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
Freight playbook 2025: Robbert van Trooijen talks leadership and strategy
In this Insight episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King is joined by Robbert van Trooijen, founder of Inception Partners and former Regional President for Maersk, to provide forwarders and shippers with expert insights into the pressing challenges shaping supply chains in early 2025. With U.S. East and...
Is a US port strike in January good for container lines? Lars Jensen & Peter Tirschwell
Is a US port strike in January good for container lines? This is an extended clip from EP 29 of The Freight Buyers' Club featuring host Mike King, Lars Jensen, CEO, Vespucci Maritime and Peter Tirschwell, VP, S&P Global. Big thanks to Dimerco Express Group (https://dimerco.com/) for supporting independent journalism. The...
Lars Jensen and Peter Tirschwell unpack trade wars, labour strikes, and container shipping challenges
In this episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King is joined by Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Maritime, and Peter Tirschwell, Journal of Commerce veteran and VP at S&P Global, to explore the latest challenges and opportunities facing global trade and shipping. From the implications of Donald...
Latest Videos
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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
How long might a January 2025 US East and Gulf Coast dockworker strike last? Lars Jensen & Mike King
Explained: Container line investment strategies with Lars Jensen, CEO, Vespucci Maritime
How shippers should plan for 2025: Lars Jensen and Peter Tirschwell
Lars Jensen: Why Asia-Europe and Transpacific container shipping spot freight rates are diverging?
#29 Lars Jensen and Peter Tirschwell unpack trade wars, labour strikes and box shipping challenges
Winners & Losers if Trump changes US de minimis rules: Cathy Roberson, Founder of LT&I
Will Trump’s new policies be inflationary? S&P’s Paul Bingham explains….
Container shipping in 2025: Mike King speaking to S&P’s Paul Bingham
Are shippers front loading cargo ahead of new tariffs? Dimerco’s Kathy Liu
#28 Trump 2.0, DHL tragedy, and freight markets: Geopolitical risks and outlook for 2025
Why US tariffs on China are hurting US tech companies and consumers
What should supply chain professionals expect from the next U.S. President?
Tariffs: Trump v Harris. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies’ Stephen Olson
#27 Trump v Harris: Why it matters for global trade and logistics
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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
Freight playbook 2025: Robbert van Trooijen talks leadership and strategy