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Launching the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) for Daily Rates
In the digital age, visibility is key In our digital age, we want to know everything, in seconds. We want to be able to see real-time status for flights, take-out delivery and how long we’ll...
Digital Air Cargo – A Conceptual and Technological Revolution
A key to efficiency and profitability in commerce is the ability to match supply with demand at its optimal, market-based price, and make that pricing available to customers – all in real time. Likewise, opacity...
The Logistics Technology Update for Q3 2019
This quarterly report is compiled by the Freightos research team and can be downloaded in PDF format here. If you have any questions or submissions to make, please contact us below. Logistics Technology in Q3...
WeWork Or Not, Logistics Technology Can Work
“WeWork’s abrupt decision last month to delay an initial public offering… raises questions about the sustainability of the business models of so-called disruptors in the logistics space…” Journal of Commerce, 10.10.2019 Not so fast. WeWork’s...
5 Reasons Why Carriers Are Customer-Obsessed
Open up LinkedIn and check out the profile of senior salesperson at a freight forwarder or carrier and you’ll probably see several top-tier providers as previous employers. Historically, a carrier’s relationship with importers and exporters...
Why Digital Freight Is About So Much More Than Price
In this article, Freightos’ Director of Marketplace Supply Eze Fiszerman pushes back against the notion that transparency by definition drives bottom-of-the-barrel pricing. Using data from the Freightos Marketplace, he explores how users prioritize freight procurement and...
Is Freight Digitalization Still An Existential Threat?
This year alone, Maersk has accelerated its direct-to-shipper strategy, digital forwarders have raised massive rounds (like Flexport’s billion-dollar injection), and platforms for forwarders and carriers – big and small – have continued to pop up...
Why Amazon Prime Day Is More Important than Ever for Small Businesses
Over the past 15 years Amazon has paved the way for SMBs to grow, frequently at the expense of other Big Box retailers, like Toys R’ Us, Sears, and A&F, that saw a ten year...
The Logistics Technology Update for Q2 2019
This quarterly report is compiled by the Freightos research team and can be downloaded in PDF format here. If you have any questions or submissions to make, please contact us below. Logistics Technology in Q2...
Air Cargo’s Digital Lag And The Airlines Fixing It
Some airlines still fly planes built in the 1970s. Even back then, planes were built to last. What is alarming, though, they still use pre-Walkman era 1970s technology to connect with customers. And that explains...