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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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Inside the Shipper Mind with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

Some of their notable clients include third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders, trucking companies, and technology companies serving the logistics industry. They are committed to helping their clients achieve their marketing and business goals through creative and effective solutions.

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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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CTU Code Boosts Supply Chain Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

The seven industry bodies dedicated to container safety, collaborating as the Cargo Integrity Group, highlight an independent study carried out by researchers at Italian University Politecnico di Torino into shipper and forwarder application of the CTU Code.

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More Paperwork is Worsening Delays at the UK/EU Border, find CIPS Survey

Logistics Business Magazine

Over half (58%) of UK businesses say that delays have become longer since the beginning of January 2021 with 30% of this group reporting that delays are significantly longer than they were when the new border rules first came into effect at the beginning of the year. About the survey.

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Transport SMEs Boost Investment and Recruitment

Logistics Business Magazine

Published today in ‘An SME Led Recovery’, a survey of transport SMEs from across the UK identified growing expectations for cashflow to improve – leading to increased investment by businesses in their operations. Confidence was less strong in the UK economy, with only 39% of transport SMEs surveyed expressing confidence.

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Driver Shortage is “Biggest Challenge”, Reports North America Carrier Survey

Logistics Business Magazine

The report, titled “In the Driver’s Seat: 2018 North American over-the-road transportation survey,” will be distributed in Transporeon’s booth #636 at CSCMP Edge, or via download from the link below. “Our The Transporeon 2018 North American Road Transportation Survey can be downloaded here.

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