Freightos

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The broader climate issue.and freight’s role. The emissions from freighting Shawn’s TV is a miniscule percentage of this year’s 33 billion ton cube. Finding freight’s contribution to GHG took a lot of digging. . Click the button on the right to see our sources. kg of carbon emissions. This is a big deal.

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could cut through the hype and summarize the key freight and logistics trends every month? If you prefer to find the news yourself, head over to our free roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics and supply chain news sources. China’s slowing economy is generally bad news for the freight industry.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

There appears to be considerable upheaval in Europe as a result of the political unrest between Russia and Ukraine. A number of large factories have closed down in Western Europe while new ones have opened in Central Europe and further east. News about the industry in Western Europe is predominantly negative.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. routes continue to hold steady but there has been a sharp decline in the rates for Asia-Europe routes. Disaggregate freight spend data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2021

For my company FourKites , quality data is core to everything we offer customers, from providing real-time transportation visibility to a host of more advanced data science-based capabilities, such as our patented methods for predicting ETAs for that freight with incredible accuracy. But data can and does go bad in many different ways.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Sanctions, blocked Ukrainian ports, and stalled transportation routes have also disrupted the China-to-Europe supply chain. This means supply chain leaders have had to shift from using trains back to using ocean freight and getting goods to market takes longer. Build redundancy where possible in your supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. The data from Infor Nexus also helps the transportation teams do better carrier sourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Finally, in making sourcing decisions, global trade compliance needs to be part of companies strategic sourcing programs. Secondly, one core supply chain application is a transportation management system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Demand sensing involves the use of the external data sources – particularly the latest sales and market data – to improve short-term forecasting and then be able to use that improved understanding of consumer behavior to improve their supply planning. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. With the right data you can reduce your overall transportation costs, both accessorial costs and overall freight spend. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies. Kuehne + Nagel, a global transport company based in Europe, recently upgraded their fleet for pharmaceutical deliveries. For comparison, in 2016, diesel fuel prices were just US $2.14

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit in Europe, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have further exacerbated current food chain problems, but a solid supply chain should be equipped to withstand this pressure to a certain extent.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry? The alliance was formed in 2014 and covers major shipping routes between Asia, Europe, and North America. How alliances in the shipping industry might impact shippers?

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Examples of this include expediting with LTL and air freight and costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse–all of which erode profit margins. Being able to understand if supply expected from Europe needs to be re-routed and sourced from Asia or South America is important when entire channels become unavailable.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Elementum

AUGUST 19, 2015

The merger between two Chinese freight shippers points to a lack of transparency and efficiency in the freight industry. The companies, who represent the 6th and 7th largest shippers in the world respectively, will become the 4th largest freight mover once the two have combined. Why is there such low demand for shipping?

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Elementum

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies. Kuehne + Nagel, a global transport company based in Europe, recently upgraded their fleet for pharmaceutical deliveries. For comparison, in 2016, diesel fuel prices were just US $2.14

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

An invasion would send prices for both fuels higher, leading to more inflation, rising costs for a wide range of commodities including food, as well as freight surcharges and impacts on downstream markets. and Europe, refugee crises in Europe and even popular uprisings among the poor in countries that rely on Ukrainian grain exports.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

And this low cost fostered a mentality of incremental thinking with mid-level managers focused on squeezing out 1-2% a year in cost savings through sourcing, says Pete Guarraia of Bain consultancy. . But converging costs have reduced the need for far flung supply chains in many industries. Ecommerce is also driving supply chain change.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. percent slump in exports from Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Likewise, labor can’t do its thing when there are severe equipment shortages, and rectifying those shortages requires difficult-to-source raw materials. It was recently reported that one of the world’s biggest container logistics companies, Maersk, will only handle cargo from direct shippers, cutting out freight forwarders.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict. QAD Auctions tailors auction designs to the specific negotiation and award strategies and improves sourcing results. Potential U.S.

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TMC

MARCH 9, 2017

China’s so-called “One Belt One Road” strategy connects the country via an overland and sea corridor to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. These include a number of TMC customers that have begun moving product from China to Europe by rail where they previously did not. Source: World Economic Forum, [link].

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Real-time transportation visibility platforms tell shippers and their broker/carrier partners where their freight is at any point on its journey. And for our global supply chains, that transformation cannot happen fast enough. The ROI will only multiply with visibility into supplies and goods from end to end.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

Putting it over simply, there are two ways to achieve carbon neutrality — by removing emissions that have already been generated through carbon offsetting or by eliminating emissions from the source. Until now, the human and financial costs of pollution and climate change have not been accurately attributed to their sources.

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TransAudit

MAY 16, 2022

Your recovery audit company can function as a valuable source of savings and business intelligence. How Long Has the Freight Audit Company Been In Business? The company’s ability to remain in business usually speaks to its proven ability to audit freight bills and recover lost profits.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Sustainable Freight Action Plan for California is estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030. The Sustainable Freight Action plan released by California governor Jerry Brown outlines a long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transportation system. Source: Commerce Dept.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

His detailed written record paved the way for future traders and merchants traveling between Europe and China. ”[7] Even back then, food, spices, salt, and other goods had to be sourced and moved. They write, “The logistics industry first started to take form when Marco Polo traveled to China on the Silk Road.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. Europe and Asia , stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container, a 110 percent increase from the same index at the close of 2020.

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Freightos

JUNE 21, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home June 21, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. There were floods in Europe and China, Hurricane Ida on the Gulf Coast, and California wildfires that all played their part.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Flexport Focus Turns to Profitability and Cost Reduction In our supply chain technology breaking news update on September 7 th , we highlighted the sudden resignation of Dave Clark from the CEO role of freight technology start-up Flexport. Clark, who assumed the sole CEO role in March after company founder Ryan Petersen handed over the reins.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

and more than 2 billion in Europe.” They’re a dual sourcer, and they have diverted some volume, and I suspect they’ll stay dual sourcing.” Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. Of those, only one has diverted some volume.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 30, 2016

As shippers of all sizes expand their global sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution operations, they have to navigate the complexities involved with global transportation management. What are the main challenges global shippers face today? “It

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2017

Last week, BBC News published an article highlighting the poor conditions and low pay drivers who haul freight for IKEA and other retailers in Western Europe have to deal with, particularly drivers brought over from poorer countries by trucking firms based in Eastern Europe. Apparently, those audits aren’t working very well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If a planner knows that the necessary components won’t arrive on time by ship, and that air freight must therefore be used to expedite the shipment, “it makes a huge difference on air freight rates if you need to have a ton on the airplane next week versus in 4 weeks.”. There are also avoided costs. The Path Forward.

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