EPISODE · May 19, 2025 · 18 MIN
Shipping in a Tariff Truce: A Shipper’s Guide to Container Strategy (Video Explainer)
from The Freight Buyers' Club · host Mike King
In this Video Explainer episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King delivers a strategic visual briefing on the latest US-China tariff developments — and how they’re impacting global container markets, supply chains, and BCO planning in the summer of 2025. Designed for C-suite decision-makers and logistics professionals, this explainer breaks down: What the new US–China “tariff truce” actually means The impact of a 90-day window on transpacific trade volumes and rates – is an early peak season brewing? Strategic insights from leaders at the Port of Long Beach, Freightos, and the Global Shippers Association SME survival tactics: Logistics veteran John McCauley on stock strategies, FX hedges, and upstream supplier moves How Red Sea risk, Suez uncertainty, and global overcapacity could whipsaw container rates ️ Produced with support from Dimerco Express Group. [https://dimerco.com/] Guests Mark Chadwick, President, Global Shippers Association Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos Dr Noel Hacegaba, COO, Port of Long Beach John McCauley, BCO Consultant/Former VP Transportation & Logistics, Cargill Links: Keith Schwatz linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328539638933897216/ #SupplyChainLeadership, #ExecutiveLogistics, #GlobalTradeStrategy, #ShippingInnovation, #CLevelInsights, #TradePolicyImpact, #containermarket , #MaritimeStrategy, #freightmanagement , #freightbuyersclub #shipping #tariffwars #freight #containershipping #supplychain #supplychainmanagement
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In this Video Explainer episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, host Mike King delivers a strategic visual briefing on the latest US-China tariff developments — and how they’re impacting global container markets, supply chains, and BCO planning in the summer of 2025. Designed for C-suite decision-makers and logistics professionals, this explainer breaks down: What the new US–China “tariff truce” actually means The impact of a 90-day window on transpacific trade volumes and rates – is an early peak season brewing? Strategic insights from leaders at the Port of Long Beach, Freightos, and the Global Shippers Association SME survival tactics: Logistics veteran John McCauley on stock strategies, FX hedges, and upstream supplier moves How Red Sea risk, Suez uncertainty, and global overcapacity could whipsaw container rates ️ Produced with support from Dimerco Express Group. [https://dimerco.com/] Guests Mark Chadwick, President, Global Shippers Association Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos Dr Noel Hacegaba, COO, Port of Long Beach John McCauley, BCO Consultant/Former VP Transportation & Logistics, Cargill Links: Keith Schwatz linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7328539638933897216/ #SupplyChainLeadership, #ExecutiveLogistics, #GlobalTradeStrategy, #ShippingInnovation, #CLevelInsights, #TradePolicyImpact, #containermarket , #MaritimeStrategy, #freightmanagement , #freightbuyersclub #shipping #tariffwars #freight #containershipping #supplychain #supplychainmanagement
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