Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The ocean freight sector is facing a particularly high amount of uncertainty right now thanks to ongoing container shortages, port congestion and lack of capacity. At the end of August, for example, 44 container ships were stuck outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. Covering the Demand.

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Freightos

MAY 23, 2024

Air cargo for example, though continuing to make digital strides, is still behind – and is often compared to – passenger travel where digitized capacity, pricing and online bookings have been around for decades and is in some ways the digitalization template air cargo is referencing.

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 10, 2022

According to a 2020 survey by ATRI , 20.6% With access to a wide range of loads and valuable information on that freight, it becomes much easier to maximize revenue generating miles. Robinson work with many “shippers of choice” on live load freight to help ensure processes are optimized for minimal dwell time. For example, C.H.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In response, major freight operators have recently acquired advanced battery technology firms to accelerate fleet electrification. Additionally, customer demand for green solutions is surging, with a McKinsey survey indicating that 60% of consumers are willing to pay a premium for sustainable delivery services.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

Disclaimer: This article is a zoom out for the less freight-inclined. If you have a deeper understanding of freight, you might want to check out our Freightos Baltic Index daily container index instead. Let’s talk freight. . And it’s not just ocean freight. More freight costs, higher consumer costs.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A Freightos survey of 300+ companies sheds light on how importers have been navigating supply chain disruptions. You might not think about shipping containers and ocean freight when you click “buy” on your Amazon order, but there’s a direct connection between the two. What’s changed in a year? Let’s talk numbers.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

But despite its size, containerized freight’s poor visibility persisted. As containerized freight has been slow to digitize in general, a reliable, data-driven, and actionable index has eluded the industry as well. Prices for everything and anything are subject to change and freight rates for containers are no different.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2022

Here is a look at some more key findings from the survey completed with Transporeon , as well as my interview with Transporeon CEO Stephan Sieber. As part of this research, we surveyed 106 individuals across a variety of industries and countries. Wait Times and Costs Can Add Up Quickly. This is important for reducing carbon emissions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2024

Descartes’ 2024 Global Transportation Management Benchmark Survey shares responses from more than 630 companies, indicating there is a correlation between financial performance and the strategic importance senior management places on transportation. For example, Competitive Weapon companies are 3.4

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

More Resources Home Navigating Choppy Waters: Ocean Contracts Under Strain Amidst Red Sea Diversions Ocean freight spot rates spike after Red Sea diversions and rising demand, causing contract instability and challenging shippers to navigate the volatile market. But things started to change dramatically in May.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

The implication for global freight beyond the now typical uncertainty is predictably elevated operational costs and soaring freight rates. For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Plenty of examples of warehousing. Geological Survey. Lower freight costs since these warehouses often negotiate favorable rates with freight companies based on their volume of clients and order throughput. Perhaps the most prominent fulfillment center example is Amazon’s fulfillment centers. Their pros and cons.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

More Resources Home June 4, 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 prices decreased 5% to $5.43/kg kg China – N.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Digital Freight Ecosystem. Part 2: What’s Bringing Freight Online. In the first part of this article , Dr. Schreiber observed that freight is still largely offline and examined why freight digitalization has been so complicated. . Bringing Freight Online In The Carrier Space. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed reported waiting for longer than two hours on each load. This is in line with data collected by a DAT solutions survey showing that 63 percent of drivers say they spend more than three hours waiting when loading and unloading. Freightwaves also collected data on driver wait times.

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Parade

JULY 17, 2019

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. Doing so can help freight brokerages. Can Parade Use Our Data to Start A Freight Brokerage? We will never start a freight brokerage.

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Parade

JULY 17, 2019

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. Doing so can help freight brokerages automate unnecessary grunt-work, streamline operations, and scale carrier engagement.

