FREIGHTOS IN THE NEWS
2020 In the News
Don’t write off ‘digital freight forwarders’ – look and learn from them
Freightos Group CMO Eytan Buchman shares his perspective on logistics technology investment with notable trade publication The Loadstar following industry skeptisim after news of digital forwader Beacon’s latest funding round.
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Alibaba adds financing tools and online trade shows for U.S. merchants
TechCrunch covers news of freightos.com’s partnership with Alibaba.com to help SMBs navigate cross-border freight smoothly.
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Digitalisation is the only way out for air cargo
STAT Times features WebCargo by Freightos in a comprehensive piece on how digitization has enabled air cargo to step-up during the COVID-19 pandemic and propel the industry into the 21st century during a time when air cargo traffic and demand couldn’t be higher.
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IBS and WebCargo to partner on digital air cargo bookings
Air Cargo News covered our industry-first initiative between WebCargo by Freightos and IBS Software; a strategic partnership empowering airlines to become fully digital with an easy and cost-effective solution. The partnership ensures faster and smoother movement of supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus Upheaval Triggers Corporate Search for Supply-Chain Technology
The Wall Street Journal features Freightos Group in a piece discussing how COVID-19 has companies stepping up investments aimed at simplifying and speeding up their logistics operations.
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Companies try to slow product shipments from overseas
The Financial Times cites Freightos Data to showcase how ‘Slow steaming’ options for imports gain popularity as coronavirus lockdowns sap demand.
VIEW ARTICLEThe looming demand-side crisis at US ports
The Financial Times covers the shipping slow down during the COVID-19 pandemic and shares Freightos Group insight regarding the increased demand for air cargo to ship essential items like medical and persoanl protective equipment.
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COVID-19 and Trade: Stories from the Data
Jump to minute 11:20 to hear Soumaya Keynes trade and globalization editor of The Economist magazine, and the co-host of a podcast covering economic trade called Trade Talks shares insights from her conversation with Freightos Group CMO Eytan Buchman regarding COVID-19 and trade.
VIEW ARTICLEPorts feel coronavirus impact on global trade
The Financial Times cites Freightos data highliting the impact global ports are feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Airlines Use Empty Passenger Jets to Ease the Cargo Crunch
Iconic technology publication Wired features Freightos Group insights regarding the impact COVID-19 has and will continue to have on passenger and cargo flights.
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Coronavirus adds uncertainty and cost to tech company supply chains
TechRepublic taps Freightos Group data to highlight the COVID-19’s impact on supply chains during the pandemic.
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Freightos rolls out FedEx customs brokerage add-on
The Journal of Commerce covers Freightos Group’s partnership with FedEx highlighting how on-demand customs services leverages the playing field for SMBs navigating the compliance systems and customs brokerage relationships.
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Global shipping has been hit by the coronavirus. Now goods are getting stranded
CNN Business features Freightos Group insights regarding shipping delays from China following the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Coronavirus is having an enormous impact on the US economy, according to an unusual source of data, but it’s also been a boon to at least four startups
Business Insider showcases Freightos.com, the world’s largest online freight marketplace, data highlighting the impact coronavirus is having on the economy.
VIEW ARTICLEBaltic Exchange begins publishing Freightos rate index
The Journal of Commerce covers the daily launch of Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). Launched in April 2018, FBX moved from weekly to daily spot ocean freight rate indices for 40-foot containers (FEUs) from hundreds of global logistics providers via the Baltic Exchange and the Freightos Group, adding real-time, transparent price discovery and risk mitigation into the container freight market that powers global trade.
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Will UK cargo shippers ever switch off?
Freightos.com, the world’s largest online freight marketplace, data showcases logistics provider search trends in the UK and North America over the 2019 Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
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Forwarders embracing digital quotes: Freightos survey
Esteemed logistics technology publication, the Journal of Commerce, covers the Freightos Group’s flagship report assessing the state of digitization among the world’s top 20 freight forwarders.
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SAS Cargo to launch full digital capability with WebCargo
Lloyd’s Loading List covers WebCargo’s, a Freightos Group Company, partnership with SAS Cargo, launching fully digital eBooking, dynamic rates, and capacity availability.
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Freightos: Demystifying freight pricing promises benefits for all
Freightos chief marketing officer Ruthie Amaru talks digital freight pricing, marketplaces, and industry front-runners at FreightWaves LIVE.
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A starting point for selecting a digital air freight platform
Industry analyst Cathy Roberson analyzes air cargo platforms, mentioning Freightos as a pioneer and front-runner.
