The first News in Brief Podcast of 2025 recaps all the major supply-chain news items that you might have missed between Christmas and New Year and gives you a heads-up on what you will likely see on The Loadstar this year. 

Host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone gives a situation update to the negotiations between the ILA and USMX and covers a proposed bill in the US congress that could ramp up trade wars.  

The Loadstar managing editor Gavin van Marle talks about what is going on at both the Panama and Suez Canal, a look into ocean freight rate movements and what the upcoming alliance reshuffle could do.  

Finally, The Loadstar publisher Alex Lennane recaps the main items from air cargo news.