“These applications are really becoming table stakes. People and consumers believe the software we’re getting at home is the software that we should see in the office.”
Cargo congestion has gone from bad to worse at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, forcing importers to wait several days to retrieve shipments and prompting two large logistics companies to migrate airfreight operations an hour west to an uncrowded facility in Rockford, Illinois. There is so much cargo piling up at O’Hare that airline-handling agents for […]
Technology and digitization are creating a sea of change in the freight forwarding (FF) industry.
Surging container imports have heightened freight-forwarding demand. Talent scouts like Logitalent help forwarders staff up.
Kuehne + Nagel is the second-largest logistics services provider in the world. It just got bigger, swallowing up Hong Kong’s Apex International.
HubTran boasts over 1 billion processed documents, 99% accuracy and $50 million saved.
The freight-forwarding arm of Canada’s Manitoulin Group has bought Chicago-based World Wide International Logistics, its third acquisition in the United States.
Demand is reducing inventories while sales remain strong, leaving no cushion before sales ramp up as they do in November and December.
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from ocean carriers.
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission steps forward with notice of inquiry to evaluate alleged ocean carrier abuse of “merchant” definition for bill of lading responsibility.
The inability of ocean carriers to timely inform shippers of schedule changes results in costly logistics disruptions and potential for lost international sales.
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission anticipates COVID-19 impact on U.S. supply chain to continue into the first half of 2021.
PayCargo has become a force in the online payment of freight transportation bills and now offers coronavirus-impacted shippers and forwarders credit lines to smooth their cash flow.
Brazilian startup aims to provide tools for freight forwarders to create and maintain partnerships.
A language barrier of sorts may be blocking shipping lines and ports from adopting common technology platforms.
Facing possible FMCSA action, brokers contend responsibility for nonpayment of motor carrier claims should fall on financial backers.
Third-party logistics services providers involved in international trade remain concerned about how their businesses will remerge post-COVID-19. They are addressing tough questions about what it will take in terms of staff, systems and office space to operate a successful company.
International Freight forwarder Eternity México’s revenue rose 28% during the first quarter thanks to its digital freight tracking platform, officials said.
Expeditors International sees digital platform acquisition as key to advancing its less-than-truckload shipping platform.
NCBFAA President Janet Fields has knowledge and skills to lead industry through worst of times, former association President Amy Magnus says.
