Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The decade that passed, saw the rise of several hundred startups in the shipping and freight industry heralding the arrival of the Digital Freight Forwarder and Digital Alliances by shipping lines designed to offer customers digital freight solutions. Some examples and benefits of digitalisation in shipping are.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

It only takes a simple example to remind you how e-commerce continues to evolve and the potential it has to disrupt traditional markets, supply chains and even governments. Let’s run through an example to demonstrate the impact of this scenario. The Traditional vs. Direct-to-Consumer Model. The post How Disruptive is Global E-Commerce?

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

For example, importing plastic disposable cups to Israel results in different tariffs depending on whether or not there is a logo printed on the cup…and don’t get me started on duties for Santa Claus suits. In addition to express courier shipping, Fedex added road freight, air and ocean freight forwarding, and customs brokering.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As a disclaimer, WebCargo , a Freightos Group company, does offers digital services to global forwarders and carriers, including online sales portals, digital eBooking, multimodal rate management and the Freightos.com freight marketplace. . Forwarding parity with value-added services. Shifting Industry Habits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It was recently reported that one of the world’s biggest container logistics companies, Maersk, will only handle cargo from direct shippers, cutting out freight forwarders. 1 carrier stopping its dealings with even a portion of the world’s freight forwarders? The third new reality: Consolidation is inevitable.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 6, 2020

Essex-based international logistics business Uneek Group will implement Microlistics WMS this year as they focus investment into expanding their service offering and improving operational efficiency. The implementation will initially include two Uneek Group warehouse sites of approximately 55, 000 square feet in total.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The suits were introduced to XPO Logistics network sites and some dedicated warehouses in January, including Crick (Scania), the Leicester shared user warehouse (Samsung), and the Volkswagen Group UK National Parts Distribution Centre in Dordon, Glen Dimplex, and Daimler in Milton Keynes.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

One practical example he shared is about routing: “Airspace’s routing platform leverages machine learning to analyze and optimize multiple aspects of the shipping process. Other forwarders are also onboard with using AI as a bridge between humans and systems. .” and bakes really good cookies.

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Airfreight Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This shipment is a great example of collaboration between carriers, ground handling agent, freight forwarder, container manufacturers, airport and customs authorities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2023

The market segment includes mainly freight forwarders, shipping lines, exporters, importers and customs brokers; each one of them making use of different services, as their roles in the global supply chain are different. For example eBL events, such as notifications, title transfer, amendment and surrender. Digital Logistics.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2016

This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. For example, 26% of the 730 million TEUs shipped annually and approximately 30% of trucks on the road are empty. The future of global trade starts today.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

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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Freightos

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Freight is somewhat notorious for price opacity. For example, combining FBX and trucking data, FreightWaves have shown that as prices fluctuate, the cheapest way to ship from Asia to Chicago can flip from US West Coast to East Coast, or vice versa – an insight impossible to take advantage of without real-time price information.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 31, 2017

The most recent change on the ocean carrier front is the OOCL purchase by Cosco Shipping Holdings and Shanghai International Port Group for $6.3 Change is the only real constant when managing global supply chains, regardless of the type of goods or any other supply chain attribute; change is driving your supply chain.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

To find out more, please read the interview with Jan Rzehak, Director Business Consulting at Transporeon Group: Talking about the capacity shortage. Der Beitrag Reduced trucking capacity – the shortage of drivers and its impact erschien zuerst auf TRANSPOREON Group Blog.

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Jayem Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

One more example is when you buy a product on Amazon, if you select standard shipping you get basic rate. Connect Cargo Pvt Ltd is a group company of Jayem Logistics which is specialized in Ocean/ Air Freight Forwarding , Customs Brokerage, Project Forwarding, Warehousing, Transportation & Distribution , and DG/Perishables.

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Transporeon

MARCH 22, 2018

In the example, the lanes 1 and 2 would be 100% awarded to "Carrier B." In our simple example, this step could have been done manually. However, the example clearly shows that the calculation of an allocation scenario without considering capacities may lead to impractical results.

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20Cube Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

20Cube specialises in digital logistics and freight forwarding through our platform called MyHub. For example, if a vendor can’t fulfill the entire order, they update the inventory quantity in MyHub and it auto-adjusts when you should place your next order to maintain a steady supply. Route Optimisation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Ian Henderson is Group Head of Property for Associated British Ports (ABP). ABP owns and operates 21 ports and hubs dotted around the UK, plus the Hams Hall rail freight terminal, east of Birmingham, which is leased to Maritime Transport. I know the value of having land that will handle a reach stacker, for example,” he says.

