Freightos

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. A recent analysis suggests that some spending growth is on the types of goods , like video games, that don’t ship by ocean container – another factor in the relative disconnect between spending and freight.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Capacity crunches have different causes. What’s in this article: What is a capacity crunch? What causes a capacity crunch? What can shippers do to prepare for tight capacity? How can a 3PL provider help with capacity crunches? What causes a capacity crunch, and how does it impact your business?

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A freight spend analysis can help cut those extra costs. Performing a freight spend analysis reveals extra costs deriving from unforeseen issues. Let’s look at a few best practices and steps to conduct a comprehensive, insightful cost analysis. Know the scope and value of a freight spend analysis.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

Shipping managers continue to struggle with capacity procurement during this time of industry-wide disruption . Poor capacity acquisition comes down to poor communication and freight contracts negotiation due to outdated methods. Read on to see how these innovations can help with truckload shipping procurement. Request a SONAR Demo.

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Freightos

AUGUST 23, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home August 23, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Network Design tools that are fueled by powerful mathematical optimization in the back end, and intuitive scenario analysis capabilities at the front, empower supply chain professionals with the ability to create flexible plans and expose hidden risks in their network. – Tweet this. Resilient planning in action .

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home August 29, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Doing so helps organizations detect market shifts and makes supply chain decisions more forward-looking than an analysis of the past, present, and at best, a tactical view of the future. Supply chain design can help identify and flag such capacity and capability gaps. <br>- Organize sourcing events to address gaps.

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Freightos

MAY 8, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Diversions and disruptions leading to tight capacity on the overall network level help explain the elevated rates observed even on non-Suez Canal lanes. Europe – N. America weekly prices fell 2% to $1.77/kg.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Most observers expect rates to remain well above normal levels while diversions continue, as carriers are facing higher costs and the longer routes soak up capacity. America weekly prices increased 3% to $2.15/kg.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

To look at what risks will affect the supply chain in 2018, Rob Savitsky of AIR Worldwide ( a member of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Supply Chain Exchange program), wrote a blog for MIT discussing three broad categories of supply chain risk. Natural Catastrophes.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home September 6, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. The port is reactivating an out of use terminal to increase capacity and help get to the more than forty vessels currently waiting as many as seven days for a berth. America and Europe.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. If demand is easing as capacity continues to increase, carriers will face further challenges to keeping rates elevated. Europe – N. America weekly prices fell 1% to $1.68/kg. kg since early August.

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Freightos

MAY 15, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. With capacity already tight due to Red Sea diversions, rates last week climbed to $4,151/FEU to N. America and $3.60/kg Europe last week – has been the surge in B2C e-commerce shipment volumes.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Getting costs under control is important for a good return on capital investment and to ensure factory equipment is operating at optimum capacity and profitability. For labor and machinery, it is important that the shop floor is running efficiently and close to capacity and that resources are being used effectively.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Trucking capacity is tight, and deadheading is the precursor of even stricter capacity. Where a supply chain is weak, analysis and advisory teams can fill in the gaps – seeing the correlations between data points and real-time load operations and profits highlights potential problem areas. Think about it.

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Freightos

MARCH 12, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Europe – N. America weekly increased 4% to $2.08/kg.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. This decrease in pressure is likely partially due to major carriers and new, smaller entrants adding capacity to transpacific and Asia – Europe services as demand and spot rates surged in the last two months.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 10, 2021

FreightWaves SONAR is releasing new indices – Capacity Trend Market Scores and Capacity Trend Market Direction – to help shippers, carriers and brokers prioritize specific routes daily. Capacity Trend Market Scores Capacity Trend Market Scores are divided into two perspectives – shipper/broker and carrier.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Asia – N. America weekly prices increased 5% to $2.10/kg.

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Freightos

JULY 9, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Peak season demand coinciding with Red Sea-driven capacity constraints and congestion has now pushed Asia – N. Europe and $7,900/FEU to the Mediterranean. days compared to more than a week in late May.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. With peak season now behind us, transpacific rates nonetheless continued to climb moderately from their October lows last week as carriers seek to keep vessels full by reducing capacity. Europe – N.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 5, 2021

Among enterprise companies, one critical aspect of successful negotiation and capacity procurement is a better predictive outlook of both spot and contract truckload rates. Tracking market trends within truckload rates relies heavily on data and analysis. The key to avoiding this kind of situation is predictive planning and analysis.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. The Port of Chittagong, Bangladesh’s major container hub, closed briefly and then operated below capacity for much of the week. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 6% to $7,493/FEU.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

However, inconsistencies in service levels, including the use of inaccurate data, an economy that hinges on the state of foreign markets (think China), and changes to regulations and labor requirements are continuing to impact the capacity of the shipping industry. Capacity Is Tight, Not Impossible. Capacity of today’s fleets is tight.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 28, 2021

Now more than ever, shippers need to find innovative ways to make the most of real-time freight data and analysis. Today, logistics strategies rely on accurate and up-to-date data for everything from capacity planning to invoicing. Sometimes data analysis needs to be refocused and fine-tuned.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Intro Email Newsletters News Sites Social Media Influencers Blogs Unexpected Places. So much so that it is split into seven topics – aircrafts, airports, capacity and demand, carriers, freight trends, traffic and viewpoints. Experts’ Choice: Logistics and Supply Chain Blogs. Air Cargo World. ACWmagazine. milesahead.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Access to data and proper analysis are both essential to maximize profits and reduce costs. There are many ways for shippers to take advantage of technology and advancements within the industry, but three key methods are essential for utilizing trucking data to source capacity. trillion in 2010 to more than $6.7 trillion in 2018.

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Freightos

MAY 1, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Red Sea-driven congestion and decreases in ocean capacity out of India have pushed air cargo demand up and export rates to twice as high as at the beginning of the year. America rates climbing 14% to $2.88/kg

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Freightos

MAY 28, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. With demand stable in those months carriers had just enough capacity and equipment to keep the market balanced and rates elevated but level. Europe – N. America weekly prices fell 1% to $1.73/kg.

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Parade

MARCH 15, 2019

Brokerages must think of an alternative data source outside of tribal knowledge to procure high quality and profitable carrier capacity. However, to find carriers that are the best margin, lowest risk, and most likely to accept your freight, requires analysis across multiple data sets and systems.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Asia and Africa lanes, which may likewise indicate that more capacity is becoming available across networks as a result of easing conditions on the main trade lanes. Europe – N.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Blog More Resources Home September 3, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly stayed level at $1.66/kg.

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Freightos

JUNE 11, 2024

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. While high demand and spot rates are driving some carriers to re-enter or add services to the transpacific, others are canceling services to reallocate capacity to Red Sea lanes.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. The degree to which December’s rate increases will stick though, will depend on the carriers’ ability to reduce capacity to current demand levels. Europe – N. America weekly prices rose 2% to $2.14/kg.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 16, 2022

They have several capabilities of an ERP system; optimizing cost control, streamlining business processes, improving productivity, and providing real-time data analysis for reporting and decision making. If your business expands into a new market, you need an adequate ERP system to manage the changes and additional capacity requirements.

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