PRESIDENT’S CORNER

Remaining Up to the Challenge

VADM William A. Brown, USN (Ret.)

NDTA President & CEO

Dear NDTA Teammates,

As we are already a few months into 2023, it looks to be a challenging year— we are up to it! The war in Ukraine has passed the one-year mark (24 Feb 2023) and finding a short-term solution to end what has become known as, “Putin’s war of choice,” is unlikely. Meanwhile, the US has continued to supply Ukrainian forces and NDTA members in uniform and in industry have continued to deliver across challenging lanes. Per US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), there have been approximately 1,000 combined military and commercial flights, 60 maritime vessel movements, and many times more rail and truck movements providing aid worth over $27 billion in support of European allies and partners. The center of effort for US support continues to be training support to Ukraine—and equipment. As usual, things are busy. This is expected to remain the case throughout 2023. On top of this, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the Türkiye/Syria earthquake.

Inflation continues to be a top concern for shippers, logistics and transportation providers, as well as the cost of capital as as of February 17, 2023

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

• The Pasha Group (upgrade)

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

• Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

SUSTAINING

• All Aboard America Holdings

• Holland & Knight

• Signature Transportation Group

• Smith Currie & Hancock LLP interest rates have risen. Meanwhile, our Nation’s much needed focus on the Industrial Base continues to take shape as more and more questions beget actions to ensure we are not reliant on hostile actors for critical support items—material,

See Pres. Corner pg. 30