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Biography

After a decade in Asia, Mike is now based in the U.K. Growing up in a prominent Liverpool trucking family, he could shrink wrap a pallet and load a 40ft container with a forklift before his teen years. More by accident than design, his career in journalism led him back to his origins. Some 20 years later and after multiple editorships, highlights include covering Asia for JOC, becoming one of the youngest ever magazine editors at Lloyd’s and running the news desk at IFW/Lloyd’s Loading List. Recent business journalism award wins include Seahorse Air Cargo Journalist of the Year in 2012, Supply Chain Journalist of Year in 2016 and News Journalist of the Year in 2013 and 2017. In 2018 he was named the International Road Transport Union Journalist of the Year. Mike also has a long history working with NGOs fighting deforestation and corruption in Indonesia, he runs a charity in Nepal and has spent a decade investigating corruption and human rights abuses on behalf of a leading commercial risk intelligence company. He loves sport and is a regular participant in the World Bog Snorkeling Championships.

Content

Total articles 188

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  Why a US recession might not kill peak season; how the FMC's new powers could reshape container shipping -

  By Mike King Verified

  May. 31, 2023

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  The Big Air Cargo Debate; west coast docker negotiations; Flexport/Shopify analysis

  By Mike King Verified

  May. 10, 2023

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  Why the US ‘freight recession’ impact is heavier for trans-Pacific container trade than trans-Atlantic

  By Mike King Verified

  Apr. 12, 2023

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