Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We invest a huge amount of time and resources into our people and making sure that we have the best digital talent in the industry and that we’re doing the most innovative things in the supply chain. Just last year we finished integrating the sales process into the end-to-end supply chain process. That has worked out well for us.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Many organizations are now realizing that resilience is not just a supply chain add-on; it’s a fundamental capability. Leading organizations are building supply chains that are less exposed to single points of failure, more informed by real-time data, and more able to adjust sourcing, inventory, and routing based on current conditions.

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

More Resources Home Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders AI Popup #2 Gaurav Bajaj July 8, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders For years, technology has been cast as a threat to freight forwarders.

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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. Building a resilient supply chain isn't just a best practice anymore — it's a business imperative. LTL and truckload freight Less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload (TL) shipping are go-to options for many businesses.

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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. It’s not just supply chains. But those successes deserve to be celebrated.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But with alternative routes and plenty of excess capacity available, operations should continue reasonably well, and freight rates are unlikely to spike to extreme highs. Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Live map of Suez Canal and Red Sea, Dec.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

OTR freight represents a long-standing aspect of supply chain operations and transportation management. Th is blog post covers the critical ways strategic partnerships can help supply chain managers achieve optimal OTR management for their freight. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight . Remote Tendering and Shipment Execution .

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

More Resources Home Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders AI Popup #2 Gaurav Bajaj July 8, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders For years, technology has been cast as a threat to freight forwarders.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

They need to make decisions in real-time or near real-time, as the environment around them rapidly evolves. 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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 28, 2022

Autonomous Freight Trucks. Autonomous Freight Trucks. Shortages of drivers is just one of the contributors to the difficulties shippers are having in securing the truck capacity they need. It is one reason experts on logistics are following the autonomous freight truck market and new approaches to freight procurement closely.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Freight RFP Process is Broken – Let’s Fix It with Maggie Petrovic. Maggie Petrovic and Joe Lynch discuss the freight RFP process is broken – let’s fix it. Maggie is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Emerge , a company that is Reinventing Freight Procurement. About Maggie Petrovic. She has a B.A

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2025

Well, ocean freight makes that possible. That’s ocean freight in action. When you’re working with ocean freight, you’ve basically got two main ways to ship your goods. Imagine trying to coordinate all of that cargo, making sure each container gets to the right place at the right time.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2023

Richard Perry and Joe Lynch and discuss the importance of freight bill audit. With extensive expertise in parcel and freight bill auditing, payment, business intelligence, and associated technologies, he offers valuable insights to the supply chain industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

It is a practical tool, actively helping fleets reduce idle time, improve safety, and gain real-time situational awareness across the supply chain. Whether refining freight logistics efficiency at port terminals or enhancing last-mile delivery in urban neighborhoods, V2X adds intelligence to every vehicle interaction.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently. Leadership Perspective We’re not just changing a name.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

As you would expect, major emphasis was placed on the role of AI to deliver accurate, timely, and improved decisions at all points of supply chain processes using a combination of human-to-AI agent and agent-to agent collaboration. We are a quarter of the way into the 21 st century and many supply chain practices are still behind the times.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

If your business ships freight , you never want to hear the words "cargo" and "theft" in the same sentence. 1 Incidents of cargo theft don't just cost you time and money. 1 Incidents of cargo theft don't just cost you time and money. Cargo thieves may even use force or deception to access and steal the freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The survey is open to all shippers, not just those on the Shippers Council, with the qualification that they must spend at least US$1 million a year with an LSP in order to grade their performance. Knowledge Sharing Since its launch in 2020, the Shippers Council has grown its membership to 93 represented companies.

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

This trend, known as reshoring , is driving the emergence of regionalized freight networks , optimizing supply chains for efficiency, cost savings, and resilience. For logistics professionals, understanding how these changes impact freight networks is critical to staying ahead. Government Incentives for Reshoring The U.S.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Volatility and Techs Role in Managing It As the ocean contracting example argues, arriving at better and actionable visibility involves two shifts: To a culture aimed to prepare for and not just react to supply chain disruptions. To determining which tools can help execute that strategy.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2025

About Kristina Bernarducci Kristina Bernarducci isnt just building partnershipsshes building community. Kristina is the Director of Operations at Bettaway, a privately held, family-owned Supply Chain Services company headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Kristina and the Bettaway team are big supporters of Wreaths Across America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

And third, it is the starting point for understanding the level of an organization’s GHG emissions at a given point in time. FourKites , the global leader in real-time supply chain visibility, has launched a Sustainability Dashboard where companies can see miles traveled to create a baseline for emissions.

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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. We’re just getting started. People complain that freight is a traditional industry. Today that changes.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

It took time for the situation to normalize, especially for complex products like semiconductors that require a lot of moving parts in the global supply chain. Just when it seemed that 2024 would be a very welcome year of “normal” supply chains, the Red Sea crisis proved that for global supply chains, there is no such thing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Neal Huffman and Joe Lynch discuss Farelanes: real time lane pricing for everyone. Neal is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Farelanes, a company specializing in providing real-time lane pricing data for the logistics industry. He transitioned to enterprise software and quickly latched on to the cloud deployment model.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase year-over-year. As ports become more congested, lead time variability increases. Freight Rates 2019-2021. As I rolled holiday cookies in my hands, I watched TV. I am worried.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Blog More Resources Home It’s Not About Chatbots: Getting Real on AI Usage In Real Life Logistics (AI Popup #5) AI Popup #5 September 17, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More It’s so hard to talk about AI without sounding pretentious or annoying. What Freight Right Doesn’t Do With AI: We aren’t using chatbots.

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Freightos

JULY 8, 2024

More Resources Home Empowering Freight Forwarders with AI: Insights from Industry Leaders AI Popup #2 July 8, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More For years, technology has been cast as a threat to freight forwarders. In fact it’s just the beginning. In fact it’s just the beginning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. That’s starting to change. More and more large U.S.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Blog More Resources Home September 10, 2024 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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Freight Plus

JANUARY 20, 2025

Freight shipping for plastic products is a critical component in maintaining profit margins and delivering value to customers. Effective freight management can reduce costs, streamline operations, and overcome logistical challenges, creating a more resilient supply chain. NMFC classification errors , which lead to unexpected expenses.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

Indicator 2: Freight Spend Seems to Be Spiraling Out of Control. Indicator 2: Freight Spend Seems to Be Spiraling Out of Control. Another indicator of switching from in-house to managed logistics transportation services is expanding freight spend. That amounts to $800 in cost just for finding coverage across 116 shipments.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As a result, many shippers are revising their strategy from just-in-time inventory to just-in-case based on the hard lessons of the past two years. Monitoring your invoiced accessorials and surcharges will help identify freight optimization opportunities to reduce shipping costs significantly. LTL Industry Macro Trends.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) and Primary Freight (PF) strategies, as adopted by major grocery retailers, are causing a shudder up the spine of many retail suppliers. What are Factory Gate Pricing and Primary Freight strategies? Otherwise known in shipping terms as FIS (Free Into Store). The product pricing therefore becomes ex works.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently. Leadership Perspective We’re not just changing a name.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

Their IT infrastructure was also highly heterogeneous and provided no standard business processes or real-time reporting. Ultimately, they decided to work with Uber Freight. KRONOS felt Uber Freight had a best-of-breed TMS that Uber’s planners could use to plan and execute shipments on KRONOS’s behalf.

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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. The Maersk Shift: Where it started. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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