News Podcast | September 2021 | When will the madness end?

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 to 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?

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This episode’s participants:

John Butler, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council (WSC)

Sarah Banks, global lead, freight and logistics, at Accenture

Kelvin Leung, Asia Pacific CEO, DHL Global Forwarding

Nick Savvides, news editor of The Loadstar

Jon Gold, vice president, supply chain and customs policy, at the National Retail Federation

Paul Page, editor of the WSJ Logistics Report

Daniel Maffei, chairman, Federal Maritime Commission

Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Maritime

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