News in Brief podcast | Week 40 2025 | Trade war, legal battles & government shutdown

What’s keeping Transpacific freight rates elevated as the peak season approaches? This week, Gavin van Marle joins us to discuss the latest rate movements, the changing US-Canada trade relationship an...

27 Sep 24min

Airfreight markets are facing constant disruption, from shifting ecommerce flows and changing rates to tight capacity and growing uncertainty across major trade lanes. In this special sponsored episod...

27 Sep 10min

Transpacific freight rates are on the rise — but is capacity really the problem? This week, Stephanie Loomis of Noatum Logistics joins us to unpack the latest rate increases, booking risks and service...

20 Sep 20min

This week on News in Brief, we look at Hapag-Lloyd’s latest proposals in its bid for ZIM, the impact of renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, and the resilience of global container trade despi...

13 Sep 15min

Geopolitcal tensions, port congestion and shifting freight rates dominate this week’s News in Brief.   Host Charlotte Goldstone chats to ex-liner exec Nils Roche about the latest US-Iran escalation, t...

6 Sep 20min

The freight forwarding industry is changing fast, with consolidation, growing competition from major carriers and integrators, and a volatile geopolitical landscape reshaping the market.  In this epis...

30 Aug 20min

What’s really driving freight rates in 2026? In this episode of The Loadstar Podcast, we’re joined by Judah Levine, Head of Research at Freightos, to discuss the latest trends across global ocean and ...

23 Aug 19min

What do the first six months of 2026 tell us about the state of global container shipping? In this episode of The Loadstar Podcast, Charlotte Goldstone is joined by Container Trades Statistics CEO Nig...

16 Aug 30min