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Bringing Freight Online with WebCargoNet and Freightos

Freightos

Bringing Freight Online With WebCargoNet And Freightos. But this story is more about a vision for a better future of freight, than just another acquisition. There’s unprecedented volumes of global shipments , growing international trade, more flexible supply chains, and easier sourcing than ever before (Alibaba, anyone?).

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

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 Maerskā€™s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. To help our customers keep track and make informed decisions about their freight transportation options, we have developed ā€œ a logistics eco-calculatorā€ hosted on our website. pandemic response.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibabaā€™s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibabaā€™s Challenge. Freight heavyweight J.B. Huntā€™s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. PHOTO: KARIM SAHIB/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES. By Paul Page.

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Resilincā€™s Q1 2023 Supply Chain Disruption Data

Resilinc

Labor disruptions include strikes (such as company/site level strikes, national strikes, transportation strikes, airport strikes, union contracts and strikes, cargo strikes, border authorities strikes, and postal services strikes), as well as layoffs, labor walkouts, and labor protests.

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The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in Madrid

Global Trade Management

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the AbroƱigal freight terminal in Madrid. It consisted of 30 containers carrying 1,400 tonnes of cargo ā€“ mostly toys, stationery and other items for sale over Christmas across Europe.

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The Data Behind Amazonā€™s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazonā€™s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.