In this bumper episode, 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, USA, February 26 – March 1.

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, U.S. Federal Maritime Commission

Evan Armstrong, CEO, Armstrong & Associates

Gordon Downes, Co-founder and CEO, NYSHEX

Adrian Gutierrez, Global Client Manager for Agricultural Commodities, A.P. Moller - 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)

Credits: Created, produced and hosted by Mike King

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