Freightos
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.
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. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.
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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.
20Cube Logistics
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
20Cube goes the extra mile for our clients using managed services for logistics in Melbourne, Malaysia, China, Germany, and Italy. 20Cube specialises in digital logistics and freight forwarding through our platform called MyHub. 20Cube has an extensive network of freight forwarding partners across the globe.
Supply Chain Movement
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Venue: Messe Frankfurt Venue GmbH, Frankfurt am Main – Germany. Cool Chain & Temperature Controlled Logistics Europe is coming to Frankfurt, Germany! The viability of sea freight – don’t miss the panel debate with Maersk! Make sure you kick it off by giving yourself an advantage – book your ticket to CC & Temp.
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. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. As of this week, the bottleneck has lessened.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
JANUARY 25, 2021
Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s logistic arm Cainiao launched a container booking service last week in response to the global shortage. Compared with last March’s low prices, freight rates from China to the U.S. The shortage is further exacerbated by limited air freight capacity. rates are up 145% year over year.
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