The Loadstar Podcast adds nuance and depth to The Loadstar's coverage of the global supply chain. Each episode we interview the world’s leading freight, shipping, air cargo and logistics executives and analysts about the forces making markets tick and the challenges that lie ahead. Host and Creator Mike King also discusses the stories that matter with The Loadstar’s global team of journalists. To receive this podcast straight into your inbox sign-up at: https://theloadstar.com/registration/
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News in Brief podcast | Week 35 2024 | Global strike disruption and low available tonnage
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including the latest on Canada’s rail strikes, and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. She is joined by maritime consultant Mike Wackett who recap’s last week’s ocean freight …
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News in Brief podcast | Week 32 2024 | Ocean rate ‘tipping point’ and soaring air cargo market
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. Ms Goldstone takes on last week’s ocean freight rates and explains why the market is at ‘tipping point’ as contract and spot market rate…
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News in Brief podcast | Week 31 2024 | Easing rates and Q2 results
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including cargo insurance, extreme weather and an insight into Farnborough air show. She also offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Mar…
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Midsummer Special 2024: What next for freight markets?
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In this episode, The Loadstar Podcast examines the pivotal freight stories and trends shaping 2024. Host Mike King and guests identify the winners and losers of the year so far and attempt to predict what will be the key market drivers over the rest of 2024 and into 2025. They also explore the dynamics driving air and ocean markets, especially the …
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News in Brief podcast | Week 30 2024 | Abated surcharges, strikes and IATA's stressful settlements
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including strike updates from Europe, Asia and North America. She also offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, recaps the latest o…
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News in Brief podcast | Week 29 2024 | Sea freight volume's record high, modal shift and sanctions
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, recaps the latest ocean freight rates, chats peak season problems, and looks at what ce…
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News in Brief podcast | Week 28 2024 | DB Schenker bid, Ceva restructure and MSC milestone
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including MSC's market-share milestone, and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, details incessant ocean freight spot rate rise…
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Politics shaping global supply chains as the UK votes
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In this episode of the Loadstar podcast, we explore the complex interplay between politics and global supply chains against the backdrop of the UK's upcoming elections on July 4th. The conversation spans across several critical areas, starting with a freight rate update and moving on to an analysis of how elections in major economies, including the…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 27 2024 | A bustling ocean freight market, acquisition and bankruptcy
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, details back-to-back rises in ocean freight rates, and how the market is adapting to in…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 26 2024 | Strike action, rate increases and Atlas Air turbulence
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including the latest updates to strike action looming in Europe and North America. She also offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle…
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Place your bets: Early peak season or ticking timebomb?
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This episode, hosted by Mike King, dives deep into the challenges currently rocking the container shipping and logistics industries and driving up shipper costs. Red Sea diversions, unpredictable demand signals, new tariff regimes, possible union strikes, and space shortages are all making the management and forecasting of ocean supply chains incre…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 25 2024 | Multimodal highlights with celebrity guest
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This week's episode of News in Brief is a special edition 'Multimodal in Brief', with a surprise celebrity guest! Host and news reporter, Charlotte Goldstone, spent her time at this week's Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham recording 'brief' interviews with visitors and exhibitors from all across the supply chain to hear why their company attended…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 24 2024 | Rail freight disruption, another wave of surcharges, and the ecommerce crackdown
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including the latest in Canada's rail strike saga and what's got stakeholders annoyed at Schiphol airport. She also offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing…
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Sponsored podcast: DP World launches £350m fourth berth at London Gateway
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In this sponsored episode, host and producer Mike King is joined by Andrew Bowen, Chief Operating Officer for UK Ports & Terminals at DP World, to discuss groundbreaking developments and sustainability initiatives at London Gateway and DP World Southampton. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, London Gateway is set to unveil its new fourth berth la…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 23 2024 | Peaks at sea and troughs in air
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including the Royal Mail sale, and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, discusses how ocean freight rates might be levelling ou…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 22 2024 A perfect storm on the ocean; a comfortable summer in air; and positive news
