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. Exchange: legal transfer and presentation of original electronic title documents. Digital Logistics.

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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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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 6, 2020

Freight forwarder InstaFreight says it can offer its customers stable overland transport for supply chains from China to Europe and conversely, which both have been strongly affected by the Coronavirus. This includes for example vehicle changes at the Chinese borders, which are required given the present entry and exit regulations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Cooperative Logistics Network , the first international freight forwarding network with global coverage to launch instant quoting ability for its members, has set a new coverage record by adding its 300th agent. This year, for example, we have created a new personalized online brochure for members and we have launched our blog.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For example, combining HVO fuel and/or BEV with intermodal solutions gives the opportunity to significantly reduce emissions E2E. And with digital tools the results can be easily reported and provided to the company, to present them as scope 3 emissions reduction.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Examples of those efforts include investment in several of the company’s warehouse facilities to enable them to act as e-commerce fulfilment centres. “We All of these initiatives are helping us boost efficiency and capture more value, in order to capitalise on the opportunities that e-commerce is presenting.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

Examples of use. If you are using warehouse simulation as an improvement tool to current operations, the first step is to create an exact computer model of your present end-to-end processes. For example, you can compare fixed automation with the use of autonomous mobile robots. Driving performance. Making the best use of space.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

Launched in 1989 as an export freight forwarder, impressive and consistent organic growth combined with several strategic acquisitions has seen Hemisphere Freight Services Ltd evolve in to one of the UK’s largest, independently owned supply chain solutions specialists. The solution also includes the Toyota Navigation System.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

Such spaces exist across all freight modalities; from tank containers to cargo hold stairwells and holds, to road tankers and sealed cargo units. A lack of understanding of the danger present may have fatal consequences. The key risk is that workers may not readily recognise spaces that could present danger,” he states.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2024

The upcoming peak season in logistics presents a unique set of challenges influenced by multiple factors such as shifting consumer behaviors, economic fluctuations, and evolving technological trends. Recent examples illustrate this trend.

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Airfreight Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Freight forwarder Quantum Logistics, Brazil also recently reached out to the Volga-Dnepr charter team for a solution to ship pharmaceutical-related equipment from Brazil to Puerto Rico.

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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.

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Logistics Manager

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The application allows shippers and freight forwarders to see where their containers are located at any given moment. “With Boxinsider, we are now presenting a similar solution for containers. . “With Boxinsider, we are now presenting a similar solution for containers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The company is present in 38 nations and has more than 40,000 employees. The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. It is part of Koch Industries.

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Now, That's Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

LCL cargo shipping, on the other hand, shares the space with other shippers and is usually booked by a freight forwarder that arranges the FCL by “consoling” various shipments and ensuring that they reach their final destinations (i.e., Current freight volumes and rates also come into play. granite, tile, fasteners, etc.)—are

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has today launched ‘Boxinsider’, an application allows shippers and freight forwarders to see where their containers are located at any given moment. ‘With Boxinsider, we are now presenting a similar solution for containers. . That is timeconsuming and error-prone.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Historically, for example, organisations may have relied on the emissions of one container to determine the impact of hundreds of others. On top of that you need a lot of master data, such as for example the carbon intensity indicator of every vessel, and the right calculation algorithms.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Equally, the growth of alternative transport options presents significant opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint of the logistics industry. Choosing rail and short sea transport can further reduce your business’ carbon footprint as both inherently offer lower carbon emissions in comparison to road freight.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For example, predicting arrival times for loads has traditionally been a pain point for both shippers and carriers. This is just one example. For example, instead of asking carriers to bid on a load tender, AI can present said tender – and a pricing offer – to a select number of carriers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

“The deployment of autonomous mobile robots in warehouses around the globe is transforming the future of the e-commerce sector and its ability to meet rising business and consumer demand,” says Simon Wong, the chief executive officer of the Hong Kong-based international freight forwarding and logistics group.

