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Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization

Freightos

The digitization of the freight industry is about improving speed and efficiency. . This trend moved forward in exciting ways in 2019. We mystery shopped the twenty largest freight forwarders for FCL, LCL and air online quotes. Threat from Carriers and Digital Freight Forwarders?

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

The Logistics Academy

The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7% 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. Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders. DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding.

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Industry Experts Discuss Technology Trends & Solutions for Efficient Ecommerce Logistics – Supply Chain 24/7

247 Customs Broker

To gain a sharper picture of what ecommerce-related technologies logistics professionals should be watching, we reached out to industry experts to develop a short-list of trends and solutions that need to be top of mind for today’s logistics professional. This shortage trend alone should accelerate interest in driverless trucks.

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Globalisation: Manufacturing Moves Closer to Home

Logistics Business Magazine

The global survey of 3,000 company executives found that companies in North America and Europe are most likely to outsource more than half of their services within their region. The next challenge that will alter these trends is an economic slowdown looming over regional markets. Businesses are finding ways to respond and grow.

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October ISM data trends down but manufacturing is still growing

247 Customs Broker

Tim Fiore, chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee , explained in the report that supply chain labor constraints related to lead-time expansions and transportation issues are still limiting full production potential. . Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. Production fell 4% to 59.9 About the Author. Compliance to U.S.

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Reduced trucking capacity – the shortage of drivers and its impact

Transporeon

carriers have reported that they have been at capacity utilization rates of 95% and higher from the last quarter of 2017 through mid-2018, as evidenced by recent surveys conducted on the Transporeon platform. Key Trends in Transport Logistics , RWTH Aachen University & Transporeon). Nearly half of U.S. or Is This Just Hype?

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Northern Europe Global Port Tracker report offers a mixed outlook

247 Customs Broker

By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor ·. Ports surveyed in North Europe Global Port Tracker report include the six major container reports in North Europe: le Havre, Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Bremen/Bremerhaven, and Hamburg. Excess capacity will get worse and freight rates will drop thereby reducing income,” he wrote.