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What Can Freight Forwarding Learn from Airbnb? – A guest post from Container xChange

Freightos

Of course, you wouldn’t because it would be hard to trust the results or advice from strangers. While people find it easy to book things like accommodations online, container owners and freight forwarders or shippers looking for available Shipper Owned Containers (SOCs) often still struggle to connect with trusted partners.

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Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2017: Digitization & E-Commerce continue to reshape the marketplace

The Logistics Academy

The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7% in real terms since this time last year, but owing to a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices, rates continue to fall in both air and sea freight. Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders. DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding.

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Welcoming Shipsta to Freightos

Freightos

Crossing one million bookings annually in 2023, we’ve made significant headway in digitizing spot freight pricing and bookings, especially in air cargo. But, as we hear from our freight forwarder and shipper customers again and again, spot bookings aren’t everything. That’s exactly where Shipsta comes in.

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U-Freight sees e-commerce logistics opportunities

Logistics Business Magazine

in 2020 and will hit EUR557 billion by 2025, Simon Wong, CEO of the U-Freight Group , says his company is ready to meet the ever-increasing challenges of providing logistics services to this rapidly expanding sector of global trade. Commenting on a recent report that suggests the global e-commerce logistics market grew by 27.3%

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WOF Expo 2021 enjoys successful staging

Logistics Business Magazine

Over the course of three days, the event welcomed visitors from more than 30 countries. Companies such as Cargomind, CEVA Logistics, Packeta Group, GLS Slovakia, FEDEX, LOT Polish Airlines, Turkish Cargo, Budapest Airport, and many others presented themselves at the exhibition. AIR CARGO EXCELLENCE – TURKISH CARGO.

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Lampenwelt Brings Light into the Supply Chain

Logistics Business Magazine

The e-commerce specialist, which is part of the LUQOM Group, recently started using the SCM software OSCA to bring transparency to the supply chain. “In addition to simple user guidance, Setlog convinces with its fast implementation,” says Patrick Keyser, Director Demand & Order Management, Global Forwarding, Lampenwelt GmbH.

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When it Comes to Ocean Shipping, We Have to See Beyond Today’s Squalls and Plan for the Long Term

Logistics Viewpoints

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. 1 carrier stopping its dealings with even a portion of the world’s freight forwarders?