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
TPM25 preview: Tariffs, reshoring, and the art of contract negotiations
In episode 34 of The Freight Buyers' Club (https://www.thefreightbuyersclub.com/), produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group (https://dimerco.com/), we dive into the critical factors shaping this year's ocean freight contract negotiations. As the transpacific contracting season approaches at TPM25 to be held at Long Beach at the start of...
Scan Global’s Mads Drejer talks ‘permacrisis’, trade wars and supply chain resilience
In this illuminating episode of The Freight Buyers Club Insight series, produced with the support of Ontegos Cloud (https://www.ontegos.cloud/), host Mike King sits down with Mads Drejer, Global CCO and COO of Scan Global Logistics, for a wide-ranging discussion on freight markets and modern logistics leadership. From navigating tariff wars...
Trump’s tariffs, what Flexport got wrong, and the air cargo shake-up ahead, with Neel Jones Shah
In this episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club Insight series (https://www.thefreightbuyersclub.com), host Mike King sits down with Neel Jones Shah—former senior executive at Flexport, Delta, and United—to dissect the biggest forces shaping air cargo in 2025. From Trump’s latest tariffs and their impact on e-commerce exports to the slow...
Latest Videos
Why the Federal Maritime Commission can amplify US Panama Canal threats
#34 TPM25 preview: Tariffs, reshoring, and the art of contract negotiations
#33 Scan Global’s Mads Drejer talks ‘permacrisis’, trade wars and supply chain resilience
Will 2024 be a flat year for logistics? Scan Global's Mads Drejer weighs in
Mads Drejer: The ambitions of Scan Global Logistics
Former Exec: Flexport Got Some Things Wrong—But Changed Freight Forever
The Tech Air Freight Needs, And Why It’s Not Adapting: Neel Jones Shah
For air cargo operators, the de minimis suspension is the real Trump tariff threat
#32 Trump’s tariffs, what Flexport got wrong, and the air cargo shake-up ahead, with Neel Jones Shah
Drewry’s Philip Damas on 2025 Ocean Freight & Market Trends
TTI’s Alan Mctaggart on Asia-Europe & Trans-Pacific Trade Contracting | Freight Buyers' Club Ep. 31
How TTI manages global logistics with KPIs, contracts & technology | Freight Buyers' Club Ep. 31
Essential Tips for Freight Buyers from TTI's VP of Global Logistics | Freight Buyers' Club Ep. 31
#31 What shippers want (and how they get it) with TTI’s Mctaggart and Drewry’s Damas
Will shippers pay more for reliable container shipping services?
Freight negotiation strategies in 2025: advice for buyers and SMEs
#30 Freight playbook 2025: Robbert van Trooijen talks leadership and strategy
The logistics industry is "barely scratching the surface" on digital technology implementation
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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
TPM25 preview: Tariffs, reshoring, and the art of contract negotiations