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The Red Pill: The (Slow Yet Steady) Revolution in Global Freight Digitization

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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. But, of course, when dealing with systems that operate at such scale, exceptions happen.

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Back to Logistics Tech School, 2022: the Lost Peak Season, the lingering COVID impact and more

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Including, of course by leveraging global freight tech for BCOs. Over 50,000 supply chain professionals rely on our research lead’s weekly freight rate update, which includes a data-driven overview of current freight market conditions. Changing Trends in BCO Air Cargo Procurement. The Weekly Freight Update. Signup Now.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. Last year’s negotiations took place as dozens of container ships were backed up off the coast of California waiting to unload cargo.

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Coronavirus and the Trade War: A Perfect Storm Argument for SMB Supply Chain Diversification

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As airlines canceled flights, and ports contended with no cargo to ship and no workers to operate, air cargo and ocean freight have been disrupted, with ocean carriers losing millions each week. FBX data shows prices for containerized freight spiked ahead of January 2019 tariffs. . And that’s what the data is showing.

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Ocean Freight Procurement and Going with the Stream

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Tenders can take BCOs (Beneficial Cargo Owners) three to five months of preparation, but despite this, the fixed price often breaks down during peak season. So we asked them by conducting a survey in November 2018. This, of course, requires a reputable global freight index. Source: Freightos Index Linking Survey.

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Port Tracker reports more volume gains are expected, but tariff troubles still loom

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Even with a new round of tariffs having recently gone into effect, United States-bound imports are pegged to stay at what are being described as record-high levels, according to data in the new edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

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Are Graduate Degrees Leading to Less Job Options?

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Rigorous data is scarce is in this area. Data from the National Science Foundation’s 2015 Survey of Doctorate Recipients reveals an unemployment rate for science, engineering and health (SEH) Doctorates is 1.78%, compared to the national average of around 4% at the time. However, that same report indicated that about 12.9%