ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. becomes the latest shipping line to enter the freight forwarding market following their announcement today of the creation of a new subsidiary, Ship4wd, a digital … Read more..
The activity of Freight Forwarding has been around for many years and there has been a recent resurgence of the forwarder especially in the form of a digital freight forwarder. … Read more..
Even as the world of shipping and trade continues to battle with exceptionally high freight rates, cargo rollovers, container and space shortages, fraudulent freight forwarders and their scams seems to … Read more..
Achieving and maintaining profitability has been one of the serious problems faced by many freight forwarders and more so, in these trying times.. A Freight Forwarder is a multi-function agent/operator who undertakes … Read more..
Shipping damage is a massive threat to any products that travel on the supply chain. As per a Statista survey, eighty per cent of consumers say they’d return a product … Read more..
The process of global trade is simple to look at, especially if you look at it from the outside.. There is a buyer who needs a product ; There is … Read more..
If you are in the business of trade and shipping, you would have surely heard of/dealt with freight quotations along the way.. A freight quotation is a document that outlines … Read more..
In any normal year, hundreds of thousands of containers filled with cargo are abandoned all over the world. While abandoned cargo could be quite stressful and considered to be a … Read more..
Freight forwarders are an integral part of the supply chain and global maritime trade.. A freight forwarder serves as a conduit for global trade between importers, exporters, BCOs (Beneficial Cargo … Read more..
Abandoned cargo could be quite stressful for shipping lines, shippers, port authorities and forwarders alike and is considered to be a big headache for everyone concerned.. When a cargo is abandoned … Read more..
Digitisation, Digitalisation, Digital Transformation are some buzz words that have recently taken the shipping and freight industry by storm.. Let’s take a quick look at what these terms mean and … Read more..
Executive Insights is a series by Shipping and Freight Resource that provides ongoing insights and thoughtful analysis enriching the knowledge of the readers with what is happening in the shipping, … Read more..
First question you need to ask yourself is WHY..?? It is important that you understand the purpose of wanting to become a freight forwarder.. What is the objective..?? Maybe its … Read more..
China opened up for global trade around 1980 and became an economic superpower in the 2000’s achieving some dramatic growth in the last 30 odd years. China has grown into … Read more..
Previously I wrote that apart from dealing with digital shipping lines, digital freight forwarders will also need to contend with traditional freight forwarders, not just from a service perspective but … Read more..