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Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions

Freightos

More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.

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The Importance of the International Shipping Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Get Our EBOOK HERE. International shipping industry article and permission to publish here provided by Daniel Choi. Even during the epidemic, the shipping industry’s significance in the value chain and the transportation of resources and goods worldwide was emphasized, probably most prominently. Infographic).

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FedEx and Freightos – Improving Digital Freight Together

Freightos

About half the products we buy in stores are imported, which means they not only went through a complex shipping process, but also had to be cleared through customs before they could be sold to us. . Freightos.com already makes international shipping easy. Clearing customs is a painful process – the U.S.

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7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2021

ToolsGroup

Much of the world is clamoring for finished products from their usual suppliers; but dwindling cargo space, skyrocketing transportation costs, and component delays make it difficult to keep shelves stocked. Download our ebook for practical guidance: 8 Winning Strategies for Managing Supply Shortages. Knowledge is power. ?

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Two Modes, Split Roads

Freightos

Instant eBookings on the Freightos platform have enjoyed a staggering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 272% in the last 3 years, with growth dominated by airline bookings. Remember that there was zero airline ebooking at the beginning of 2018. There is progress in digitalizing ocean freight, but its been slow and inconsistent.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

As a disclaimer, WebCargo , a Freightos Group company, does offers digital services to global forwarders and carriers, including online sales portals, digital eBooking, multimodal rate management and the Freightos.com freight marketplace. . The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time.

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Shipping Out of Gauge Cargo Via Ocean Freight

I.C.E. Transport

Cargo that doesn’t fit in a container costs more to ship than cargo that does. It's also way more complicated to ship out of gauge cargo via ocean. All that complexity creates time and headaches for shipping departments. Link to that eBook here.

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