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Freight Forwarding: Keeping shippers top of mind

247 Customs Broker

Say “freight forwarder” and the first thing that might come to mind would be “forward-thinking,” a market run by visionary leaders who can use predictive analytics to forecast and deliver on new shipper demands. The freight forwarding business is still all about personal relationships and building trust,” he adds.

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. As noted by DC Velocity , “ most freight forwarders, traders, and shippers expect more disruption in the 2022 third-quarter peak season than they felt last year. When and What Is Peak Season ? Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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GEODIS’ AirDirect Mexico Service from Asia Takes Off

Airfreight Logistics

Commenting on the new service, GEODIS’ Executive Vice President for Freight Forwarding, Eric Martin-Neuville says, “We have been encouraged by the initial bookings that we have received for our inaugural flight and expect these to rise to a threshold volume where a second, and eventually, a third flight per week, will be established.”.

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10 Steps to Check If Your Business Is Ready For Big Data

Forto

In freight management, Big Data yields opportunities for improvement. The right strategy can propel the smallest of competitors through better, data-based decision making in international transport to the front of industrial battle lines. Experts disagree on the definition of Big Data. Fifteen of the U.S.

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Transporeon Unveils Platform Innovations

Logistics Business Magazine

Autonomous Quotation Price negotiations remain opaque and manual in the growing freight spot market. Freight forwarders, brokers and LSPs spend considerable time manually researching and building quotes. Autonomous Quotation generates quotes based on companies’ individual quotation strategies.

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Can Airfreight Smoothen the Supply Chain Bottlenecks

20Cube Logistics

Additionally, when the ports are facing capacity crunch or the tariffs of ocean freight and container skyrockets, it iis airfreight that comes as the savior. With the current business scenario changing at a rapid pace, the freight forwarding industry is shifting its focus towards airfreight.

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Six supply chain predictions for 2022

Logistics Business Magazine

With capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortages creating dilemmas for many as well as the increased focus from the industry on environment and machine learning, it was a year that was definitely not without its tests. This clearly presents both an opportunity and challenge for retailers and last mile logistics companies.