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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. Container shortages and sky-high freight rates have spared no enterprise, regardless of its scale.

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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This article is from Steve Bettwy , Vice President – Quality and Business Continuity, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement at Direct Supply. Of course, along with that comes a lot of products that need delivering. None of this is new news, of course. Amazon itself says it won’t.

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How To Become A Freight Agent

Trinity Logistics

So you want to become a freight agent? We’ve put this article together to help you kick off your freight agent business. Educating yourself on freight brokering will benefit you immensely when it comes to opening an independent freight agency. How do you get started? Getting Started: Education. Click Here.

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5 Tips to Facing Your Fear of an Uncertain Freight Market

Trinity Logistics

Currently, we are seeing interest rates above seven percent , and the future freight market is not clear. As a Freight Agent, what should you be doing in this uncertain freight market? As a Freight Agent, this is where you can come in as a valuable resource for your shipper and carrier relationships.

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2020 Trends in Freight Transportation, and the COVID-19 Impact

Logistics Bureau

When I first began planning this article, the most significant impacts of COVID-19 were primarily limited to Mainland China. Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020.

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Top 5 Free Online Resources for Freight Brokers

GlobalTranz

Even the freight transportation industry can't avoid this problem. That's why we've put together 5 free resources for freight brokers like you can't afford to miss out on. Are you ready to change the way your freight brokerage operates? Are you ready to change the way your freight brokerage operates? Let's get started.

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Looking for Freight Broker Tips? Join These 5 Online Communities.

GlobalTranz

Launching your business in the freight broker and logistics fields can be an exciting journey. One of the best ways to get the knowledge you need to excel is to turn for freight broker tips in online groups. Unlike official courses where you get the basics about the trade, online groups provide first-hand freight broker resources.

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