Freightera

AUGUST 11, 2023

The third largest US trucking company Yellow (YRC Freight) and Surge Transportation freight brokerage are closing operations: Here’s what it means for shippers and transporters with the commentary from Freightera CEO, Eric Beckwitt Recent developments have sent ripples through the entire freight industry.

Freight 39

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

The freight market has been on the receiving end of several systemic shocks that continue to affect industry providers and shippers alike. And when you add in the current labor and commodity shortages along with an inflationary environment, it is apparent why freight rates have been steadily climbing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The three colossal ‘Black Swan’ events of recent years – COVID-19, the Suez Canal closure and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – are being supplemented with numerous economic challenges. Ever increasing costs in Asia, geopolitical tensions and trade tariffs are further de-stabilising supply chains.

Supply Chain Software 130

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Freightos

JANUARY 28, 2016

10 Controversial Freight Predictions For 2016. Data savvy shippers are collaborating with other shippers to reduce spend, crunching big data to benchmark freight rates to make the right freight decisions. Freight Industry Is Finally Online. We Start Thinking Of Freight As Big Parcels. Ocean carriers are reeling.

Predictive Analytics Software 120

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Freightos

JANUARY 28, 2016

10 Controversial Freight Predictions For 2016. Data savvy shippers are collaborating with other shippers to reduce spend, crunching big data to benchmark freight rates to make the right freight decisions. Freight Industry Is Finally Online. We Start Thinking Of Freight As Big Parcels. Ocean carriers are reeling.

Predictive Analytics Software 120

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

As supply chains become more impacted by market disruptions and unpredictable events, they’re also becoming more critical to a company’s customer experience levels and bottom line. Creating a data-driven supply chain tracking important transportation metrics helps shippers respond and adapt as quickly as possible to known and unknown events.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

Whether your company is a big or small player in terms of shipping volumes, and regardless of your chosen transportation modes (road, rail, ocean, air), the health of your bottom line depends in no small part on the competitiveness of your freight prices. So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible?

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Freight Center

JANUARY 14, 2020

When it comes to LTL freight shipping, there are many factors that can change your estimated freight transit time. Nobody likes booking a shipment and the estimated LTL freight transit time they were given ultimately turns out to be off by a day or two. Here’s how that timing might work out: Wednesday – shipment booked.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If you have an order that needs to get to its destination in a hurry, expedited freight options could be your best choice for delivery. Though often a result of an unexpected need, there is still a way to control costs and ensure quality performance when arranging expedited freight services. What Is Expedited Freight?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The platform also takes into consideration questions such as, “If I use a freight forwarder, is it still my shipment or is it under a different contract?” This leg takes into consideration any event involving the vessel, its schedule, and events. Shipment at origin. Port of Loading. Ocean In-Transit. Port of Discharge.

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Freightos

MAY 17, 2016

Five Tech Trends That Will Change Freight. This explains why, according to logistics providers, 83% of their clients want real-time tracking and 70% want online booking – Millenials grew up with exposure to ecommerce courier shipping, which provided exactly that. VC ❤️ Freight Startups. A whopping $13.92

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

webinar, we provided an in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends in the North American freight market. In relation to seasonal events, how does congestion in the ports impact trucking congestion? As such, vessels for ocean capacity between Asia and the United States are expected to remain fully booked for most/all of 2021.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Recent developments in freight digitization are simplifying the shipping process and giving visibility to freight pricing enabling small players to handle the logistics side of their business more easily, transparently and efficiently. million freight containers each year. That digital reach extended to importing as well.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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Parade

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s the perfect time to start picking up business in new lanes, branching out your carrier network to accommodate freight in new areas, or even new types of freight altogether. Parade Tip: Digital freight matching will go a long way towards helping brokerages find the capacity they need to succeed in 2022.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 78

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. With the rising costs of accessorial charges as the freight sat on the dock, moving freight by ocean container grew more problematic.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 16, 2020

Here are three reasons why logistics management software like TMS, YMS Freight Audit and others is essential to the survival of business during events like global pandemic. Freight charges to ship oil in Suezmax tankers… have in some cases increased ten-fold amid a shortage of very large crude carriers (VLCCs)…”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. Transportation execution solutions allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system.

