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Doing Business in South Korea

QAD

South Korea has 71 airports with paved runways, more than half of which can support cargo jets. The annual freight traffic on registered carriers was 11.297 billion mt-km in 2015. As of 2019, it has 1,880 vessels, of which 83 are bulk carriers, 86 are container ships, 368 are general cargo ships, and 187 are oil tankers.

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Air Freight Trends to Watch in 2019

CH Robinson Transportfolio

IATA announced estimated demand growth for 2019 at 3.7%, which would be the lowest growth rate since 2015. Airlines that operate both passenger and cargo aircraft are keen to leverage passenger flights—with high yield passengers on the main deck and cargo in the belly—and limit exposure on freighters.

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Air Freight Trends to Watch in 2019

CH Robinson Transportfolio

IATA announced estimated demand growth for 2019 at 3.7%, which would be the lowest growth rate since 2015. Airlines that operate both passenger and cargo aircraft are keen to leverage passenger flights—with high yield passengers on the main deck and cargo in the belly—and limit exposure on freighters.

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Freightera vs Traditional and Online Solutions, Freightquote, FreightCenter, Uber Freight, Flexport, Freightos

Freightera

It is them who actually transfer your cargo from point A to point B using their drivers and assets (trucks, warehouses, etc.). In 2015, Freightquote was acquired by C.H. They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.

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Freightera vs Traditional and Online Solutions, Freightquote, FreightCenter, Uber Freight, Flexport, Freightos

Freightera

It is them who actually transfer your cargo from point A to point B using their drivers and assets (trucks, warehouses, etc.). In 2015, Freightquote was acquired by C.H. They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. August 2015 saw the opening of the New Suez Canal, which cost over $8 billion and increased the depth to 24 meters (78 feet). billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). meters in 2008 as opposed to 22.5 More than 1.14

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Boot Barn’s Fontana Distribution Center is a state-of-the-art, 200,000 square foot facility (opened in 2015) that ships multiple weekly outbound orders to the company’s 200+ stores in 30 states. Located in Chicago, the facility opened in 2015 , making it the first LEED Platinum certified manufacturing plant in the industry.