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12 Freight Charges and Freight Fees: A Guide to Common Freight Shipping Costs, Charges, and Fees

Intelligent Audit

Freight managers have a lot to track and keep up with when it comes to logistical planning for shipments within the supply chain. Of all these, freight fee considerations are among the important but most overlooked. All shippers provide clients with two important documents: the bill of lading and the freight bill. “All

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Mexico Back in the Supply Chain Spotlight

Talking Logistics

We’ve seen, for example, instability in ocean freight, cost, and issues with [Los Angeles] ports in past years. Currency is stable and inflation is under control. . I have some opinions…I think drug cartels sell drugs, and those are the ones you’ve seen in the news battling back and forth…Cargo thieves steal cargo.

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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies. A step away from a normal holiday peak season , air cargo volumes and rates have continued to fall. While demand remains high, the lack of volume points to a troubling lack of peak season increases for an air cargo industry already struggling with volatile fuel prices. Roughly 2.5%

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Guest Blog – How To Identify Supply Chain Barriers To Boost Efficiency?

Gravity Supply Chain

Cross-border trade requires careful coordination between multiple parties, including customs authorities, freight forwarders, shippers, and other third-party logistics providers (3PLs). Poor Cross Border Trading Another barrier that can slow down supply chains is related to importing goods from overseas suppliers.

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5 Things to Know Before Negotiating Ocean Shipping Contracts This Year

Talking Logistics

Still, if you had ocean freight in 2016, the memory of the bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line may linger in your mind. In light of what happened, some companies still look at carriers’ financials and try to avoid putting cargo on carriers that might be at risk. Remember the ghost of Hanjin past. Why does this matter?

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Milestone: Freightos Celebrates One Million Transactions!

Freightos

This is particularly true on the air cargo side… but certainly not limited to air. Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale. Crucially, the platform concept means that airlines don’t need to build one-off connections with each freight forwarder and that forwarders don’t need to update dozens of APIs a year.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

Here, landed cost includes the original price of the product, transport fees, customs, duties, taxes , insurance, currency conversion and handling fees. International Currencies & Taxes. Decent inventory management software should be able to handle multiple currencies without any issues. Arrange Cargo Transport.