Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. In fact, the hard reality is that looking back over the past decade, supply chains have been disrupted by shipping bankruptcies, wars, pandemics, geopolitics and tariffs.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 16, 2016

Unlike other modes, like less-than-truckload and truckload that tend to have some level of standardization, parcel is an open book,” explained Steve Williamson, Supply Chain Support Specialist at Kewill in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. What are some of the unique complexities involved?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Did You Know That ….

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 5, 2018

For example, a black swan event may include both the physical damage and ongoing disruption caused by a hurricane and subsequent bottlenecks, so shippers that know how to isolate the causes of poor visibility and areas that are likely to contribute to worsening of black swan events can effectively reduce their chances of coming to fruition.

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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. Understandably, this hasn’t been easy on importers, especially when they’re trying to plan ahead and calculate margins and shipping times. “We’re What’s changed in a year?

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Amazon’s patent for anticipatory shipping generated quite the media buzz a decade ago. Fast forward to last week when I came across another reference to this patent in the book Prediction Machines – The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence. My second impression was “how can this be patentable?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2021

In shipping, this translates to taking every precaution necessary and delivering exactly to a consumer’s specifications. White glove shipping may include these particular services and solutions: Home delivery that involves assembly, installation and setup. That may amount to hiring added delivery drivers or movers for bulky appliances.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages. The company is focused on ocean shipping. The company streamlines and standardizes the shipping process worldwide for a network of over 220,000 shipping professionals.

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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. You can hear the full interview with Conor in our podcast series, Ship Happens. . A 30% raise in costs wasn’t going to totally kill us.

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Freightera

MARCH 25, 2024

We’re happy to announce that we’ve finally automated flatbed shipping! You can now get instant, online, freight shipping quotes for your flatbed shipments. Quote and book your freight in a few clicks on Freightera.com. You read that right. The experts told us that it was impossible, so we made it happen. USD Intrigued?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

Breaking out of the traditional sales process, CEVA Logistics launched MyCEVA, a digital, web-based freight forwarding platform offering instant quotations, fast booking, end-to-end visibility and assistance from booking to delivery. CEVA Logistics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol. Amazon, A.P.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. Under Condition 3, the total number of booking slots is limited to 14.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The sector took a seat at the table and participated in concrete initiatives, like the two zero (2Zs) emission initiatives, namely the Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs for zero emission new vehicle sales and the Clydebank Declaration for specific zero emission maritime shipping corridors. Change can only be brought about by people.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Throughout 2020, disruption took center-stage, leaving companies and shippers scrambling to find resources and strategies that will enable the survival of the coming peak season shipping capacity crunch. For that reason, shippers need to know a few tips to survive and thrive with a data-driven, peak season shipping strategy.

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Freight Center

AUGUST 29, 2019

And with the current generation of drivers set to retire soon, this could spell trouble for the shipping industry. And how will it impact your supply chain and how you ship? A lack of drivers threatens a capacity crunch in the shipping industry. Discover Your Shipping Potential. Where Have All the Drivers Gone?

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2019

What Does that Mean for Your Retail Shipping Efforts? There are many moving parts in retail shipping. What Does the Demand for Perfection in Retail Shipping Equate to? To illustrate exactly what we mean, look at the following real-world examples from shippers around the country. Complete Guide to Costco Shipping.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The Regulation’s Impact on Ocean Shipping and Data Management. For example, with 171 countries and 3 associate members as IMO participants, there will be variations in calibration and variance acceptability. They are also ensuring that a VGM is received from forwarders/NVOCCs and shippers as part of a shipping document.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In his book, Lean Retail & Wholesale , professor and author Paul Myerson defines the shift towards lean retail as “a dramatic change in the way products are ordered and distributed that is far more data-centric and focused on understanding and meeting customer demand.” Take, for example, a product that sells like hotcakes.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2022

For example, several potential topics can be selected from this definition such as: Supply chain design Supply chain planning Supply chain execution Supply chain monitoring and control Supply chain logistics Supply chain performance and net value.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

For example, many companies gain visibility into the reliability of suppliers through traditional KPIs such as credit ratings and geographic concentration. Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery. As such, it should be viewed more as a priority than a trade-off. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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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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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

P&G offers us a tsunami of an example! Being a university instructor in innovation and disruption, I am always looking for great examples of how established, mature companies respond to disruption. Interestingly, while it is much cheaper to ship soap without the ~80% water, the EC30 price doesn’t reflect any savings.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 25, 2021

For example, overall retail sales in April rose by 51.2% And as retailers struggle to catch up, imports could be capped in the months ahead by a trans-Pacific shipping network that has reached its limit. Make foolproof arrangements for shipping your goods … and do it early.” year-over-year. Michael Brown, a Partner in A.T.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

With 22,000 TEU mega ships exacerbating surplus capacity, the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon. One recent example is CMA CGM’s recently-launched Freddie platform. With companies like Amazon betting big on B2B e-commerce sales ( and backing it up with Prime shipping for businesses ), this trend will only strengthen.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blue Yonder, in collaboration with Incisiv, delves into these transformations in our recent e-book, “ Logistics 2030: Pivoting to a Client-Centric Future.” This involves, for example, adopting sustainable transportation methods, optimizing route efficiency, and balancing warehouse labor efficiency and retention.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

“Vendor Interaction Portal – A practical Example for Business Process Management at BASF,” Ralf Kahre and Patrick Gött, BASF, Elemica reveal 2014. Time Slot Booking/Optimization (aka “Dock Appointment Scheduling”) Delivers Cost and Productivity Savings. The net result was high detention charges and inefficient use of labor.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,609/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) climbed 7% to $2,357/FEU.

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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. But this spike put capacity on container ships at a premium, pushing freight rates way up as well.

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Freightos

JULY 1, 2015

You can live stream movies (cheers, Netflix) and instantly book hotel rooms and apartments online (yes, we see you Airbnb). Same goes for books, groceries, taxis, banking, canoe and even B2B purchases. Shipping rates and fees are complicated. They were low-priced, pricing was easier, and parcel shipping was far easier.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

With 22,000 TEU mega ships exacerbating surplus capacity, the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon. One recent example is CMA CGM’s recently-launched Freddie platform. With companies like Amazon betting big on B2B e-commerce sales ( and backing it up with Prime shipping for businesses ), this trend will only strengthen.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Your competitors are shipping orders at a faster rate than your warehouses can achieve. BOOK NOW Need help with demand forecasting accuracy? Book a free consultation. In such a scenario, upon receipt of the returned item, you should ship it back to the vendor immediately or at least stage it in readiness for onward shipping.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Some examples of these would be the Xeneta Shipping Index, Freightos Freight Rate Index, Container Trade Statistics Price Index, and the Drewry World Container Index. Whilst extremely relevant and well-intentioned, these perspectives are however often anecdotal and could to some extent be biased.

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Resilinc

JUNE 28, 2022

For example, China’s official “blue book” on climate change, updated last summer, concludes that “extreme events such as high temperature and heavy rainfall have increased and intensified,” and will continue with global warming.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Drop Shipping Teddy Bears! It is easy to learn how to manage an e-commerce store without the extra work required to stock and ship goods. The product is created by a manufacturer who ships it out to the customer straight from the website. Drop shipping. They receive your products and then ship them to your customers.

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