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including the latest in Canada’s rail strike saga, and offers a preview of stories that might appear on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marl, discusses how and why ocean freight …
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Hapag-Lloyd’s ‘Strategy 2030’, freight planning amid global turmoil with SEKO Logistics
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In this action-packed double-header episode, we go deep on supply chain and shipping strategy with two senior leaders from the logistics industry. Part 1: Hapag-Lloyd's ‘Strategy 2030’ (01.40-31.15) First up, we take an in-depth look at Hapag-Lloyd's ambitious ‘Strategy 2030’. Can the German carrier retain its top 5 ranking among container lines? W…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 21 2024 | Rates, tariffs, rules - and AI fun
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain and logistics news and offers exclusive insight into what will be appearing on The Loadstar this week. Charlotte discusses how and why ocean freight rates have risen on the major trade lanes, why new sustainability reg…
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News in Brief Podcast | Week 20, 2024 | Sea and air surges, Flexport - and what's on this week
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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain and logistics news and offers exclusive insight into what will be appearing on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, discusses exactly how the Red Sea crisis has caused complications …
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Container shipping: A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
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In this episode, host Mike King and guests delve into the intricate puzzles of global supply chains amidst geopolitical turmoil, trade disputes, and unpredictable market conditions. They cover Middle East supply chain disruptions, surges in the Asia-Mexico trade lane, evolving air cargo market dynamics in the wake of air space closures, and the ris…
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News in Brief Podcast | May 2024 | Rates, ecommerce, and what's on this week
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In this inaugural episode of The Loadstar’s ‘News in Brief Podcast’, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain and logistics news and offers exclusive insight into what will be appearing on The Loadstar this week. The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, discusses how recent ocean freight rates and rising su…
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Middle East erupts, Dali General Average, IATA CNS ‘live’ and forwarders hit back
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In this episode, host Mike King and guests examine what the latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East means for freight markets, who might be paying for the Dali tragedy at the port of Baltimore, and why e-commerce is driving air cargo demand. Drewry’s Eirik Hooper explains how the de facto closure of the Suez Canal is impacting Mediterranea…
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Baltimore blame game, shadow boxing on the Transpacific and Hong Kong’s maritime decline
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This episode looks at the supply chain and insurance fallout following the tragic Dali incident in Baltimore in March. Host Mike King and guests also examine the decline of the port of Hong Kong, why air cargo demand is surprising analysts, and the latest detention and demurrage cases being filed with the US Federal Maritime Commission. How the Red…
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Box spot rates slide continues, DP World’s forwarding ambitions, IATA WCS and TPM24 in review
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In this episode, The Loadstar Podcast has recaps from the biggest trade shows of 2024 and all the latest breaking news, not least recent lurches in container shipping rates and surges in air cargo volumes. DP World’s ambitious plans to expand its forwarding operations are the subject of a major exclusive interview.Host Mike King and guests also unp…
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TPM24 ‘live’, US West Coast gateway options, and all the latest on trans-Pacific contract negotiations
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The Loadstar Podcast is live from TPM24 in Long Beach, California. In this episode host Mike King hears what the mood is like at the logistics and shipping event of the year, which speakers have really delivered insight, and what negotiating stances BCOs, forwarders and carriers are taking in ongoing trans-Pacific contract negotiations. Mike and gu…
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TPM24 preview, shifting the cold chain to -15°C, USWC cargo gains
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This episode examines why turning the temperature dial up on the cold chain makes a lot of sense, not least from an energy and emissions saving perspective. Host Mike King and guests also explore why collaboration in the supply chain is the best route to sustainability and look forward to TPM24 in Long Beach when the logistics world converges on Ca…
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Shippers demand liner transparency, Maersk/Hapag Gemini ‘game-changer’, Red Sea crisis domino effects
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Host Mike King hears that freight rates are soaring, the Dutch air cargo community is in uproar, and shippers really are not happy with the transparency of liner surcharges, and not just those relating to the de facto closure of the Suez Canal to container shipping. This episode also unpacks the details and implications of the new Maersk/Hapag Lloy…
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The Red Sea crisis: Freight rates soar as CNY capacity and equipment crunch looms
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Host Mike King hears that the de facto closure of the Suez Canal to almost all container shipping traffic is creating mounting supply chain bottlenecks for global trade. Cape of Good Hope diversions are throwing the supply-demand balance of the global container shipping fleet out of kilter, driving up freight rates and charter rates. Added transit …
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The Suez Canal crisis – freight rates and supply chain implications. AND, has box monitoring and tracking just taken a giant leap forward?
