2019 Books Freight Sourcing 
Freightos
DECEMBER 2, 2021
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. Starting in July 2020, the impact of this trend became obvious when ocean freight prices shot up, and have continued rising. to $0.40, or about half a percent of the sticker price.
Freightos
OCTOBER 31, 2022
But then global freight kicked in. . It really got tricky when we hadover thousands of unitsin production and were starting to book freight and suddenly realized that the cost of freight was almost 4 or 5X what we had budgeted. Take Conner, the manufacturer of FORT, a magnetic pillow fort. It’s suddenly about the economy.
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Freightos
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
The digitization of commerce created a path for giants like Amazon and Alibaba to dominate their respective storefront/fulfillment and sourcing roles in the market. million freight containers each year. But this spike put capacity on container ships at a premium, pushing freight rates way up as well.
Freightos
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. CMA CGM, the third largest ocean carrier, is increasingly oriented towards shippers, with the vertical acquisition of CEVA in 2019. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk).
Intelligent Audit
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
In freight auditing, freight audit advisors work with freight shippers to ensure that all charges are accurate and to prevent wasting money. Shippers can ensure they are getting the best possible rates from their carriers by working with a freight audit consultant. What Freight Auditing Is and Why It’s Important.
Freightos
JULY 23, 2019
In their latest Global Freight Forwarding report , Ti assessed whether digital platforms, digital forwarders, and freight marketplaces were existential threats to traditional forwarders. Freight Marketplaces: Threat Or Opportunity? Freight Marketplaces: Threat Or Opportunity? SOURCE: FREIGHTOS MARKETPLACE.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 12, 2022
It covers 37 states and parts of Canada through a fleet of more than 150,000 crowd-sourced drivers, it says. In August 2019, a typical pre-pandemic month, Americans spent $500 million on grocery delivery. USPS reflected the impact of PSRA on its books as a one-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 billion business.
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