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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,...
The Future of Air Cargo Digitization through the Lens of Air France/KLM VP
Would you be shocked if you learned that the vast majority of a major airline’s cargo revenues come from digital channels? We were too. Sit back. That’s not the only data point that shows...
Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?
Special thanks to Lars Jensen, CEO at Sea Intelligence Consulting and Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos Group for their input and insights for this report. Shipping containers are like scotch. It’s hard to predict what...
Johnson & Johnson on why Q3 is all about data, standards, and visibility
In this article, we summarize some of the key insights from our interview with Neil Ackerman, Head of Advanced Technologies, Global Supply Chain, Middle East and Africa at Johnson & Johnson, touching on what enterprise...
How to prevent exorbitant demurrage/detention fees in times of COVID-19
In this guest post, the team from Dockflow shares its insights on the recent increase in demurrage and detention charges, and how digital cargo tracking platfoms can help avoid or manage them. Forwarders, shippers, and...
Five Key Lessons on the Future of Freight Forwarding from Agility’s Chief Digital Officer
In the article, we summarize some of the key insights from our interview with Chief Digital and Transformation Officer at Agility GIL, Biju Kewalram. We discussed whether or not tech will disrupt forwarding, what the...
Ocean Carrier Innovation with Hapag-Lloyd’s Ralf Belusa
In the article, we summarize some of the key insights from our interview with Chief Digital Officer at Hapag-Lloyd, Dr. Ralf Belusa. We discussed how to drive innovation at a large organization, how carriers are...
The Future of Freight – A New Logistics Tech Interview Series, Episode 1 Roundup
A Broad Look at Logistics Technology with Eric Johnson, JOC In the article, we summarize some of the key insights from our interview with Eric Johnson, the senior tech editor at the Journal of Commerce,...
Index-linked, Automated Quoting – A Case Study in Tech-Assisted Spot Sales
In this article, we explore shifting pricing models for container shipping, methods for reducing cost of spot sales for logistics providers, and how one logistics provider took advantage of automated, index-based pricing to improve their...