Credits: Created, Produced and Hosted by Mike King
Credits: Created, Produced and Hosted by Mike King Episode 6 of The Loadstar Podcast turns its focus on the chaos currently affecting global container trades. Mike King is joined by a ‘who’s who’ of shipping and forwarding CEOs and analysts as they explore: When the container shipping pricing madness might end? What needs to change to unblock global trade? And, with regulators now turning their gaze on box shipping, do carriers truly appreciate the terrible optics of reporting record profits while customers are suffering woeful service levels and breath-taking surcharges? Participants in this episode: John Butler, World Shipping Council (WSC) president and CEO Sarah Banks, Global Lead, Freight and Logistics at Accenture Kelvin Leung, Asia Pacific CEO, DHL Global Forwarding Soren Toft, CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Nick Saviddes, Loadstar News Editor Jon Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy at the National Retail Federation Paul Page, Editor of the WSJ Logistics Report Daniel Maffei, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Lars Jensen, Vespucci Maritime CEO ...
Credits: Created, Produced and Hosted by Mike King Ahead of TPM22 in Long Beach at the end of February, this episode of The Loadstar Podcast examines the key challenges facing those in the business of supply chain, and those wondering how much logistics costs will sever from their bottom lines. This episode also examines freight rates across modes post-Chinese New Year and ahead of the Transpacific contracting season. The latter, of course, clouded by US west coast dockworkers negotiations that could hurt port productivity. And in part 2, a Loadstar Special Report examines labour shortages across the global supply chain. Is this ‘Great Resignation’ a structural fault or simply a symptom of two years of Covid and all the labour and logistics stresses that have resulted? Guests Alex Lennane, Loadstar Publisher Peter Tirschwell - Vice President, Maritime & Trade - IHS Markit Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst, Xeneta Claire French, Air Sea & Road Freight Recruitment Specialist at Select Appointments UK Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics, Department of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University — Eli Broad College of Business Lee Klaskow, Senior Analyst for Transportation and Logistics at Bloomberg Intelligence Episode in more detail: Why lines and forwarders are investing in air capacity (3.20) Ground handlers struggle with costs (4.50) Competition authorities eye container lines (5.38) Ocean freight rates bounce back (9.15) Known Unknowns: China’s Covid containment policy, Ukraine and cyber risks (11.40) TPM agenda and global trade challenges (14.25 – 30.30) U.S. West Coast dockworker union negotiations threat to global trade, US port productivity and what happens next (20.45) The state of US logistics and what it means for corporate America (30.45) US road and rail outlook (30.40) Ukraine crisis – implications (38.35) Part 2 - Special Report: Labour Shortages & The Great Resignation. (40.45 to 1.05) Post-Brexit ...
Created, Produced and Hosted by Mike King In this inaugural episode of this Deep Dive Loadstar Podcast, editor Mike King explains why war in Ukraine is not the only global trade disruptor in March 2022. Negotiations over a new labour contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) pose a threat to port productivity on the US West Coast where terminals, including those located at Long Beach and Los Angeles, are already bedevilled by port congestion and long vessel delays. Already, shippers are sourcing products in Asia earlier than normal and directing more cargo to US East Coast and Gulf terminals. But do these facilities have the capacity available to receive more ships? And what does all this mean for global inflation, container rates and the US economy? Guests: Brian Whitlock, Gartner Senior Director Research Analyst Jon Gold. Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy at the National Retail Federation Lee Klaskow, Senior Analyst for Transportation and Logistics at Bloomberg Intelligence Peter Tirschwell, Vice President, Maritime & Trade, IHS Markit Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst, Xeneta ...
