Flexport
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Maritime
Imports take ‘dramatically longer’ to reach US as bottlenecks bite
No letup yet: It’s taking even longer for Asian exports to get across Pacific to American buyers.
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Air Cargo
McDonald’s rents cargo jets to fix french fry shortage in Japan
McDonald’s called in the air cavalry to overcome shipping disruptions that forced it to ration french fries in Japan.
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Sustainability
Flexport, Convoy partnership provides hope for better port communication
It’s these kinds of advances that will push the industry toward complete visibility and decarbonization.
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Maritime
OceanWaves: How to navigate the port congestion minefield
Shipping Asia-U.S. via regular ocean service and rail? “I would bet your goods will not arrive in time for Christmas,” says Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.
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Air Cargo
Mazda shuts down plants as cargo flights from Shanghai dry up
With limited manpower because of COVID, the main cargo terminal at Shanghai airport can’t process many freighter flights.
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News
Will US consumers throttle back on buying stuff?
Americans were expected to divert disposable income away from goods as the economy reopened to travel, lodging and entertainment. It isn’t happening, most observers say,…
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News
4 challenges of drayage — and the FreightTech companies solving them
FreightWaves examines the challenges of drayage logistics and the technology companies that are overcoming them.
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News
Flexport, Convoy partnership designed for ‘full end-to-end visibility’
The vision of the collaboration is “for customers to be able to track their products from door to door and understand exactly what’s happening every…
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News
8VC files for two new funds, intends to raise over $1B
8VC was named top VC in Pitchbook’s Q1 2021 Supply Chain Tech Report.
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Maritime
FreightWaves LIVE recap: How to cope with ocean capacity crunch
How bad is it? A Vietnam-New York slot was just offered at $19,000 per FEU, reveals Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.
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