Representatives of Guangzhou Port Group in the United States Attends TPM22 (Picture)




Recently, the Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference 2022 (TPM22) was held in Long Beach, USA. As the sponsor of the conference, Nansha Port Area of Guangzhou Port promoted its corporate image in the brand of “PORT OF NANSHA” by means of advertisements and Web message senders during the event with remarkable results. Mr. John Painter and Mr. Rod Wagoner, representatives of Guangzhou Port Group in the United States, attended the conference.

The two representatives had in-depth exchanges with shippers, carriers and other industry participants, discussed the challenges and opportunities encountered by the supply chain under the epidemic. They also carried out targeted marketing based on the facilities, throughput capacity, comprehensive services, multimodal transport, logistics supporting conditions and pandemic impact of Nansha Port Area, so as to attract more shipping companies and customers to cooperate with Nansha Port Area.


The Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference, initiated by Journal of Commerce (JOC) in 1999, is an international port and shipping conference held in Long Beach, USA every March. The conference aims to give shippers, carriers and other industry participants an opportunity to learn more about problems demanding prompt solutions in the development of global container transportation and logistics through keynote presentations, round table discussions and formal  presentations. Among many shipping industry conferences around the world, the Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference is one of the most influential industry conferences focusing on shipping prices in the industry and is as famous as “World Shipping Summit”.


It is learned that TPM22 was the first to be reconvened since 2019. There were about 2,500 registered participants and 1,000 non-registered participants in the conference. The conference focused on how shippers, carriers, third-party logistics companies and ports were being reshaped by COVID-19, and discussed its impact on the future of the shipping logistics industry. The organizers hope that the conference will allow all parties to rebuild relations and find common business ground for future cooperation. (Text by Wang Shaling and Zhu Junkun; Picture by Wang Shaling)