Electrolux exclusive; TIACA Miami; economic downturn pummels rates

Ever wondered how the largest shippers manage vast supply chains, draw up contracts with favoured carriers or deploy the latest tech? If so, this episode has you covered. Swedish multination Electrolux’s annual Full Container Load volumes average around 175,000 teu, while its annual air freight tonnage totals some 6,000 metric tonnes. Tia Mohan, Ocean and Air Transportation Planning Director, joins host Mike King for an in-depth interview.

This episode also includes reports from TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami from Loadstar Publisher Alex Lennane and Freightwaves’ Air Cargo Editor Eric Kulisch.

And Mike also examines the latest economic and freight rate trends with Peyton Burnett, MD of TAC Index.

Mike can be contacted at: [email protected].

Guests

Tia Mohan, Ocean and Air Transportation Planning Director, Electrolux

Peyton Burnett, MD, TAC Index

Alex Lennane, Publisher, Loadstar

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo Editor, Freightwaves

Episode in more detail:

The scope of Electrolux’s supply chain challenge (1.44)

The pros and cons of tech (7.37)

Pricing platforms (11.12)

Navigating chaos amid a seller’s market during Covid (13.30)

Geopolitics and sourcing (19.17)

Contracting strategy and KPIs (24.41)

Enforcement: If you can’t do port-to-port, forget door-to-door (27.01)

The emissions journey (30.05)

Supply chains in 2023 (33.40)

TIACA Air Cargo Forum – Loadstar and Freightwaves report (36.57)

Signs of optimism (40.26)

China’s zero-Covid policy (42.51)

The state of US air freight (45.33)

Freight rate update (49.24)

Credits: Created, produced and hosted by Mike King

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