Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The term shipper can sometimes cause confusion, as it is often understood by the layman to be the entity that physically ships the goods from origin to destination. Taken another way, this could also mean that shippers in these sectors are more demanding and have higher expectations of their providers.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

April 23, 2025 Blog Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Freightos Enterprise our comprehensive solution designed specifically for large enterprises that import and export, who need to bring control, visibility, and efficiency to their global logistics operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 5, 2025

The Container Payment Portal will serve as the primary interface for Hapag-Lloyd customers to manage compliance with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) and facilitate the payment of import line demurrage charges for U.S. imports from any country. “InMay 2024, revisions to demurrage and detention rules made by the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 15, 2025

The newly implemented 2025 U.S. Companies now must make strategic decisions regarding pricing, shipping, supply chains and overall logistics. Below, we provide nine tips to optimize your shipping and tell you how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can help you during these difficult times.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 11, 2025

The 2025 NMFC changes are set to impact freight classification and pricing structures for shippers across various industries. The National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) system determines freight classes based on key factors such as density, handling, stowability, and liability. What’s Changing?

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EFT

JUNE 3, 2025

Channels: Technology Supply Chain Logistics CEO Focus Freight eCommerce/Retail CSCO Focus Hi-Tech Industrial Logistics 3PL Tags: supply chain logistics shipping freight sourcing procurement reshoring nearshoring suppliers Event Date: Tue, 2025-11-04 to Wed, 2025-11-05 Event URL: [link] Event Location: Houston Number of attendees: 200 Programme URL: (..)

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Ian Arroyo April 29, 2025 Blog As Freightos’ Chief Strategy Officer, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing firsthand how the logistics industry has transformed since COVID-19 disrupted supply chains worldwide. The Red Sea crisis demonstrated how quickly shipping routes can be compromised, forcing immediate rerouting decisions.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 28, 2025

Spot rates (NTIL12), which appeared to be accelerating their rise at the end of 2024, are ending the first half of 2025 slightly below year-ago levels. Long-haul truckload demand ( LOTVI ) has collapsed—down 25% year-over-year—as shippers have increasingly opted for slower but cheaper transcontinental shipping. What’s next?

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EFT

MAY 8, 2025

US trucking freight activity fell sharply, by -13.8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the latest US Freight Payment Index , which measures changes in both the levels of freight shipments and related spending activity based on transaction data. Year-on-Year (YoY), and by -5.8% YoY and -2.5%

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

E-commerce value will exceed $4 trillion by 2025, and demand for e-commerce requires seamless integration between traditional shipping practices and an e-commerce shipping plan. Its global nature makes conventional shipping strategies inefficient and utterly unworkable. Unfortunately, e-commerce is incredibly complex.

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EFT

JUNE 9, 2025

External URL: [link] Channels: Technology Supply Chain Logistics CEO Focus Freight eCommerce/Retail CSCO Focus Logistics 3PL Report Image: Region: Europe Tags: supply chain logistics Manufacturing shipping resilience

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

This trend, known as reshoring , is driving the emergence of regionalized freight networks , optimizing supply chains for efficiency, cost savings, and resilience. For logistics professionals, understanding how these changes impact freight networks is critical to staying ahead.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

Developed under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Convention mandates that ships at the end of their operational lives must be recycled in a safe and environmentally sustainable way.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2025

Anne is the President & CEO at the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), North America’s leading industry trade association representing the combined interests of the intermodal freight industry. The next EXPO is scheduled for September 15-17, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Containerised Freight Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in 2025: How Can Partnerships Resolve the Challenges and Mitigate Costs? Xeneta’s data comprises over 280 million contracted container and air freight rates and covers over 160,000 global trade routes.

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E2open

JANUARY 31, 2025

31, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, has published the latest edition of its Ocean Shipping Index, a quarterly benchmark report that provides insight for decision-making around global ocean shipments.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Logistics and Freight Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in 2025: How Can Partnerships Resolve the Challenges and Mitigate Costs? Synopsis: This event will delve into pressing issues and upcoming trends shaping the logistics and freight sectors in the coming year.

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Shapiro

MARCH 13, 2025

When it comes to ocean freight, it can be easy to observe the competitive nature of shipping rates, service loops and trade lanes and label it market share dog-eat-dog. Shipping alliances are an essential facet of international logistics, promoting efficiency in a complex global trade environment. Astro-logistics!

