This podcast is a new home for anyone with a professional interest in international trade, 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.
Latest Episodes
What US shippers can expect from the Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd
In this clip from EP 24 of the Freight Buyers' Club, produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group, Torsten Hartmann, Senior Director Trade Management for the Transpacific at Hapag-Lloyd explains what US shippers can expect next year from the Gemini Cooperation. #SupplyChain #GlobalTrade #Logistics #SportsIndustry #FreightBuyersClub
Explained: The downturn in the global sports apparel trade
In this clip from EP 24 of the Freight Buyers' Club, produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group, Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research at S&P Global Market Intelligence, explains why there has been a downturn in the global trade in sport equipment.
U.S. Election: Trump, Harris, and the Importance of U.S. Tariffs
In this extended clip from EP24 of, host Mike King is talking to Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research at S&P Global Market Intelligence, about upcoming US President elections and the disruptive element policy uncertain on tariffs brings to supply chain planning.
Latest Videos
What US shippers can expect from the Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd
Explained: The downturn in global sports apparel trade according to S&P's Chris Rogers
The shipping implications of an ILA dockworker strike at US ports
U.S. Election: Trump, Harris, and the Uncertain Future of U.S. Tariffs – S&P's Chris Rogers
There is no “Plan B” for global shipping if U.S. dockworkers strike – Hapag-Lloyd
#24 Hapag-Lloyd’s Gemini Ambitions, North American Union Threats, and the Future of the Sports Trade
Barring calamities, container rates will soften in 2025
Cost determines the production location for OEMs
Lars Jensen: Expect total supply chain ‘carnage’ if ILA longshoremen strike in October
#23 Lars Jensen: Geopolitics, Looming Port Strikes and the Future of Container Shipping
Lars Jensen: Shippers…don't expect an end to container shipping volatility in 2025
Why bearish US domestic freight markets are not being boosted by rising imports
How retailers are managing the threat of a strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association
What would an escalation of the US-China trade war mean for the US economy. Is decoupling feasible?
#22 Tariffs, Trade Wars and Freight Market Volatility
The US Federal Maritime Commission – Referee or Enforcer? FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei
Are US legislators targeting the Shanghai Shipping Exchange? FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei
Mexico’s new President, near shoring and US trade relations – Mike King and Dive's Edwin Lopez
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The Freight Buyers' Club in the News
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Container shipping now ‘maxed out’, claims leading shipping analyst | The Loadstar
Why the US ‘freight recession’ impact is heavier fortrans-Pacific container trade than trans-Atlantic | Riviera Maritime Media
Flexport rolling out last-mile e-commerce offering globallyafter Shopify deal | American Journal of Transportation
Plot a (positive) course for air freight rates…if you dare | The Loadstar
Air cargo operators still feel ‘hangover from the 2021 party’ | FreightWaves
‘Whipsaw effect’ on demand and investment will result in consolidation and bankruptcies across freight markets | American Journal of Transportation
India, Vietnam has potential for sourcing: The Freight Buyers’ Club | Stat Times
Container shipping turning the corner in time for peak season, says Rolf Habben Jansen | TradeWinds
What US shippers can expect from the Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd