In Part 1, Judah Levine, Oliver Esch, and Anton Barr walked through 2025’s market moves, how leaders are using dynamic contracting and mini‑bids, and how forecasting and key‑event signals can turn surprises into planned tender actions. The recording, slides, and templates are below.
What we covered — quick highlights
- Tariff de‑escalation + impact on trans‑Pacific seasonality (Judah)
- Red Sea vs Cape routing capacity effects and carrier capacity discipline (Judah)
- Why leaders run 2–4 mini‑bids/year and the mechanics of dynamic contracting (Oliver)
- How event‑driven forecasting and “risk + price” scores work in Freightos Terminal (Anton)
- Fast implementation: 2‑week rate setup, first tender pilot in ~3 weeks; typical prep time savings ~70% (Oliver)
Your Expert Hosts
Judah Levine
Head of Research
Judah is an experienced market research manager, using data-driven analytics to deliver market-based insights. Judah produces the Freightos Group’s FBX Weekly Freight Update and other research on what’s happening in the industry from shipper behaviors to the latest in logistics technology and digitization
Oliver Esch
VP Commercial, Enterprise Shippers
Oliver brings 15+ years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies optimize their freight strategies. He's guided enterprise shippers through multiple market cycles and will share battle-tested insights from the frontlines of ocean procurement.
Anton Barr
Senior VP Data
Builds the analytics and forecasting tools that power market‑timed procurement decisions.
