{"podcast":{"title":"The Freight Buyers' Club","slug":"the-freight-buyers-club-5997309","podcast_index_feed_id":5997309,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/2n9kq","website_url":"https://thefreightbuyersclub.com/","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/63bfb95e422709-98786477/images/0857-006-3000x3000.jpg","author":"Mike King","episode_count":148,"summary":"The Freight Buyers’ Club podcast is a new home for anyone with a professional interest in international trade, container shipping, procurement, logistics and air cargo. Each episode your host, award-winning journalist Mike King, will be speaking to leading decision-makers, analysts, journalists, operators and shippers to get their take on current freight and logistics markets and the challenges and opportunities ahead. You can subscribe to receive each episode direct to your inbox at: thefreightbuyersclub.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T02:18:08.829520+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309"},"episode":{"title":"Air Cargo Unpacked | Amazon's Freight Play, the Jet Fuel Shock and Why the MD-11 Returned","slug":"air-cargo-unpacked-amazon-s-freight-play-the-jet-fuel-shock-and-why-the-md-11-returned","published_at":"2026-05-20T09:49:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309/air-cargo-unpacked-amazon-s-freight-play-the-jet-fuel-shock-and-why-the-md-11-returned","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309","url":"https://the-freight-buyers-club.castos.com/episodes/air-cargo-unpacked-amazons-freight-play-the-jet-fuel-shock-and-why-the-md-11-returned","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.castos.com/63bfb95e422709-98786477/2467634/c1e-jpx2jh4gk00an1m50-8d8g55rms8x9-2ndvi0.mp3","summary":"Is Amazon replacing the 3PL? In this episode of Air Cargo Unpacked, Mike King and co-host Neel Jones Shah dig into Amazon Supply Chain Services and what it really means for third party logistics providers, freight forwarders and the air cargo market. Is this a genuine supply chain management revolution or just a repackaging of existing services? Also in this May episode: the Middle East capacity recovery -- Rotate's latest data on the Gulf region and what 74% recovery actually means for shippers. Neil Wilson, Editor of TAC Index and calculating agent for the Baltic Air Freight indices, unpacks the rates picture -- including the extraordinary Europe-Dubai lane, up 140% year on year as Emirates capacity collapsed. Shantanu Gangakhedkar of Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific on air cargo demand in the region and the scenarios that frame what happens next, from the Strait of Hormuz to growing e-commerce volumes. Jet fuel up almost 100% -- what the supply chain logistics implications are for carriers and shippers paying surcharges. ULD market disruption. And the FedEx MD-11 -- back in the skies despite all predictions. Produced with the support of Ontegos Cloud, the freight forwarder profitability specialists. https://www.ontegos.cloud/ Co-host: Neel Jones Shah (ex-Delta, United, Flexport) Neil Wilson -- Editor, TAC Index Shantanu Gangakhedkar -- Principal Consultant and Aviation Lead, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Produced by Karen Ball and Tom Matthews #airfreight #3PL #supplychain #logistics #aviation #FedEx #MD11 #straitofhormuz #supplychainmanagement #aircargounpacked","meta_description":"Is Amazon replacing the 3PL? In this episode of Air Cargo Unpacked, Mike King and co-host Neel Jones Shah dig into Amazon Supply Chain Services and what i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2544,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309/episodes/air-cargo-unpacked-amazon-s-freight-play-the-jet-fuel-shock-and-why-the-md-11-returned/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309/air-cargo-unpacked-amazon-s-freight-play-the-jet-fuel-shock-and-why-the-md-11-returned.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}