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What Can Freight Forwarding Learn from Airbnb? – A guest post from Container xChange

Freightos

Of course, you wouldn’t because it would be hard to trust the results or advice from strangers. While people find it easy to book things like accommodations online, container owners and freight forwarders or shippers looking for available Shipper Owned Containers (SOCs) often still struggle to connect with trusted partners.

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

Freight forwarding companies face the big challenge of keeping the consequences as minimal as possible. Each of our employees can access all data from anywhere, including home. We give our customers full visibility into and access to their data at all times. How can logistics companies master them?

Course 52
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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

Freight forwarding companies face the big challenge of keeping the consequences as minimal as possible. Each of our employees can access all data from anywhere, including home. We give our customers full visibility into and access to their data at all times. How can logistics companies master them?

Course 52
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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

However, alternative routings that combine ocean freight and air freight reveal a tremendous opportunity to decrease cost and transit times, benefiting the entirety of the value chain. Of course, the economic viability of these types of shipments is limited to specific commodities.

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US-Mexico Trade Trends Indicate Nearshoring Has Momentum

Blue Grace Logistics

Wolf | Staff Reporter December 7, 2023 The post-pandemic trend toward nearshoring of trade is on course to finish the year strong despite an earlier slowdown in broader trade activity, a shift experts view as a prelude to longer-term change. 1 Trade Partner, We’re Really at the Start of Something Much Bigger’ Connor D.

Trends 101
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How Technology is Changing Ocean Shipping

Now, That's Logistics

First, there are many parties involved in international trade,” including shippers, consignees, freight forwarders, and customs house brokers. When it comes to the exchange of information, it is of course problematic.”. That said, inherent within digital transformation is of course the transformative process itself.

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Milestone for Autonomous Heavy-Duty Truck Commercialization

Logistics Business Magazine

Over the course of the 100 million kilometers, a total of 1,864 drivers safely used Inceptio-powered L3 and L2+ trucks in their daily operations. This focus on real-world data is a key driver of Inceptio’s competitive edge in the autonomous driving technology landscape.