TPM Annual Conference 2027

TPM Annual Conference is an event focused on third-party logistics and transportation management, providing education and networking opportunities for shippers, carriers, and logistics providers.

TPM27 – Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference

TPM27 – Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference runs 28 February – 3 March 2027 in Long Beach, California.

What it is

TPM is the Journal of Commerce's annual conference on ocean container supply chains, run within S&P Global. It was founded in 2001, and TPM27 is the 27th annual meeting. As the name says, it is built around the trans-Pacific container trade, and it brings the cargo owners who ship goods together with the carriers and intermediaries who move them.

Who it's for

S&P Global describes the audience as senior decision-makers from across the logistics chain:

• shippers, the importers and exporters who buy freight capacity;
• ocean carriers and freight forwarders;
• trucking operators and railroads, which carry boxes inland from the ports;
• ports and terminals;
• logistics technology providers.

For TPM26, speakers named by the organiser came from container lines including Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and Ocean Network Express, forwarders including Flexport, DHL Global Forwarding and Hellmann Worldwide, and S&P Global's own ratings and energy analysts.

Programme

The TPM26 programme, the most recent the organiser has set out in a release, paired main-stage keynotes and panels with TPM Academy, a series of 45-minute educational workshops led by subject-matter experts. In 2026 the Academy covered strategies for reducing tariff burdens, the effect AI could have on supply chains, and near-shoring under current tariffs. Main-stage sessions covered the global economic and trade outlook, China's diversification of exports away from the US, and trade and maritime policy.

The TPM27 agenda and theme had not been published in a form we could read when this page was checked; the organiser's site at tpm.joc.com carries the current programme and registration.