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From Static to Strategic: Tendering in 2026

A twoโ€‘part series for procurement, logistics, and supply chain leaders

Webinar

In Part 1, Judah Levine, Oliver Esch, and Anton Barr walked through 2025โ€™s market moves, how leaders are using dynamic contracting and miniโ€‘bids, and how forecasting and keyโ€‘event signals can turn surprises into planned tender actions. The recording, slides, and templates are below.

What we covered โ€” quick highlights

  • Tariff deโ€‘escalation + impact on transโ€‘Pacific seasonality (Judah)
  • Red Sea vs Cape routing capacity effects and carrier capacity discipline (Judah)
  • Why leaders run 2โ€“4 miniโ€‘bids/year and the mechanics of dynamic contracting (Oliver)
  • How eventโ€‘driven forecasting and “risk + price” scores work in Freightos Terminal (Anton)
  • Fast implementation: 2โ€‘week rate setup, first tender pilot in ~3 weeks; typical prep time savings ~70% (Oliver)

Your Expert Hosts

Judah Levine presenting at Freightos Global Freight Outlook webinar September 2024

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 Groupโ€™s FBX Weekly Freight Update and other research on whatโ€™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 marketโ€‘timed procurement decisions.

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