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A $4 Trillion Opportunity
Technology writer Chris O’Brien features Freightos in his article on how a digitally-optimized logistics industry could add huge value to the world economy.
VIEW ARTICLEFreightWaves announces 2020 FreightTech 100
Industry-leading publication FreightWaves, awarded Freightos for the second consecutive year a 2020 FreightTech 100 Award.The FreightTech 100 highlights the most innovative and disruptive companies across the freight industry.
VIEW ARTICLEFreightos appoints IAG Cargo’s Camilo Garcia to ‘bridge the gap’ between cargo and technology
IAG Cargo’s Camilo Garcia joins Freightos Group as global vice president for business development of the WebCargo by Freightos business unit. The Loadstar features highlights of the announcement including what such a move means for the industry’s push for faster digitization.
VIEW ARTICLEChina’s Sinoair adds online service with Freightos WebCargo
China’s largest freight forwarder, Sinotrans, announces offering online quoting and booking for air freight via WebCargo, the logistics purchasing platform from Freightos.
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How can you prepare for the latest trends affecting final-mile logistics?
Freightos insight regarding industry use of APIs to deliver real-time is included in this round-up of biggest trends affecting delivery in the final mile.
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The big interview with Manel Galindo of WebCargo by Freightos
Air Cargo Week spoke with WebCargo by Freightos CEO Manel Galindo about air cargo complexities and how Freightos is helping the industry embrace digitization with its latest product debut, WebCargo Sky.
VIEW ARTICLEFreightos looks to bring United Airlines air cargo service online
Freight Waves covers WebCargo by Freightos’ latest partnership with United Cargo, which enables the air carrier to offer air cargo through its own site or through a third-party marketplace. In an industry first, United’s pricing and booking engine will be powered through cloud computing services.
VIEW ARTICLEFreightos CEO Zvi Schreiber Talks Logistics Technology
Freight Waves Insiders hosts Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber to discuss: Freightos new deal with a major airline and the dangers of replicating Amazon’s business model.
VIEW ARTICLEFreightos makes air cargo e-booking free to all forwarders
Popular trade publication Lloyd’s Loading List covers WebCargo by Freightos’ latest product launch WebCargo Sky. Sky provides forwarders with live access to air cargo rates across a huge number of airlines. With select airlines, like Air France, KLM, British Airways, Lufthansa, Iberia, Aer Lingus, and others, Sky also offers live insights into available capacity and live booking.
VIEW ARTICLEIAG to offer electronic booking through Freightos
Air Cargo News covers IAG Cargo’s partnership with Freightos to introduce instant quoting, dynamic pricing and eBooking. IAG Cargo is the third major air carrier to partner with Freightos to ramp up its digitization. Lufthansa and Air France KLM have also announced partnerships.
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Trade Tensions Worry Ship Operators
Iconic international daily The Wall Street Journal cites Freightos’ international freight index (FBX) to frame how the U.S.-China tariff saga is impacting the container shipping industry.
VIEW ARTICLEThe case for regulating Amazon logistics
Freightos CEO and founder, Zvi Schreiber, warns of the dangers of Amazon leveraging their monopoly in e-commerce to gain an unfair advantage in logistics in this opinion editorial featured in top logistics publication The Journal of Commerce.
VIEW ARTICLEAs air freight carriers move to online pricing, forwarders call for comparison sites
Referencing a Freightos announcement with Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo, The Loadstar explores how dynamic pricing information and eBooking is changing the industry.
VIEW ARTICLEDigitisation finally taking off as air cargo carriers develop online distribution
The Loadstar covers Freightos news of Air France-KLM Cargo signed up to offer rates, capacity information and booking capability via WebCargo by Freightos to more than 14,000 forwarders. And in a first for the industry, dynamic pricing information.
VIEW ARTICLEFreightos WebCargo acquires Air Freight Bazaar India
Air Cargo News covers WebCargo by Freightos’ acquisition of Indian air cargo rates and sales platform Air Freight Bazaar, bringing even more efficiency to India’s air cargo market with dynamic pricing and eBooking.
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These are the digital freight start-ups disrupting the global logistics industry
Yahoo Finance, the largest business and financial news site in the world, covers Freightos as a top five digital freight startup to watch.
VIEW ARTICLEIndex-linked contracts open the door for container freight derivatives
Lloyd’s List, one of the oldest running shipping journals, speaks to Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber about why carriers and shippers should be using index-linked contracts to reduce volatility and avoid contract breaches.
VIEW ARTICLEIs logistics finally ready for APIs?
