The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alex is the President of Expedite All , Americas largest small truck network, with over 9,000 vehicles ranging from cargo vans to straight trucks. At Expedite All, he enhances freight safety, leveraging a secure network of 9,000+ small trucks nationwide. Alex Winston and Joe Lynch discuss America’s largest small truck network.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 25, 2025

Infrastructure for efficient freight movement The physical infrastructure supporting cross-border shipping forms the backbone of efficient operations. Strategic terminal locations, versatile cross-dock capabilities and specialized cold chain infrastructure all play crucial roles in maintaining freight integrity throughout the journey.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 17, 2025

Danielle Spinelli and Joe Lynch discuss unpacking cargo theft: trends and solutions. Built for freight brokers, 3PLs, and shippers, it streamlines carrier qualification, automates insurance monitoring, and reduces riskenabling faster, more secure freight operations across the industrys largest active carrier network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Cargo theft continues to be a problem, especially around the holidays. And I don’t just mean the winter holidays; cargo theft typically spikes during any holiday season where businesses may be closed for an extra day or two. But what exactly is cargo theft? Cargo theft comes in many shapes and sizes.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

In April 2024, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they had experienced cargo theft or other types of freight fraud in the past year. Read more

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 13, 2025

What’s the Difference Between Freight Management and Logistics Management? In today’s world, where globalization and international trade play an increasingly important role, efficient freight management is becoming a key aspect of success for many companies. It can be a car, truck, train, boat or plane.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 6, 2025

To turn it into a fully modernized system for flagging broker fraud, motor carrier violations, shipper coercion and questionable conduct from substance abuse professionals, medical review officers and others operating under DOT compliance rules. At the root, this change is about enforcement, not usability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 5, 2025

Hapag-Lloyd has released plans to utilize the newly developed Container Payment Portal (CPP) to accelerate cargo movement for customers and supporting terminal operators. It ensures secure, efficient, and transparent transactions, helpingHapag Lloyd’s terminal partners and customers improve cargo flow across U.S.

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Freightos

APRIL 15, 2024

More Resources Home The Red Pill: The (Slow Yet Steady) Revolution in Global Freight Digitization Eytan Buchman April 15, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More The March 26th Francis Scott Key Bridge allision feels shocking. But, of course, when dealing with systems that operate at such scale, exceptions happen.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Shipping freight across the world is a complex matter. But what is even more complicated is freight billing and handling freight payments: what a cargo owner is initially quoted is often different from what he later is asked to pay. A 2021 Cargo Owners and freight forwarders survey, confirms this.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

Los Angeles-based tech logistics company Warp announced Friday it has secured a $10 million Series A round to scale its AI-powered freight network via robotics and automation. The company currently has a national network of 50 cross-docks and over 10,000 carrier vehicles ranging from cargo vans to 53-footers. It redefines it.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 20, 2025

to discuss the evolving landscape of cargo theft that continues to plague the freight industry. While straight theft (the physical taking of trucks, trailers, or cargo from where they’re parked) remains the most common form of cargo theft, criminal tactics have shifted in the last few years. The scammer couldn’t answer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 8, 2025

Among the various parties involved, a cargo loader holds a significant role. According to a study conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), cargo-related factors contribute to a significant number of truck accidents each year. In that case, they may be held liable for damages resulting from the accident.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2025

If your business depends on freight shipping, you've likely felt the effects of a world that seems to change overnight. When tariffs rise, fuel prices spike or international trade agreements shift, those cause ripples across all freight modes — truck, air, rail and ocean. Natural disasters. Tariff swings.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Nathan Strang and Joe Lynch discuss the challenging shipping environment and why shippers need an ocean freight survival guide. Nathan is the Director of Ocean Trade Lane Management at Flexport , the operating system for global trade. Key Takeaways: Ocean Freight Survival Guide. Learn More About Ocean Freight Survival Guide.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

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Freightos

AUGUST 31, 2016

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. WebCargoNet’s focus has been more on the carrier-forwarder relationship and has also placed more focus on air freight. An Industry On The Verge Of Change.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Now, teams can focus on strategy, instead of chasing information across multiple systems and endless email chains, saving time and money, and getting goods on shelves with less overhead and more reliability. Similarly, our Freightos Air Index (FAX) offers the same level of insight for air cargo rates.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 24, 2025

In the post-COVID era marked by escalating freight theft and continued supply chain disruptions, Samsara stands out in fraud prevention, earning industry recognition for winning the 2025 FreightWaves Fraud Fighter Award. When theft is detected, Samsara’s systems react swiftly. “A

