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Containerized shipping joins modern financial world with CME futures
In the late 1970s, McDonalds set out to launch Chicken McNuggets. But they ran into a pricing challenge; consumers hate price changes (at least, price increases) and like most commodities, the cost of chicken changes....
High freight costs for importers means higher price tags for consumers
A Freightos survey of 300+ companies sheds light on how importers have been navigating supply chain disruptions. What’s changed in a year? You might not think about shipping containers and ocean freight when you click...
The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment
It’s rare for ocean liners like Maersk to live in the same category as tech giants like Amazon or Alibaba. But more blatantly than ever, container liners – and especially Maersk – are on a...
The Shipping Container Impact on Inflation
If you were building a house in 2021, things got rough. The cost of lumber skyrocketed from $354 / 1000 board feet in May 2020 up to $1,683 in May 20211. And even if you...
What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer
(AKA why that couch you ordered isn’t here…and isn’t getting here tomorrow) Disclaimer: This article is a zoom out for the less freight-inclined. If you have a deeper understanding of freight, you might want...
Freight Innovation and the Lesson from a Dead Remote Control Tech Play
In this article, we review how carrier and forwarder fragmentation remains one of the most significant hurdles for modern freight, how freight standardization and platformification are posed to change that, and why innovation we can’t...
Experimenting Our Way Towards The Evolution Of Logistics
Co-authored by Rebecca Wright (Head of Marketing, Twill) & Eytan Buchman (CMO Freightos Group) With customer expectations continuously on the rise and as technological progress continues, logistics companies need to explore new ways of innovation....
Unlocking crossborder B2B e-commerce: launching Freight-as-a-Service
In the beginning, there was nothing. Okay, that’s not true. There was a Sears catalog. But then, for a long time, there was nothing. Brick and mortar, together with catalogs like Lands End, LL Bean,...
How rate transparency grows SMBs: Introducing the FBA Index
2020 was a critical year for small importers. Even before this year, 97% of US importers are small businesses, bringing in about $50 billion in imports. Of course, COVID-19 has accelerated this trend, with more...
The Great Maersk Shift
The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. As a disclaimer,...