Rail Software 187

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 22, 2023

Hanjin bankruptcy gives shippers crash course in risk mitigation The bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping will have shippers scrambling for transport alternatives during Peak Season, as global seaports also struggle to find ways of mitigating the impact of this colossal event.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here at Freightos, our vision is to digitalize international freight–air and ocean. But so far air freight and ocean freight have gone in different directions. Looking beyond digital waybills to digitalizing business processes, we always like to focus on bookings as the bellwether of digitalization.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

Speaking at a recent investor event, Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that for the quarter that ends at the end of March, the plane maker expects to consume a higher level of cash than what was reported in January, reportedly between $4 billion to $4.5 Boeing’s CFO has hinted that a deal might involve cash and debt as opposed to stock.

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Parade

OCTOBER 14, 2019

This year’s event analyzes important third-party logistics industry factors (such as e-commerce growth, digitalization, labor shortages, global trade agreements, M&A, and advancements in technological innovation) in an interactive and fully engaged way. For more information about Parade, visit Parade.ai.

3PL 60

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, and James Peck , VP of Supply Chain Execution Presales, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and from webinars and automotive events that we prepared for.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Due to the drought, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) updated booking conditions for ships for the Panamax locks (the older locks of the Panama Canal used by smaller ships). Under Condition 3, the total number of booking slots is limited to 14. Extreme weather events, including droughts, are on the rise.

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Parade

MARCH 8, 2022

ROI gained by using Parade’s Book Now feature goes deeper than you might imagine. Here’s How Parade’s Digital Booking Tool, Book Now, Increases ROI. Book Now Saves Time and Therefore Money This is the most obvious way , Book Now gives brokerages a better ROI, right? They want to save time and money. Re-invest it!

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Parade

OCTOBER 14, 2019

This year’s event analyzes important third-party logistics industry factors (such as e-commerce growth, digitalization, labor shortages, global trade agreements, M&A, and advancements in technological innovation) in an interactive and fully engaged way. For more information about Parade, visit Parade.ai.

3PL 60

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Parade

OCTOBER 14, 2019

This year’s event analyzes important third-party logistics industry factors (such as e-commerce growth, digitalization, labor shortages, global trade agreements, M&A, and advancements in technological innovation) in an interactive and fully engaged way. For more information about Parade, visit Parade.ai.

3PL 60

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

At a supply chain event held last year in Cleveland, global business journalist Rana Foroohar told participants that “companies are taking to heart the lesson from the pandemic about redesigning supply chains for resiliency instead of simply for efficiency, but that transformation will play out differently by industry and region.”[8]

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. They immediately knew where they needed to take action, such as rerouting freight or adding new cross-docking facilities. A workshop in the run up to the event yielded some other roadblocks.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Harnessing cloud-based software to automate freight pricing. It was clear from the speakers that by and large, air freight technology and signs of innovation already here. The E-commerce Influence On Air Freight. Alaska Airlines launched online seat booking in December 1995 – over 20 years ago!

Cargo 125

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. There may be instances where you will have to work more closely with carriers and book further in advance to ensure you can meet critical deliveries. If you fail to book in time, you may miss your delivery deadlines, or will have to use an expedited shipping method to meet them.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 21, 2020

Here are the key takeaways from Fortuna’s piece: TMS software reduces the labor-intensive manual tasks/efforts associated with building, rating, routing, tendering, spot booking and tracking loads. TMS simplifies freight settlement and enables exception-only management of invoicing and accessorials.

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Freightos

JANUARY 25, 2024

Aimee Loshinsky January 25, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo In Freightos Q4 2023 KPI press release , we announced that the company surpassed one million bookings across the platform in 2023. Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2022

This includes, the impact of events, product portfolio changes, competitor activity, market intelligence, and external factors such as temperature, economic indicators and price changes. Many if not all manufactures will make use of a multi modal logistics network of planes, trains & automobiles not forgetting ships of course.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In order to “weather the storm,” businesses need to plan ahead and anticipate how they will react to unforeseen events like demand spikes. Leverage a spot marketplace – As capacity continues to shrink, it becomes more and more difficult to find and book rates for truckload shipments.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

event of 2022, my colleagues, Christina Carroll, vice president of LTL, Alan Rowlett, director of global operations and strategy, and I set out to offer exactly that. There were several popular questions that we didn’t have time to address during the live event. In our first Market Insights Live! How is C.H.

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