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Freight Waves

JUNE 18, 2025

This major gaming hardware heist highlights the vulnerability of high-value cargo. Rising Cargo Theft Cargo theft surged 27% in 2024, with 3,625 incidents averaging $202,364, per Verisk CargoNet. Cargo and Value The stolen cargo comprised 2,810 Nintendo Switch 2 consoles, each worth $499, totaling $1.4

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Freight Waves

JUNE 4, 2025

Startup Mexican airline Awesome Cargo, which provides dedicated aircraft and flight service to logistics companies and other customers, has taken delivery of its first fully capable freighter aircraft after operating two light-duty freighters since its inception 18 months ago. which is leasing the plane to Awesome Cargo.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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 Freight Game of Thrones. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2025

A hybrid IoT network is an architecture that blends multiple wireless (and sometimes wired) communication technologiessuch as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE/5G, Zigbee, and satelliteinto a cohesive system. Scalability Logistics firms can add new device types and communication layers without overhauling the entire system.

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Freightos

JANUARY 26, 2023

As of this morning, Freightos is a public company trading on Nasdaq with the ticker CRGO , taking the next step in our journey to make global trade more efficient with the world’s global freight booking and payment platform. People complain that freight is a traditional industry. Not many startups ever get to become public companies.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 20, 2025

In an industry where phone calls remain the dominant channel for booking freight, WireBee has emerged as a pioneer in protecting brokers from increasingly sophisticated fraud attempts. WireBee’s system operates through a structured five-step process designed to screen and manage inbound calls effectively.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Freight Forwarding Basics with Miles Varghese. Miles Varghese and Joe Lynch review and discuss freight forwarding basics. A freight forwarder is an agent in the supply chain whose objective is to organize a shipment, acting as the intermediary between the exporter or importer and transportation companies. About Miles Varghese.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

These trends and technologies include the network effect, innovation in transportation management systems, time slot management applications, autonomous trucks, and the future of last mile deliveries, specifically looking at autonomous mobile robots and drones for home delivery. The primary reason companies buy a TMS is for freight savings.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2024

bans exports by Oregon freight-forwarder in warning shot to industry Container losses fall to record low Warehouse wages rise to average of $18.99 An Oregon freight-forwarder was hit with an export ban in what officials said was a warning to companies to heed restrictions on the shipment of sensitive technologies to countries the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The storms have delayed freight, increased congestion, and damaged crops, especially in Taiwan, where Typhoon Gaemi caused over $86 million in losses. Ian Morgan, with extensive experience from Qatar Airways and Cargolux, will oversee day-to-day cargo operations and lead a team of 600 employees. According to the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) reported stellar results once again last Wednesday (December 1st). When there’s more demand than supply, prices go up, as we saw in previous months with record -high prices for ocean and air cargo moves. Ed Ryan, CEO of Descartes. These are headline issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 13, 2022

When we think of fraud in the supply chains, often we think about organized cargo theft. According to Travelers Insurance, there are five main cargo theft tactics to watch out for. The first is straight cargo theft, where cargo is physically stolen from a location. Freight forwarding. Systems access.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2021

When terminals cannot move cargo, the costs can escalate quickly. Since the systems affected were controlling the flow of vessels and freight around the world, these can be classified as OT-level supervisory type systems. Should we call the Maersk attack an OT-level attack or an IT-level attack?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2023

This new system of inventory management will go into effect on March 1, and will replace weekly restock limits that Amazon used for calculating FBA storage. Instances of cargo theft increased markedly in 2022, driven in large measure by thieves using fictitious pickups. The average value of cargo stolen in an event was $214,104.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Faced with the challenge of limited data availability, he co-founded Vizion, an API-first solution empowering cargo owners, freight forwarders, and software providers to achieve true supply chain visibility by tracking ocean freight in near real-time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The systems–based on shipment and order data–were out of step with the market. With fixed models and hard-wired data feeds, teams could not adjust the planning systems to use consumption data or market indicators. The lack of chassis and the need to return empty containers to Asia paralyzes North American ocean freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

billion ‘Green Gateway’ rail expansion The CrowdStrike software bug that crashed Microsoft operating systems and caused the largest IT outage in history caused disruptions at U.S. and global ports, with highly complex air freight systems suffering the heaviest hit, as global airlines grounded flights. Pete Buttigieg, U.S.

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