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
JAS Worldwide: Freight Strategies for Uncertain Times
In this episode of The Freight Buyers Club, Mike King sits down with Vivian Brunialti, Regional Development Director for the Americas at JAS Worldwide, and Andrea Goeman, Senior Vice President for QHSE and Sustainability. They share expert insights on navigating freight challenges amid tariffs, supply chain shifts, and geopolitical...
Rates, Robots & Rising Risk: Post-Munich Freight Outlook (video)
In this video explainer edition of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King brings you exclusive insights and expert interviews recorded at the 2025 ‘transport logistic’ and Air Cargo Europe event in Munich. In less than 15 minutes, we explore the key themes shaping global freight markets — including volatile...
Lars Karlsson (Maersk, ex-WCO) on Trade Risk, Tariffs & Customs Strategy
In this exclusive Freight Buyers’ Club interview filmed at transport logistic in Munich, Mike King speaks with Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade and Customs Consulting at A.P. Møller-Maersk and former Director of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Lars explains why customs is now central to supply chain strategy, how...
Latest Videos
#46 YouTube JAS Worldwide Freight Strategies for Uncertain Times Freight Buyers Club
#45 Rates, Robots & Rising Risk: Post-Munich Freight Outlook (video)
Lars Karlsson (Maersk, ex-WCO) on Trade Risk, Tariffs & Customs Strategy
Too Many Ships? Jan Tiedemann (Alphaliner) on Container Fleet Growth & Market Impact
FBC meets its match at #transportlogistic #supplychain #freightforwarding #shipping #robotics
Exclusive: IAG Cargo CEO David Shepherd on new 'Joint Business' with Qatar & MASkargo
The Freight Buyers' Club arrives 'transport logistic' 2025 – Munich
How Freight Forwarders Can Hit 50% Returns
How to Make Money in Logistics When the Sky Falls
#44 Why Great Freight Forwarders Thrive in Chaos | Oliver Gritz, CEO of Ontegos Cloud
How Factories Actually Move from China to Southeast Asia | Dimerco CEO Jeffrey Shih
Cracking the US-China Tariff Maze: Dimerco CEO Jeffrey Shih on Avoiding Extra Costs
#43 Dimerco CEO Jeffrey Shih: A Freight Leader’s Take on China+1, Tariffs & Global Diversification
#42 Shipping in a Tariff Truce: A Shipper’s Guide to Container Strategy [Video Explainer]
A Container Tidal Wave? With Mark Chadwick, Global Shippers Association
90 Days China-US Window: Can LA/Long Beach Handle the Surge?
Early Container Shipping Peak Season? Freightos CEO on the US-China Tariff Truce
US-China Tariff Truce: What Happens Next? | The Freight Buyers' Club Podcast
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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
JAS Worldwide: Freight Strategies for Uncertain Times