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5 Reasons Why Carriers Are Customer-Obsessed

Freightos

In their words: “freight made personal” waves proudly on Air France KLM Martinair Cargo ’s banner. “We Today’s air cargo customers want a quick and fully-digitized sales experience with extensive, agile self-service options”, United Cargo ’s President upon signing up with WebCargo. The Horizon Expanded.

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Doing Our Part To Help Logistics Companies Adapt to COVID-19

Freightos

Meanwhile, massive passenger airline restrictions dramatically reduced air cargo capacity, sending rates through the roof. WebCargo Sky , the world’s largest air cargo platform for live pricing, capacity assessment, and eBooking from global airlines. And, of course, then the potential recession started to tamper demand.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February. PHOTO: KARIM SAHIB/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES. Dubai’s airport has seen a recent rush in cargo volume as freight forwarders switch from sea freight. Cargo Facts).

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. CEVA Logistics is taking a lead in the air cargo industry to reduce the logistics-related impact on the environment at the source by creating demand for more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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The Green Corridor – My Visit to Energy Observer – A Tour into the Future of Ocean Travel

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Energy Observer project started in France in 2017 with support from French industries. The team behind Energy Observer wants to gain better information for commercial cargo vessels by vastly increasing the size of the ship. The original gyro style wind energy installations were replaced with a wing type sail in 2019.

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The Evolving Warehouse: Prepare Your Warehouse for Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

With the lack of drivers and trucks picking up cargo, this is also causing U.S. Joan has a master’s degree in digital marketing strategy from Georgetown University, and a master’s degree in business from ESSCA Business School in France. trucking industry, according to the American Trucking Association. ports to get backlogged.

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Freight Firms Reject 1-in-5 Cargos Shipped From France to U.K.

Supply Chain Brain

Freight companies are rejecting one in five contracts to take goods from France to the U.K. as border rules put in place after Brexit added to delays in moving goods across the English Channel.

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