The Freight Buyers' Club

The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast is a new home for anyone with a professional interest in international trade, container shipping, procurement, logistics and air cargo. Each episode your host, award-winning journalist Mike King, will be ...more

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February 23, 2026 00:25:01
Carrier Consolidation, AI & Freight Fraud: Gebrüder Weiss North America CEO Mark McCullough

Carrier Consolidation, AI & Freight Fraud: Gebrüder Weiss North America CEO Mark McCullough

Freight buying strategy is being tested like never before. Tariff whiplash, carrier consolidation, AI adoption and nobody quite knows what comes next. Mark McCullough,...

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February 18, 2026 00:16:56
Hapag-Lloyd Buys ZIM Explained: Why Freight Buyers Should Care

Hapag-Lloyd Buys ZIM Explained: Why Freight Buyers Should Care

Hapag-Lloyd has agreed to acquire ZIM for $4.2 billion, creating a combined fleet of 400+ vessels. In this mini Freight Buyers' Club, Nils Roche...

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February 16, 2026 00:28:13
Air Cargo Unpacked | MD-11 Retirement, Capacity Crunch, E-Commerce & TAC Rates

Air Cargo Unpacked | MD-11 Retirement, Capacity Crunch, E-Commerce & TAC Rates

The freighter capacity crunch is real. In this episode of Air Cargo Unpacked, Mike King and Neel Jones Shah break down UPS retiring its...

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February 11, 2026 00:19:33
EXCLUSIVE: FMC Chair Laura DiBella on Trump's Maritime Dominance & Global Enforcement Powers

EXCLUSIVE: FMC Chair Laura DiBella on Trump's Maritime Dominance & Global Enforcement Powers

In this exclusive interview, Laura DiBella, the newly confirmed Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission, outlines the agency's aggressive new approach to protecting U.S....

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February 09, 2026 00:43:11
What's Next for US Shippers? TPM26 Special + EXCLUSIVE FMC Chair Interview

What's Next for US Shippers? TPM26 Special + EXCLUSIVE FMC Chair Interview

What should US shippers expect in 2026? This TPM 26 special covers transpacific contracting, the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail merger, and features an EXCLUSIVE...

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January 22, 2026 00:49:55
Fractured Trade: How Geopolitics Will Reshape Global Supply Chains in 2026

Fractured Trade: How Geopolitics Will Reshape Global Supply Chains in 2026

Global trade isn't ending. It's fracturing along geopolitical lines. And it's reshaping supply chains, technology systems, and the entire logistics landscape as we enter...

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