Top trade publication The Journal of Commerce cites Freightos’ research regarding adoption of application programming interfaces (APIs) in shipping.
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Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd digital leaders among ocean carriers: survey
Covering a Freightos benchmark survey of digital maturity for the world’s top 30 air/ocean carriers, Supply Chain Dive publishes key highlights including: which carriers are leading the way, what sets the top performers apart, and the competitive edge smaller carriers have in the race to get online.
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Amazon pushing hard into ocean shipping, making it easier for Chinese goods to get to you
USA Today consults Freightos expert regarding Amazon’s moves to ramp up its ocean shipping services and, along the way, help Chinese manufacturers reach US households at scale.
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CMA CGM joins instant quote effort via Freightos platform
Top trade publication The Journal of Commerce gives broader industry context to the importance of the world’s fourth largest ocean carrier, CMA CGM, selling direct to shippers of all sizes via freightos.com.
VIEW ARTICLEDigital Marketplace Freightos Gains $45 Million in New Funding Round
The Wall Street Journal, no introduction needed, covers Freightos series c $45 million funding round and includes insight from Freightos CEO and founder Zvi Schreiber on how this positively impacts the logistics industry.
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125+ Startups Disrupting The Logistics Industry
CB Insights, a leading tech analyst firm, showcases Freightos as a leader in the logistics tech space, with a specific focus on Freightos’ role creating the world’s largest online freight marketplace, while automating comparison, booking, and shipment management.
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Freightos launches global index with Baltic Exchange
Working together with the Baltic Exchange, one of the oldest maritime consulting companies in the world, Freightos has launched the first real-time global freight index – the FBX – together with 12 regional indexes. Eventually, these will be used to power financial instruments.
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Global logistics business is going to be transformed by digitisation
Across the board, startups, carriers and forwarders are embracing automation to improve processes. Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber talks to The Economist about how this will impact imports and exporters.
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Freightos’ annual research on the how well the top twenty global forwarders sell online reveal major changes, with new top-tier players now selling online. Check out the article below or see the full report here.
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Freight-Alt-Delete
February, 2017: Zvi Schreiber, in series interviewing industry leaders on how digitalization is transforming shipping. “(Logistics players) that adapt technology to work better will continue to differentiate with outstanding supply chain service and incredible support … Technology isn’t the enemy; it’s a lifeboat. And the alternative for providers is ctrl-alt-delete.”
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Freightos launches ‘FIFI’ aggregated shipping rates index
February, 2017: “Online freight marketplace Freightos has launched its Freightos International Freight Index (FIFI) … FIFI aggregates live freight rates from “hundreds of carriers, forwarders, and shippers,” which Freightos is offering, free of charge, to promote, “data-informed decision-making.”
International trade practices “archaic”, says Freightos survey
Covering a Freightos survey of US importers and exporters, AirCargoNews shows how small and midsize businesses are paying a heavy price – in time and money – because of current global freight processes.
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Ocean Carrier Trends: Will global shipping alliances restore stability?
Logistics Management dives into Freightos’ annual global freight data report, sharing key trends in global ocean rates, capacity and modal shift. Plus, there are fancy charts.
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Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos both agree this industry shows the biggest potential
In an article published in InternetRetailer’s DigitalCommerce360, Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber shares thoughts on how Alibaba and Amazon are converging on comprehensive logistics technology overhaul.
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Salmon fly commercial and airlines reap rewards of air cargo growth
In just one example of many, Freightos Baltic Index is leveraged to provide insight into freight market trends. In this case, CNBC uses Freightos’ multimodal capabilities to showcase how air capacity strains, combined with e-commerce trends, are straining importer budgets.
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Shipping to data: The case of Amazon Prime Day
In this Freightos feature, ZDnet explores the growing importance of freight data…and how Freightos is playing a pivotal role in bringing the industry online. This one made us blush.
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Freightos Is Poised to Transform the Trillion-Dollar Freight Industry
Inc. dives into the genesis story of Freightos, tracking founder Zvi Schreiber’s personal (and frustrating) experience…and how that evolved into the Freightos of today.
VIEW ARTICLELogistics startup Freightos lands $25 million in funding from GE Ventures
Techcrunch’s take on Freightos’ $25 million Series B round, led by General Electric, to scale the “booking.com, but for international shipping,” into more countries.
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18 Tech Predictions for 2017
December, 2016: “Freight will cost less as small business supply chains get big business capabilities. As LogTech brings the logistics industry online … data is getting more transparent. Real-time access to information is a game-changer, enabling the smallest companies to easily source globally, just like multi-nationals.”