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The Suez Canal crisis is sending shock waves up and down global supply chains as container ships are forced to re-route vessels around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid Houthi terrorist attacks near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. In this episode, host and producer Mike King finds out how much of the global container fleet has been effectively taken off the…
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The Suez crisis. Plus: Winners & Losers 2023 and the outlook for 2024
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In this episode of The Loadstar Podcast, host and editor Mike King is joined by three of The Loadstar’s finest journalists to analyse how global trade and shipping are being affected by the Suez crisis. In this final episode of the year, Mike and guests also look at the winners and losers of logistics, air freight and shipping in 2023, and predict …
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Sponsored podcast: Why Maersk is serious about air cargo logistics
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In this sponsored podcast, Mike King, host and producer of The Loadstar Podcast, finds out that one of the world’s largest and most renowned shipping companies is taking its transformation into a fully fledged logistics integrator very seriously, not least via its substantial investment in air cargo. Annette Kreuziger, the recently-appointed region…
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Deep Dive: The battle for control of Germany’s container ports
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In this Loadstar podcast, host Mike King and guests examine the implications of the big shake-up of port ownership underway in Germany. Why are owners so interested in selling stakes in key ports, and why are container lines queueing up to buy them? How will this impact forwarders and shippers? What do the latest deals say about Germany's and Europ…
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TIACA controversy, peak season and what next for air cargo
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This episode is all about air cargo as host Mike King and his guests dissect the peak season, freight rate trends and what happens in 2024. They also explore how snowstorms in Alaska have been impacting trans-Pacific traffic, what global-to-global trade is exactly, and whether forwarders have finally cracked the code to the e-commerce business. How…
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Deep Dive: The end of globalisation and a new (trade) Cold War?
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In a more divided and fractured world, the logistics landscape is rapidly changing, and the future of trade and globalisation is getting ever cloudier. In this episode, host and editor Mike King speaks to global thought leaders about where geopolitics - and conflicts about ideas, ideology and forms of government - are directing the very concept of …
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Alliances’ competition conundrum; unboxing liner strategy with Lars Jensen; the spectre of ETS
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Description In this episode host Mike King and his guests dissect the end of container line consortia exemptions in the EU and the impact of the awful events taking place in the Middle East. They also cover the latest redundancies at Flexport, implications for digital forwarding, the latest rates news, the container ship orderbook, why some contain…
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Sponsored podcast - Unisys: Putting the quantum into logistics
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In this sponsored episode, Mike King, host and producer of The Loadstar Podcast, discovers that quantum physics is not merely relevant in 2023 because of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’, one of the hit movies of the summer. Rather, it is the bedrock of the technologies now transforming the world of logistics. Mike is joined by Sean Tinney, Global…
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FMC Chairman exclusive, container shipping forecast and what next at Flexport?
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In part 1, creator and host Mike King is joined by the Loadstar’s Alex Lennane and Xeneta’s Peter Sand. They examine the latest rate movements, decipher the peak season, discuss why forwarders are retaining their own air cargo capacity, and try and work out exactly what is going on at Flexport. Part 2 is an exclusive interview with possibly the wor…
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Sponsored podcast: DP World rolls out end-to-end logistics concept at expanding London Gateway
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In this sponsored episode, Mike King, host and producer of The Loadstar Podcast, explores how the evolving needs of shippers are being met by DP World’s ever-expanding portfolio of logistics assets offering port-centric supply solutions from its UK terminals, including the rapidly expanding London Gateway terminal complex. Mike is joined by Andrew …
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Back to work: Ocean freight forwarder outlook, liner consolidation and what happened to peak season?
