About Adam Wasserman

Adam Wasserman is GLDPartners Managing Partner and has a senior background in economic strategy, project finance, infrastructure development, ports management and public policy. Adam has an extensive knowledge of transportation, global logistics, infrastructure, economic development and finance.

Trade Agreement Challenges Will Impact Automotive Supply Chains In Many Ways

The story below by Paul Eisenstein describes the impacts to automakers about the much-reviewed changes being discussed and negotiated for NAFTA. The current view in protectionist circles about trade agreements generally are classic debates that are framed by too many as one about winners and losers. The temptation to do that is alluring but the interlocking issues and short-term and long-term results require far more complex analytics. As is the case with most complicated things, the debate is generally confused by ignoring basic facts and quite different assumptions and priorities.

By |2021-02-07T08:05:21-07:00September 9th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

Supply Chain Resiliency Challenges: Investment Attraction Opportunities at Logistics Hubs

It is obvious and becoming more obvious that too much facility or geographic concentration exposes global supply chains to massive risk - the kind of risk that simply cannot be ignored any longer. Surely, there are some technological and cost efficiency challenges to break-up some production hubs - but there are also huge insurance benefits to assure continuous and uninterrupted production for global market products. Combined with evolving trade agreement dynamics, there may be great opportunity for anew production investment in other areas including in Latin America North America and Europe, especially at and around well-connected logistics hubs.

By |2021-02-07T08:05:30-07:00September 7th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

Impacts of US Trucking Regs Are Becoming Clearer

In an article published on August 6th, William Cassidy from the JOC wrote an article: ELD Surprise: Costing Supply Chain Time, Not US Truckers, where he outlined some of the impacts from the newly enforced Electronic Logging Data (ELD) requirements that have been put on the trucking industry in the US. While to some this may be a reference to some arcane trucking regulation, these regulations create some fundamental changes to the internal logistics system of the largest economy in the world. For inland markets that are situated in locations that are just beyond the HoS limits for a one-day dray to the nearest load-center seaport like Albuquerque, Salt Lake City or Indianapolis, this will have important implications to competitiveness for international shipments. For international supply chains that rely on inbound or outbound cargo movements, they are faced with higher shipping trucking expenses. These dynamics may suggest that with proper intermodal access, alternatives via rail may even be more attractive.

By |2021-02-07T08:05:36-07:00August 9th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

Bob Gollnik Joins GLDPartners

GLDPartners is pleased to announce that Bob Gollnik has joined our team as a Senior Project Manager. Bob will work on complex transportation, supply chain and infrastructure development advisory and delivery projects. Bob will advise businesses and public agencies on strategic transportation planning and policy, implementation and operations issues. One of Bob’s primary roles will be the development of the Mid-California International Trade District which is a $3B quadrimodal investment complex on a 2000 acre property.

By |2019-06-14T11:03:17-07:00April 27th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

Autotech Testing Facility Investment Critical to Future Mobility Sector

It's interesting to watch in various settings around the world how unfolding automotive technologies are undergoing testing and market roll-out. In the two articles below, two electric road tests are explained, one in Europe and one in North America. These tests involve support for advanced propulsion technology, specifically electric drive technologies. In the Sweden example, government has created a test environment for a short-span electric roadway near Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport. The test links the Airport to a nearby logistics site. In the other example, Siemans and a major California electric utility company have joined to develop an electric roadway to test a heavy truck route at the largest seaport in North America, the Port of Los Angeles.

By |2019-06-14T11:03:19-07:00April 13th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

Revolution in Overland Logistics Technology Is Beginning to Change Everything

There is obviously a lot written these days about the future of transportation and the technology that will reshape human mobility. Much of the coverage in the popular press relates to two areas: 1) how the interaction between cars and people will change, with the use of technology requiring less and less human input, and 2) the corporate bets that are being made by companies that are creating shared mobility services - where a confluence of factors suggest that in the future, people may not actually own a vehicle, but rather access a vehicle through a shared service arrangement. The other key transportation and technology dynamic that is unfolding in front of our eyes is actually quite fundamental to the national and global economy. Increased automation of cargo logistics is creating new efficiencies at the seaport, rail yard, airport and over the road. It is a fascinating time right now in global logistics, there is a convergence of important occurring now technological advancements that are going to restructure the movement of goods from original point, to distribution/logistics hub, to end customer.

By |2019-06-14T11:03:21-07:00March 7th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

US Trade Policy: Is About Stronger Long-Term Objectives & Leadership

In the work of supporting global companies that manufacture and maneuver their supply chain systems over a global footprint, our firm understands the tangible day-to-day realities of the importance of trade policy between countries and blocks of countries. The impacts of trade policy are vitally meaningful and can define corporate success or failure.

By |2019-06-14T11:03:22-07:00March 1st, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|

Global AutoTech Testing & Development Project Launched in California

Merced County and GLDPartners have fully unveiled what is emerging as an internationally recognized complex for the automotive industry. Located adjacent to Silicon Valley, the California AutoTech Testing and Development Center (CATDC) is a 300-acre hub where global automotive sector OEMs and technology firms are working on next-generation research and development involving vehicle autonomy, propulsion, safety systems and connected car technologies.

By |2019-06-14T11:03:24-07:00January 29th, 2018|Blog, Uncategorized|
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