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Forto

MARCH 1, 2021

Forto is a technology company with a mission to transform and modernize the freight forwarding industry, an industry that is sometimes stuck in the past. The fact that we are a young company but already one of the fastest-growing digital freight forwarders worldwide shows that we must be doing something right.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In this essay, we’ll explore Maersk’s shift, the unique asset-heavy carrier advantages that encouraged this decision, and individual products developed over the past four years to realize the vision, across their core ocean services, freight forwarding, and value added services. Forwarding parity with value-added services.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

History and anthropology provide many examples of marketplaces throughout time. Even with the modernization of today’s business economy, we still see the marketplace’s principles and concepts being used in present-day business. There are more than 17,000 freight forwarders in the world. A History of Success.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 21, 2022

For example, 42.5% Both hard and soft port and logistics infrastructure are part of this important driver of growth – with trade routes, technologies and streamlined partnerships being examples of soft infrastructure. This compared to 19.9% for those in China, 27.5% in India and 25% in the UAE.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Not receiving a child’s birthday present on time or not receiving paper instructions after purchasing a piece of furniture are good examples of customer frustrations. Secondly, identifying root cause inefficiencies presents a formidable challenge for businesses.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

However, despite the opportunity that the US market presents, only 27% of SMEs have selected it as a preferred market destination, according to research by Newable. In Ohio – where we have a fulfilment centre, for example – you can do this by completing a 530A form. Step 3: Set up your local fulfilment centre.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

Online buying will continue to fuel growth in home deliveries, presenting challenges that demand new strategies. This clearly presents both an opportunity and challenge for retailers and last mile logistics companies. The increase in volume will increase the challenge on an already tight last mile delivery capacity.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, you can look at: 1) Your products and the way you package them for shipping. For example, many companies don’t pay enough attention to appropriate container sizing when booking their international ocean freight shipments, preferring to leave those decisions entirely in the hands of their freight forwarders.

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Freightos

JANUARY 25, 2024

Crucially, the platform concept means that airlines don’t need to build one-off connections with each freight forwarder and that forwarders don’t need to update dozens of APIs a year. When we took our first booking on freightos.com, for example, we didn’t even have payment worked out.

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Airfreight Logistics

MARCH 12, 2020

“At U-Freight, in our development of e-commerce logistics solutions, we are continually trying to address the key issues stemming from increasing volumes of business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce shipments and the time sensitivity thereof.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 30, 2017

Gantry cranes, transport vehicles and stacking cranes can be operated all by software, which means that a number of errors can be reduced and human workers need not be present in more dangerous areas of the port where goods are being loaded and unloaded.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The 34th Annual State of Logistics Report was first presented by Penske Logistics on June 20. Currently, freight forwarders are providing better pricing and, in some cases, service within ocean freight. You typically went to a forwarder if you were a small shipper or needed more capacity. That is counterintuitive.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

AUGUST 2, 2020

This is also to remind everyone in the shipping chain – exporters, agents, freight forwarders , carriers, documentation teams, vessel operators, and stowage planners, the importance of providing and using the correct information for the planning and stowage of the vessel. Confused.?? Look at the below picture.

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247 Customs Broker

AUGUST 19, 2018

A whole bunch of shippers are living with blown freight budgets for this year. And as we have highlighted in our recent “Perfect Storm” presentations to C-Level executives, almost one third of CEOs in the S&P 500 cited transportation and freight issues as having a material, negative impact on their corporate earnings through April.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 18, 2017

And, as if choreographed, speakers from startups, carriers, and forwarders brought up example after another of where the forces of change are finally breaking through. That was my big take from Elevate , presented by Air Cargo World earlier this month. The industry’s mindset is holding customer-centric air cargo back.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With Black Friday, Christmas and Boxing Day sales just around the corner and unforeseen circumstances and delays, the potential for overwhelm is ever-present. For example, there’s no reason for trucks to travel hundreds of empty miles when a similar truck, equipped for the task, is more than likely unloading nearby.

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