{"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":"China's Cargo Pivot: Africa, India and South America","slug":"china-s-cargo-pivot-africa-india-and-south-america","published_at":"2026-06-11T13:27:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309/china-s-cargo-pivot-africa-india-and-south-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309","url":"https://the-freight-buyers-club.castos.com/episodes/chinas-cargo-pivot-africa-india-and-south-america","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.castos.com/63bfb95e422709-98786477/2483282/c1e-7z82kfvw69qtd6v6x-6z8xv832co7n-l6fvec.mp3","summary":"China's exports to the US have fallen, but China hasn't slowed down. It has redirected. In this clip from the latest episode of The Freight Buyers' Club, Nigel Pusey, CEO of Container Trades Statistics, walks through where the cargo is going now: Sub-Saharan Africa up 33% in Q1 2026, South and Central America up 17%, India up 17%. He explains why this started before the latest round of tariffs, and how a logistics revolution in West Africa, with 20,000 TEU ships now calling Lagos, is making it possible. Watch or listen to the full episode for the complete picture, including the European trade imbalance, the Strait of Hormuz, and Nigel's predictions for the rest of the year. Links on the channel. Produced with the support of Dimerco Express Group. #ContainerShipping #GlobalTrade #SupplyChain #ChinaTrade #Logistics","meta_description":"China's exports to the US have fallen, but China hasn't slowed down. It has redirected. In this clip from the latest episode of The Freight Buyers' Club,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":347,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-freight-buyers-club-5997309/episodes/china-s-cargo-pivot-africa-india-and-south-america/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/china-s-cargo-pivot-africa-india-and-south-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}