News Podcast | Apr 2024 | Baltimore blame game, shadow boxing on transpac and HK’s maritime decline
This episode looks at the supply chain and insurance fallout following the tragic Dali incident in Baltimore ...
In this bumper episode, The 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, US, 26 February to 1 March.
This is followed by an in-depth discussion of 3PL financials, global rankings and M&A activity when host Mike King is joined by Evan Armstrong, CEO of Armstrong & Associates.
Guests:
Carl Bentzel, commissioner, US Federal Maritime Commission
Evan Armstrong, CEO, Armstrong & Associates
Gordon Downes, co-founder and CEO, NYSHEX
Adrian Gutierrez, global client manager for agricultural commodities, Maersk
Mike Wackett, sea freight correspondent, The Loadstar
Nick Savvides, news editor, The Loadstar
Episode in more detail:
Back to normal at TPM (2.22)
MSC CEO Soren Toft – out of the shadows, briefly (5.54)
NYSHEX and liner-shipper contracts (8.33)
Maersk, seeking backhauls (13.45)
Exporter dissatisfaction (20.00)
New maritime data system from the FMC (22.30)
Snippets and west coast port talks (26.40)
3PL financials, global rankings and M&A forecasts (31.40 onwards)
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Credits: created, produced and hosted by Mike King
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