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Airfreight Logistics

MARCH 26, 2020

UPS announced today that its freight forwarding operation at Changi Airport, Singapore, has received IATA CEIV Pharma Certification for pharmaceutical logistics. The certification is the first for UPS in the Asia Pacific and strengthens the value proposition of UPS’s healthcare logistics offering in the region.

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Globalior

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Well, routed transactions occur when an overseas buyer agrees with a freight forwarder or other agents to export the commodity from the United States. Let look at an example: A.U.S In this example, each party has an important role that we are going to discuss in this article. What does a routed export transaction mean?

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Across the world, thousands of duplicate road names exist, for example, there are 34 “Victoria Roads” in London alone, causing confusion and complication for delivery drivers, and prolonging delivery times for the customer. For example, ///quiet.going.leaves will take you to a precise entrance to Spitalfields Market in London.

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Freightos

MARCH 5, 2017

The Maersk group recently and rather surreptitiously launched a website and Facebook page for a digital freight forwarder called Twill Logistics and associated with their DAMCO brand. One of the best examples of how technology can change an industry is US trucking. Everything is a Choice.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 26, 2023

Prompt and seamless exchange of accurate information is essential for a robust logistics network, especially for air freight tracking. With this, BlueBox Systems enables companies to quickly and easily access high-quality air freight data, resulting in streamlined operations.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 6, 2018

Deutsche Post DHL Group can look back on another very good financial year. The Group’s operating profit climbed by 7.2% Group revenue was up by 5.4% Deutsche Post DHL Group has applied the IFRS 16 accounting standard with effect from the beginning of 2018. billion in the 2017 financial year. billion to this total.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

Below are some of the areas we wanted to shortlist and highlight that we, at MTS Logistics, feel are important to follow in the world of freight forwarding, logistics, and supply-chain management. This expertise can be anything from certain product groups to a specific country or mode of transport.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Nippon Express Europe GmbH (NX Europe), a group company of the global Japanese logistics service provider Nippon Express Holdings, is set to realize the achievement of its sustainability goals in collaboration with the Climate Tech start-up, Cozero, based in Berlin.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. Providers of real-time freight visibility solutions. threshold for food consumables.

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Airfreight Logistics

APRIL 17, 2020

UPS announced today that its freight forwarding operation at Changi Airport, Singapore, has received IATA CEIV Pharma Certification for pharmaceutical logistics. The certification is the first for UPS in Asia Pacific and strengthens the value proposition of UPS’s healthcare logistics offering in the region.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2025

Abatement: A type of discount granted to a shipper by a freight forwarder or carrier, typically in response to an overcharge or damage to the shippers cargo. ABC Analysis: A form of Pareto analysis applied to a group of products to enable selective inventory management controls.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. See the 2018 State of Online Freight Sales. Kuehne+Nagel was one of the first big freight forwarders to have price quotes and self-service directly on their homepage.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2023

Skaraslättens’ three electric trucks represent an important milestone for the Port of Gothenburg, yet at the same time they are just the beginning of a development that will accelerate during 2023, with more haulage companies and freight forwarders preparing to deploy electric heavy trucks.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The seven industry bodies dedicated to container safety, collaborating as the Cargo Integrity Group, highlight an independent study carried out by researchers at Italian University Politecnico di Torino into shipper and forwarder application of the CTU Code.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 3, 2018

Through DHL’s unique family of divisions Deutsche Post DHL Group is the most international company worldwide, present across 220 countries and territories and online retailers are able to leverage the Group’s strong global footprint for their e-commerce retail strategy. ” With existing fulfillment centers in the U.S.,

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

When it comes to manufacturing high-quality fashion, Walbusch Group relies on Polymax Group, among others. Three stories, large windows, white facade: From the outside, the Polymax Group factory in the Chinese coastal city of Ningbo could also be located somewhere in Germany. He feels at home in China.

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Transporeon

APRIL 4, 2018

For example, companies can split transportation over two or more different modes. Shippers are making informed choices about their freight forwarding agents and considering sustainability in the design of vehicle fleets. Companies use online logistics platforms to place transport orders with freight forwarders.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

Through our multi-client approach, each new brand immediately benefits fully from the group’s expertise and solutions,” says Mark Van Onna, General Manager Real Estate at Bleckmann. Herentals: fast fulfilment solution The site in Herentals is an example of how quickly Bleckmann responds to a customer’s demand.

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