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In this bumper post-summer episode of The Loadstar podcast, creator and host Mike King is joined by the Loadstar’s Mike Wackett and TAC Index’s Neil Wilson as they catch up on the big stories of late summer. They also dissect air and ocean freight rates, ask whether the shipping peak season has already been and gone, discuss the latest signs of yet…
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Midsummer special: 2023 so far and what happens next?
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In this episode, The Loadstar Podcast examines the biggest stories and trends of 2023 including analysis of container line strategy and air cargo markets. Host Mike King and the Loadstar team and guests also spotlight the latest shipping regulations and carrier decarbonisation benchmarks and look forward to what the rest of the year holds for freig…
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USWC docker deal; the SAF challenge; CNS Partnership Conference report
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In Part 1, host Mike King and Loadstar Publisher Alex Lennane look at the ‘tentative’ US west coast docker contract deal: is this the end of the dispute that has dogged US logistics for over a year or could talks still break down? They also examine the highlights and lowlights of the recent CNS Partnership air cargo conference in Miami and are join…
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Munich’s Transport Logistic extravaganza; container rates in focus; box imbalance Down Under
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In Part 1, the focus is on Munich, the host city of Transport Logistic 2023. This gargantuan event attracted the great and the good of global shipping, air cargo and logistics. Host Mike King explores the biggest stories and key discussions points that emerged during the show with his co-host Nick Savvides, Loadstar News Editor. In part 2, Mike and…
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Spotlight on Europe: Trains, planes…and container ships
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In this episode host Mike King talks to industry heavy hitters about all things Europe. The European economy is currently struggling with low economic and trade growth prospects. High inventories and soaring inflation are dampening freight demand. Strikes by unions are plaguing supply chain planning. And Asia-Europe ocean and air freight rates have…
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Sponsored podcast: DP World explains how the deployment of innovative and sustainable fuels can cut terminal emissions
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In this sponsored episode, Nick Savvides, Loadstar News Editor, explores how a rapidly evolving regulatory environment and shipper demands for more sustainable maritime supply chains are pushing terminal operators to cut emissions. Nick is joined by Steve McCrindle, DP World’s Port Operations Director at Southampton, who explains how the deployment…
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USWC dockworker negotiations cloud contract talks; new legislative threat to alliances; high inventories hit rates
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In part 1 Mike King and guests discuss slowing demand for container shipping, the challenging macroeconomic environment, heightened inventories, how union dockworker negotiations on the US West Coast are impacting the contracting season, and whether there will be a peak season this year. In part 2 the focus turns to air cargo markets - how addition…
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In this bumper episode, Loadstar journalists report on the key sessions and share exclusive interviews from the biggest container shipping and logistics event of the year: TPM23 held in Long Beach, USA, February 26 – March 1. This is followed by an in-depth discussion of 3PL financials, global rankings and M&A activity when host Mike King is joined…
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2M implications; cyber-attack legal action; extreme weather logistics risks
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In Part 1 of this episode host Mike King and his various guests discuss the latest news including the latest on ocean and air rates, what next for MSC and Maersk, why the legal fallout from cyber-attacks is increasing, and where and why container lines are cutting capacity. In Part 2, Mike speaks to two thought leaders whose business is understandi…
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Sponsored Podcast: P&O Ferrymasters exclusive: Challenges and opportunities in European logistics
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In this sponsored episode Nick Savvides, Loadstar News Editor, tackles some of the big issues in European logistics, including the current economic downturn, the challenges of recruitment and new regulations, and how multi-modal solutions are providing some of the answers as the continent migrates to more sustainable supply chains. To explore these…
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Europe: Freight demand tumbles as recession bites
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This episode focuses on Europe where war, Covid, inflation and a cost-of-living crisis are taking a heavy toll on economic growth and the outlook for international trade. Nomura now expects western Europe’s real GDP to contract by 0.4% this year. In Germany and Britain, the two large economies most affected by current economic headwinds, real GDP i…
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Reading the 2023 freight market as China abandons zero-Covid policy
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Chinese New Year traditionally sees a spike in air and ocean demand - and freight rates - ahead of factory closures for the Chinese New Year holidays which start on 22 January. But will tradition mean a thing in this inflation-ridden start to the year? How long will factories stay closed? And what does the unwinding of China’s zero Covid policy mea…
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