News in Brief Podcast | Week 21| GRIs and European port congestion 

May 25, 2025 00:16:53
News in Brief Podcast | Week 21| GRIs and European port congestion 
The Loadstar
News in Brief Podcast | Week 21| GRIs and European port congestion 

May 25 2025 | 00:16:53

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Show Notes

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 European port congestion and a Red Sea update. 

The Loadstar’s managing editor, Gavin van Marle, chats to Ms Goldstone about how ocean carriers are aggressively implementing GRIs and what this has done to the ocean freight rates. 

On the air cargo side, The Loadstar publisher Alex Lennane explains why tariffs and ecommerce are in the legal spotlight and looks at how capacity is moving in the wake of de minimis changes.  

Mr van Marle and Ms Lennane take a quick look at Zim and CMA CGM’s Q1 results before Ms Goldstone reveals what you might see on The Loadstar this week.  

So, what are you waiting for? This bite-sized news podcast will catch you up on anything you might have missed last week and put you ahead of the curve on this week’s happenings, in under 17 minutes! 

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