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Freight Waves

JUNE 13, 2025

The 2024-2025 Maritime Barometer Report released by the International Chamber of Shipping paints a stark picture: with over 70 national elections impacting half the world’s population in 2024, the repercussions for maritime operations are profound. Government Accountability Office about urgent cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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Freight Plus

MAY 6, 2025

Understanding how shipments are classified for less-than-truckload (LTL) freight is critical to getting accurate quotes and avoiding billing issues. What Is Freight Class? Freight class is a standardized system used to categorize less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments. The higher the class, the more expensive it is to ship.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

Consumers have embraced e-commerce for price comparisons, ease of purchase anytime and anywhere, and for those participating in subscription services such as Amazon Prime, free shipping, and other benefits. Indeed, over the past couple of years, online platforms have introduced ocean freight services that target SMBs.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2025

Yet ANOTHER capacity crunch in the freight industry as consumers purchase beverages at the highest rate of the year. Beverage season in freight terms typically arrives in mid-to-late May and runs through mid-July. billion in 2025 and averaging a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.05% between 2024 and 2029.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. from May’s 2.24

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EFT

JUNE 18, 2025

The full findings of ‘the state of European supply chains in 2025’ can be downloaded for free here. According to the survey, the need for European businesses to make supply chain decisions quickly and accurately within an environment of high volatility has led to ERP, forecasting and analytics systems to be prioritised.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

DALLAS, May 20th, 2025 – Ship OGRE (OGRE), a pioneering force in brokerage and logistics technology, is proud to announce the successful acquisition, transformation, and tech-acceleration of Amino Transport, Inc. Freight brokers, transportation companies, and the end customer—including our customers’ customers—enjoy the benefits.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

E-commerce is expanding to reach $1 trillion by 2025, and demand for more products and services among the world’s shippers is keeping third-party logistics providers, like Cerasis, on their toes. Increased complexity may be the result of additional shipping volume and the use of the freight consolidation and the consolidation program.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2024

bans exports by Oregon freight-forwarder in warning shot to industry Container losses fall to record low Warehouse wages rise to average of $18.99 An Oregon freight-forwarder was hit with an export ban in what officials said was a warning to companies to heed restrictions on the shipment of sensitive technologies to countries the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Unifor claims that the company is pushing to implement changes to pay systems that would have drivers travel more than 60 miles to get to their routes or pick up freight with no compensation. Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Launch Intermodal Freight Delivery Service in Mexico More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

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EFT

MAY 26, 2025

Channels: Technology Supply Chain Logistics CEO Focus Freight eCommerce/Retail CSCO Focus Hi-Tech Industrial Logistics 3PL Tags: supply chain logistics freight shipping cargo containers tariffs Trade Manufacturing Event Date: Wed, 2025-10-15 to Thu, 2025-10-16 Event URL: [link] Event Location: Amsterdam Number of attendees: 400 Programme URL: [link] (..)

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Freight Waves

JULY 1, 2025

freight brokerage market will continue to drive solid and consistent results despite a difficult operating environment, including flat volumes and weak pricing dynamics.” Here are how some of major #trucking , #rail and #logistics stocks performed in the second quarter of 2025. Data per Barchart. Besides its praise of C.H.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Image: iStock/JuSun June 18, 2025 Helen Atkinson, Managing Editor “The future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” wrote William Gibson in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. He sees a near future in which there are multiple agents, each with their own realm of responsibility, such as shipping, pricing and forecasting.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation and logistics services provider FedEx announced this week that it has decided to spin off its FedEx Freight business unit. The freight unit was established in 2001, when FedEx Corporation acquired and merged the assets of American Freightways , Viking Freight and Watkins Motor Lines.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

The multimodal provider said at the 2025 Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference on Tuesday that the worst-case scenarios previously contemplated at the onset of the trade war now appear unlikely. Some of Schneider’s customers are expecting “a tsunami” of freight while others are calling for steady shipment flows.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 25, 2025

For freight shippers, understanding the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) system is critical for the accuracy and efficiency of your logistics operations. In fact, the NMFC plays a vital role in determining the cost of less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping and how freight is categorized based on its key characteristics.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 8, 2025

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 23, 2025

Subscribe Building Your Dream Space: How Shipping Containers are Revolutionizing Architecture! Have you ever had a latte served from a repurposed shipping container in the heart of Times Square? Shipping containers in New York. Why Shipping Containers? And at the core of many of these new cafes? Yes, they’re unique.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 29, 2025

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