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Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2017: Digitization & E-Commerce continue to reshape the marketplace

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in real terms since this time last year, but owing to a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices, rates continue to fall in both air and sea freight. For example, airfreight forwarding growth in China is thought to have been robust this past year, while sea freight growth was much weaker.

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3 International Transportation Trends Impacting Shippers in the First Half of 2018 – Supply Chain 24/7

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By Russ Romine, VP of Transportation, LEGACY Supply Chain Services. Ocean freight prices have looked much the same as they did last year while capacity remains relatively accessible, unlike what is going on domestically with over-the-road truck availability. eCommerce Demand is Creating More Pressure on Air Freight Capacity.

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2018 Air Cargo Rondtable: Carriers go all in

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Air cargo providers had a very good year in 2017. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that global airfreight markets grew by 9% last year, more than double the 3.6% annual growth recorded in 2016. But when all the data is rolled up, demand growth outpaced capacity growth by a factor of three.

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Chugging or changing?

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Demand for rail transport is growing faster than service providers can keep up with, according to Siegfried Jung, head of planning and steering vehicle dispatch and transport at BMW Group. Jung says that increased demand for rail transport, from both public and industrial sectors, currently exceeds capacity.