chris Shaw, Supply Chain Director, C/G Electrodes  
Michael Wastchak, Eastern Region Sales Manager, AEP River Operations  
Joe Bryan, Vice President Transportation Advisory Practice, Halcrow  
Clyde Crimmel, Director, Statistical Information, Association of American Railroads (AAR)  
Gary Ferrulli, President, Global Logistics and Transport Consulting LLC  
John Gallardo, President & CEO, PLS Logistics Services  
Glen Nekvasil, Secretary, Great Lakes Maritime Task Force  
Yuriy Ostapyak, Global Export Leader, Logistics Plus Inc.
John Schmitter, President, KEP LLC  
Jim Shapiro, Director, Thunderbolt Global Logistics, LLC  
Rosalyn Wilson, Senior Business Analyst, Delcan  

COMPANIES PARTICIPATING TO DATE INCLUDE:

AEP RIVER OPERATIONS / ALCOA INC / ALCOA MATERIALS MANAGEMENT / ALERIS INTERNATIONAL / AMERICAN METAL MARKET / AMM EVENTS / ARCO ALUMINUM INC / ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS / ATI ALLEGHENY LUDLUM / BESTTRANSPORT / BRICK RECYCLING CO. INC / BUILDERS TRANSPORTATION CO / C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE / C.M.I FREIGHT-TRANS, INC / C/G ELECTRODES LLC / CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES / CMA RECYCLING / CMI FREIGHT-TRANS, INC / CN / COLE / COOPER/CONSOLIDATED / CORNERSTONE SYSTEMS / CSX TRANSPORTATION / DELCAN CORPORATION / DIETRICH INDUSTRIES / FRALEY AND SCHILLING / GERDAU AMERISTEEL / GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT / GREAT LAKES MARITIME TASK FORCE / HIGH TRANSIT LLC / HUSSEY COPPER, LTD / IMPRESS USA INC / INDEPENDENCE TUBE CORPORATION / ITW SIGNODE / KINDER MORGAN TERMINALS / LION INDUSTRIES / LOGISTICS PLUS INC / MAVERICK LOGISTICS, LLC / MELTON TRUCK LINES, INC / MPR TRANSLOADING / NCI GROUP / NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS / OMNISOURCE CORPORATION / PGT TRUCKING / PLS LOGISTICS SERVICES / PORT OF PITTSBURGH COMMISSION / POSCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE / PRECISION STRIP TRANSPORT / PSC METALS / R&A TRUCKING COMPANY / RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM / RSI LOGISTICS / RYERSON INC / SCHUPAN AND SONS / SECVERSTAL DEARBORN, LLC / SEVERSTAL COLUMBUS LLC / SEVERSTAL SPARROWS POINT, LLC / STEEL DYNAMICS INC / THE INTERLAKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY / THE TECHS / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION / ULSI / UNIVERSAL TRUCKLOAD SERVICES / WHEELING & LAKE ERIE RAILWAY / WORLDWIDE ISCS / WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

Choosing the proper transportation for your product

- Why has truck transportation, in many cases, begun to outpace rail and what can the rail shipping industry do to get back in the game?

What are the major capacity issues of the day?

- Has what once was a significant shortage of rail car capacity gone the other way?
- Is trucking being used effectively or is too much trucking capacity sitting on the roadside, idle after a one-way trip?

Domestic and foreign market implications

- How are freight costs impacting shipping material to and from the U.S.?
- With lead times short given a lack of U.S. demand, are there opportunities for foreign producers to ship product to the U.S. market?
- What does the impact of a weaker dollar mean in terms of international freight and transport costs?
- What impact does foreign ownership of U.S. metals assets mean to the transportation/logistics side of the metals business?

What are the keys to establishing good relationships between shippers and their customers?

- Where does the balance of power lie between shippers and customers in a weak economy?
- How will that balance shift as the economy strengthens?
- How can variability in the supply chain be maintained in difficult economic times?