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
Middle East Conflict 2026: Global Shipping and Trade Crisis ft. Lars Jensen and Greg Knowler
The Strait of Hormuz has been closed to commercial shipping since the end of February. One month on, the world is still counting the cost. Freight rates are rising, bunkers and jet fuel are running short, and the risk of escalation into the Red Sea and beyond is growing. In...
LATAM Cargo CEO: Perishables, Trade Wars and Growing a 19-Freighter Fleet
Recorded live at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Lima, Peru, Mike King sits down with Andres Bianchi, CEO of LATAM Cargo, the cargo arm of the largest airline group in South America. Andres breaks down LATAM Cargo's network across North America, Europe and intra-South America, their fleet of 19...
Logistics Tech Procurement: The Questions Every Freight Buyer Should Ask Vendors
Logistics technology promises a lot. But how do you know if a vendor is selling you reality or a roadmap? In this Freight Buyers' Club interview from TPM26 in Long Beach, Mike King sits down with independent logistics technology consultant Mike DeAngelis, who has worked across Maersk, INTTRA, WiseTech...
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Freight Rates 2026: Will They Keep Rising? Lars Jensen's Forecast
Bunker Fuel Crisis 2026: Is the Shipping Industry About to Run Out of Fuel?
Hormuz Will Reopen. And Then Nothing Will Change. Lars Jensen Explains Why.
Is This Really a Global Container Shipping Crisis?
Middle East Conflict 2026: Global Shipping and Trade Crisis ft. Lars Jensen and Greg Knowler
LATAM Cargo CEO: Perishables, Trade Wars and Growing a 19-Freighter Fleet
Logistics Tech Procurement: The Questions Every Freight Buyer Should Ask Vendors
Your AI Freight Strategy Is Built on Sand – Here's Why
How Electronic Bills of Lading Will Transform Trade Finance | Bertrand Chen, GSBN
Air Cargo Insights from IATA’s Global Head | 5 Key Takeaways from WCS 2026
3 Things Air Cargo Must Fix From the World’s Largest Flower Exporter
United Cargo's Jan Krems: No Freighters, No Problem – War, Disruption and Why Cargo Is Still Sexy
How Foreign Trade Zones Can Cut Your Tariff Bill | Curtis Spencer, IMS Worldwide
War Is Sending Air Cargo Rates Surging | Peyton Burnett, TAC Index
Middle East War Is Reshaping Air Cargo. Here's What the Data Shows | Ray Zedov, Rotate
Air Cargo Unpacked | Middle East War, Capacity Collapse and Surging Rates Explained
Me Swimming With Sea Lions vs a Container Port | Day Before IATA WCS Lima | Freight Buyers' Club
Iran War Impact on Ocean Freight: Port Disruption & Container Shortage Warning | Kathy Liu, Dimerco
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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