The Freight Buyers' Club

By Mike King

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The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast is a new home for anyone with a professional interest in international trade, container shipping, procurement, logistics and air cargo. Each episode your host, award-winning journalist Mike King, will be speaking to leading decision-makers, analysts, journalists, operators and shippers to get their take on current freight and logistics markets and the challenges and opportunities ahead. You can subscribe to receive each episode direct to your inbox at: thefreightbuyersclub.com

Episode Date
Lars Jensen and Peter Tirschwell unpack trade wars, labour strikes, and container shipping challenges
Dec 11, 2024
Trump 2.0, DHL tragedy, and freight markets: Geopolitical risks and outlook for 2025
Nov 27, 2024
Explained: How Trump and Harris view tariffs
Oct 31, 2024
Trump v Harris: Why it matters for global trade and logistics
Oct 17, 2024
Why is air cargo so 'slow'?
Oct 07, 2024
Strikes ahead: Preparing your supply chain for U.S. port shutdowns
Sep 25, 2024
Air-mageddon? What freight buyers need to know ahead of peak season
Sep 16, 2024
What US shippers can expect from the Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd
Sep 13, 2024
Explained: The downturn in the global sports apparel trade
Sep 12, 2024
U.S. Election: Trump, Harris, and the Importance of U.S. Tariffs
Sep 11, 2024
Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini Ambitions, North American Union Threats, and the Future of Sports Supply Chains
Sep 04, 2024
Lars Jensen: What the 2025 liner alliance restructure means for shippers
Aug 22, 2024
Why strike action by ILA dockworkers at US East and Gulf Coast ports will have global ramifications
Aug 15, 2024
Lars Jensen: Geopolitics, Looming Port Strikes and the Future of Container Shipping
Aug 07, 2024
Are US legislators targeting the Shanghai Shipping Exchange? FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei
Jul 23, 2024
New FMC Detention & Demurrage Rules Explained: Are Dispute Mechanisms Open to SMEs?
Jul 15, 2024
What would an escalation of the US-China trade war mean for the US economy. Is decoupling feasible?
Jul 09, 2024
Tariffs, Trade Wars and Freight Market Volatility
Jun 25, 2024
Supply Chain Shake-Ups and Exclusive Insights from FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei
Jun 11, 2024
Maersk/Hapag-Lloyd's Gemini Cooperation; implications for alliance system and service reliability
May 29, 2024
Trans-Pacific Trends and Challenges: Insights from Freight Industry Experts
May 14, 2024
Container shipping: Navigating turbulence in 2024
Apr 25, 2024
Navigating the Future of Global Trade and Supply Chains
Apr 09, 2024
Freight markets, politics, the threat of tariffs and the future of global trade – with Brandon Fried & Jon Monroe
Mar 20, 2024
US West Coast ports hope for a cargo bonanza in 2024 – but are they prepared?
Mar 01, 2024
US West Coast truckers ready for box import surge (but less keen on buying non-diesel trucks)
Feb 27, 2024
Is the Port of Long Beach ready to receive a new wave of container imports?
Feb 22, 2024
The 2024 trade and economic growth outlook as geopolitical headwinds intensify
Feb 06, 2024
A shipper’s view: Maersk/Hapag, the Red Sea crisis, CNY and freight rate strategy
Jan 23, 2024
Why the threat of strikes at US east coast ports is pushing retailer cargo back to the west coast
Jan 17, 2024
IATA: Geopolitical turmoil and air cargo markets in 2024
Jan 15, 2024
As a perfect storm hits global trade, will shippers be the biggest losers of 2024?
Jan 12, 2024
Suez, Panama, geopolitics and union disputes: A shipper’s guide to risk in 2024
Jan 08, 2024
The Suez Canal container shipping crisis – shipper options, expected rollovers and revised transit times
Jan 03, 2024
A year in review, 2024 forecasts and ocean freight tendering advice
Dec 13, 2023
What next for container shipping - former Evergreen and Yang Ming chairman exclusive
Nov 29, 2023
Wherefore art thou (air cargo) peak season?
Oct 10, 2023
Explained: AI and the future of supply chains
Oct 05, 2023
Global freight market outlook, US inventories, and why India’s share of global manufacturing and exports is on the rise
Sep 25, 2023
Geopolitical and economic headwinds batter freight markets; 'ally-shoring' and the allure of Mexico
Jul 19, 2023
Retailer inventory levels, container line peak season strategy and a tentative end to USWC docker impasse
Jun 28, 2023
Why a US recession might not kill peak season; how the FMC's new powers could reshape container shipping
May 31, 2023
The Big Air Cargo Debate; west coast docker negotiations; Flexport/Shopify analysis
May 10, 2023
US 'freight recession'; trans-Pac vs trans-Atlantic demand; pros and cons of non-China options.
Apr 10, 2023
Exclusive: [Part 2] Container shipping titan Bronson Hsieh, former chairman of both Evergreen Shipping and Yang Ming Shipping
Mar 15, 2023
Exclusive: Container shipping titan Bronson Hsieh, former chairman of both Evergreen Shipping and Yang Ming Shipping (part 1)
Mar 06, 2023
"Listen to Bjorn." Freight buying tips and where next for box shipping with Bjorn Vang Jensen
Feb 14, 2023
The Big Debate with WSJ's Paul Page and the National Retail Federation's Jon Gold
Feb 08, 2023
Trailer: Welcome to The Freight Buyers' Club
Jan 27, 2023