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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May 14, 2026 00:50:04
Death by a thousand paper cuts: US tariffs, freight fraud and the cost of war

Death by a thousand paper cuts: US tariffs, freight fraud and the cost of war

The Trump administration’s tariff programme has suffered another legal defeat. The US Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 against the 10% Section 122 global...

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May 11, 2026 00:06:18
The Questions Every Freight Buyer Should Ask AI Vendors: JOC's Eric Johnson

The Questions Every Freight Buyer Should Ask AI Vendors: JOC's Eric Johnson

In this clip from The Freight Buyers' Club's latest AI and logtech special, Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor at the Journal of Commerce, gives...

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May 06, 2026 01:02:56
Who wins the AI race in logistics, and who gets left behind?

Who wins the AI race in logistics, and who gets left behind?

On April 7th this year, Anthropic released an AI model called Claude Mythos. It was so capable at finding vulnerabilities in software that the...

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April 27, 2026 00:20:49
Crisis = Opportunity? Why Forwarders Make More When Markets Break

Crisis = Opportunity? Why Forwarders Make More When Markets Break

When markets break, most industries struggle. Freight forwarders? They often make more. In this episode of the Freight Buyers’ Club, Oliver Gritz (former CFO...

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April 23, 2026 00:22:07
Emirates Legend Ram Menen on Gulf War III and the Future of Gulf Air Cargo Hubs

Emirates Legend Ram Menen on Gulf War III and the Future of Gulf Air Cargo Hubs

Gulf air cargo hubs have taken a serious hit since the Middle East war began. The world's most strategically positioned freight network is under...

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April 16, 2026 00:49:40
Air Cargo Unpacked | Middle East War: Fuel Crisis, Capacity Disruption and Global Fallout

Air Cargo Unpacked | Middle East War: Fuel Crisis, Capacity Disruption and Global Fallout

The Middle East war that began on February 28th has sent shockwaves through global air cargo. Jet fuel has nearly doubled. Gulf hub capacity...

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