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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March 01, 2024 00:18:16
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US West Coast ports hope for a cargo bonanza in 2024 – but are they prepared?

In this deep dive into US logistics and international trade, produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group, host Mike King explores whether 2024...

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February 27, 2024 00:29:24
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US West Coast truckers ready for box import surge (but less keen on buying non-diesel trucks)

In this news insights episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King is talking U.S. trucking, drayage, domestic freight demand and international trade...

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February 22, 2024 00:19:55
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Is the Port of Long Beach ready to receive a new wave of container imports?

In this news insight episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer at the Port of Long Beach, outlines why the...

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February 06, 2024 00:17:05
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The 2024 trade and economic growth outlook as geopolitical headwinds intensify

In this special News Insight episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King discusses the following with Robert Subbaraman, Head of Global Markets...

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January 23, 2024 00:34:59
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A shipper’s view: Maersk/Hapag, the Red Sea crisis, CNY and freight rate strategy

In this episode, produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group, host Mike King has an in-depth discussion with Bjorn Vang Jensen, Executive Director...

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January 17, 2024 00:08:45
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Why the threat of strikes at US east coast ports is pushing retailer cargo back to the west coast

In this clip from EP14 of The Freight Buyers' Club podcast, produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group, host Mike King hears that...

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