Freightos
OCTOBER 18, 2017
What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo? . As the cream of air cargo’s innovators held turns on the floor, this question came up time and again. The industry’s mindset is holding customer-centric air cargo back. That was my big take from Elevate , presented by Air Cargo World earlier this month.
Freightos
JUNE 15, 2021
A third of all cargo is carried in passenger planes. So to meet capacity, airlines started to convert passenger planes into cargo planes at scale. When trying to book a specific slot on a container ship (yes, the ones that can handle the equivalent of 20,000 containers), prices have exceeded $16,000 (!). Credit: Lufthansa ).
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Cathy Roberson
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has suspended bookings for super vessels through Sept. days for general cargo vessels. The average wait for a vessel at this time is around 5.8
Freightos
JANUARY 15, 2024
This optimism is buoyed by the fact that 55% of importers have their inventories in check, anticipating a stronger freight demand in the coming year. Exploring alternative shipping routes and modalities, including air cargo, is crucial despite the higher costs.
Freightos
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. One goal, two different motivations.
Freightos
OCTOBER 31, 2022
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. In short, it’s when lagging reporting and sourcing time leads to constantly widening surpluses or gaps in inventory.
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