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Revolutionizing Freight Forwarding Using Tech with Lionel van der Walt

The Logistics of Logistics

Lionel van der Walt and Joe Lynch discuss revolutionizing freight forwarding using tech, which is exactly what Raft.ai About Raft Raft is the intelligent logistics platform that’s rewriting the technology playbook for freight forwarders and customs brokers in the automation era.

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Freight Forwarder Names New MD

Logistics Business Magazine

Thomas Kuehn has joined independent freight forwarder Unsworth, as managing director of its UK business, with current managing director, Richard Hogg becoming chief executive officer of the Unsworth group , and Charles Hogg leading the company’s client solutions team as commercial director.

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Freight Forwarders Focus on Environment

Logistics Business Magazine

November will be seen in the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) history as an auspicious month with the first meeting of its new Sustainable Logistics Policy Group, managed by Mike Jones, policy advisor for sustainability and environment.

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Deutsche Post DHL Group announces intent to acquire J.F. Hillenbrand Group

Logistics Management

Global logistics services provider Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) said this week it has inked an agreement to acquire Mainz, Germany-based global ocean freight forwarding services provider J.F. Hillebrand Group and its related subsidiaries for roughly $1.5 billion (EUR).

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Deutsche Post DHL Group announces intent to acquire J.F. Hillebrand Group

Logistics Management

Global logistics services provider Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) said this week it has inked an agreement to acquire Mainz, Germany-based global ocean freight forwarding services provider J.F. Hillebrand Group and its related subsidiaries for roughly $1.5 billion (EUR).

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Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization

Freightos

We mystery shopped the twenty largest freight forwarders for FCL, LCL and air online quotes. We also surveyed eight digital freight forwarders and the five largest ocean carriers for FCL quotes to get a sense of the growing competition that forwarders are facing and how these compare in their digitization efforts. .

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

Freightos

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. As freight forwarders, we’re not the only industry that has had to digitize.