Trans-Pacific Trends and Challenges: Insights from Freight Industry Experts

May 14, 2024 00:40:11
Trans-Pacific Trends and Challenges: Insights from Freight Industry Experts
The Freight Buyers' Club
Trans-Pacific Trends and Challenges: Insights from Freight Industry Experts

May 14 2024 | 00:40:11

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Show Notes

This episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, hosted by Mike King and supported by Dimerco Express Group, delves into current trans-Pacific shipping trends and challenges, particularly in relation air cargo and supply chain dynamics.

It features insights from Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo and Supply Chain Editor at FreightWaves and American Shipper, and Kathy Liu, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Dimerco Express Group.

They discuss unseasonal demand and rate increases in air cargo, the impact of geopolitical issues like the Red Sea conflict on shipping, the burgeoning role of e-commerce, particularly companies like Shein and Temu, and strategies for navigating the complex logistics and supply chain disruptions facing freight buyers today.

Additionally, the conversation touches on the global economic outlook, strategic shifts in manufacturing to avoid tariffs, and the potential impacts of political and economic changes on the freight industry.

Guests

Kathy Liu, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Dimerco Express Group

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo and Supply Chain Editor, FreightWaves and American Shipper

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