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Freight Rates Still Down, But Is There Change In The Air?
It’s the peak of peak season. But over the past eight weeks, China export rates have decreased nearly every week. Beyond that, China-US East Coast rates have now declined for seven consecutive weeks, while four...
The Peak Season Surcharge That Wasn’t
This article originally appeared on Zvi’s LinkedIn page. I spent last week traveling around Asia (6 cities in 6 days!) and one of the recurring themes I heard was shock from carriers about flagging rates. This goes...
Peak Season, GRIs, and Data Transparency
By Noam Fraenkel, VP Data and Market Intelligence Peak season or not, September just kicked off without a China-US GRI. It also kicked off with speculation on the mid-month GRI. Since early July, peak season...
Now Is A Great Time To Be A Smaller Forwarder
With over 160 logistics technology professionals at Freightos, we’re happy to share some thoughts from our digital freight pioneers. Today’s pioneer is Eze Fiszerman, whose expertise lies in getting forwarders ready to shift to online sales....
How Five Digital Experts at Top Logistics Providers Are Preparing For The Future
I’ve been writing about freight digitization for years. For much of that time, a debate raged about whether the freight industry was actually embracing digitization or if it was all just hype. Last week, I...
Five Reasons SMBs Suddenly Make Sense For Forwarders
One of the first rules forwarders drill into their sales teams is that it’s all about key accounts. The logic checks out. Smaller customers have a higher cost of service, lower volume, and, well, can...
The Logistics Trend Behind The Latest Trend
This post was contributed by Kenneth Kowal, the founder of ShipStarter. Kenneth is a 25+ year professional of the supply chain industry. He writes content for many of the world’s largest logistics companies, as well...
Freightos Raises $25 Million Round Solidifying Position As Digital Global Freight Leader
Round extension led by GE Ventures, after 600% order growth in six months following the Freightos Marketplace launch and adoption of Freightos software by 1,000 freight forwarders (March 29, 2017) – Freightos®, the logistics technology company...
LogTech Industry Roundup: Q2 2016
LogTech Industry Roundup: Q2 2016 Highlights from our quarterly review of disruptive logistics technologies are included below. If you’re interested in the underlying data, more observations and updates about Freightos over the last quarter, just download the full report!...
Six Freight “Facts” That Are Wrong
Sometimes what is taken as a fact doesn’t hold up to closer scrutiny. And the freight industry is no exception. This post looks at six freight “facts”, and what makes them more fiction than fact....