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Parade

JULY 15, 2019

Freight brokerages who want to benefit from technology solutions like Parade must first be willing to give their technology partners access to data about their carriers and load opportunities. Doing so can help freight brokerages automate unnecessary grunt-work, streamline operations, and scale carrier engagement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

Descartes’ 2024 Global Transportation Management Benchmark Survey shares responses from more than 630 companies, indicating there is a correlation between financial performance and the strategic importance senior management places on transportation. For example, Competitive Weapon companies are 3.4

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, Eytan Buchman, Freightos’ CMO, discusses the importance of data and context in global freight and logistics. The future of global freight data lies in real-time information, contextual insights, and aggregated data that can help companies make better decisions and adapt to a rapidly changing industry.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson’s own technology and data from the largest network in the freight industry, help our customers stay on top of the trends that influence their supply chains. To help offer perspective, we took this question to Jason Miller, associate professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

million shoppers hit the stores and the internet to capitalize on Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. The top gifts were clothes and accessories, which about half of those surveyed purchased, and toys, which nearly a third of people surveyed bought.

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Freightos

AUGUST 14, 2023

In one example, an employee of Varda, a SpaceX-like company, began to publicly attempt to replicate the study and had over 10,000 people tuning in to watch a live stream of rocks in a furnace. We’ve been here before with Blockchain and Tradelens, which launched in 2018 and was done by the end of Q1 2023 – a good example of hype waves.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example, shippers spent much of last year bemoaning soaring ocean shipping rates and ships waiting for days to unload once they reached their destination port. In one comprehensive survey of 1,000 recently laid off workers, 65% say their employer could have done a better job handling the layoff.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

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. Meanwhile, logistics managers moving freight globally should plan their budgets accordingly.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For example, raw agricultural materials have increased 117 percent since 2000 , rubber has seen an increase of 359 percent, and steel is up 167 percent. According to a survey done by the National Association of Chemical Distributors, 85 percent of chemical industry distributors reported at least one imported item out of stock.

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FLS Transport

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Top Headlines in Freight, Transportation, & Logistics from FLS Transport. For example, 56% of beer in the US comes from the largest brewery in the world, located in Nava, Mexico. The 2022 Retail and Sustainability Survey published by CGS shows how much MORE customers are willing to pay for sustainable products and services.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Digital Freight Ecosystem. Part 2: What’s Bringing Freight Online. In the first part of this article , Dr. Schreiber observed that freight is still largely offline and examined why freight digitalization has been so complicated. . Bringing Freight Online In The Carrier Space. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos.

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Now, That's Logistics

JULY 13, 2021

Calling the COVID-19 pandemic a “rude awakening” for many companies, McKinsey says one of its recent surveys revealed that about 42% of respondents report that the crisis weakened their companies’ competitive position (compared with just 28% that say their companies increased their competitive edge during the pandemic).

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers. machinists. scientists.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

JUNE 29, 2020

As per a Statista survey, eighty per cent of consumers say they’d return a product they received that was damaged in shipping. The post 4 tips to reduce cargo damage and save money on shipping costs appeared first on Shipping and Freight Resource. Shipping damage is a massive threat to any products that travel on the supply chain.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Despite long-term contracts and fixed rates, shippers are seeing orders refused by carriers that have reliably transported their freight in the past. The driver shortage and lower available capacity, however, is increasing the amount of administrative effort required to move freight, which in turn causes transaction costs to rise.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 5, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll walk through some of the obstacles to medium-term demand planning, consider how high-frequency supply chain data can help fill the informational gaps that companies are grappling with, and then look at a real-world example of how the data in FreightWaves SONAR can give insight into the goods economy.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 30, 2020

Now, we’re counting down the remaining 3 important freight shipping issues you need to know as we move into the next decade. In recent years, the freight industry has seen an increase in shipping and the number of trucks on the road. The driver shortage was the top freight shipping industry concern for the third year in a row.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The law firm Crowell & Moring recently released a survey-based report that looked at how companies are navigating pressures to improve their environmental performance. The company surveyed 225 executives whose jobs included environmental, social, and governance issues. Lowering carbon emissions will require greater costs.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

About 11% of carriers have vehicles that use a fuel other than diesel or biodiesel blends, according to a 2016 survey by ATRI. For example, UPS is aiming to have 25% of its new vehicles run on alternative fuel or be an advanced technology vehicle, such as hybrid trucks that uses materials that improve fuel efficiency. In the U.S.,

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

Challenges that include overwhelming demand, tight capacity, rising freight rates, and shortages in materials, products, labor, and drivers. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey , 59.7 For example, with rising lumber costs, you may find redwood or cedar to be more affordable alternatives. According to the U.S.

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