The container shipping industry has traditionally relied on manual processes for both decision making and data management. There are around 4,900 ports all over the world. Unfortunately, only a handful of them has started to digitize their operations. The reliance on conventional methods is no longer proving useful and this industry is now looking for…
Over the last few decades, the advent of digitization, governmental reforms, changing customer preferences because of digitization, and the application of new strategies have considerably transformed the transportation and logistics industry in India. The logistics and supply chain management industry in India has greatly evolved resulting in increased efficiency and better-operating models. The freight forwarding…
It can be said without a doubt that the emergence of warehouse robotics has irrevocably altered the functioning of warehouses and ushered in a great change in the warehousing industry. To begin with it enormously helps in the movement of heavy items within the warehouses. Thus, it helps to reduce the dependency on the human…
The problem of lost containers Recent researches suggest that over tens and thousands of shipping containers are lost in the ocean on a yearly basis. At the moment, the authorities found tons of containers gliding beneath the waterline. According to a 2020 report by World Shipping Council, roughly 1,382 containers are lost in the oceans…
A gigantic containership Ever Given has blocked sideways Egypt’s Suez Canal. This has obstructed the way for other vessels waiting to cross the Suez Canal. Consequently, it has given rise to one of the worst shipping jams in several years. In todays’ post, we present you with a brief report on the ongoing traffic jam…
Ever since the pandemic started, online shopping trends have skyrocketed. Most of the consumers now prefer ordering their products online and receiving the right to their doorstep. The changes in ecommerce and warehousing are obviously going to have an effect on logistics companies. In today’s post, we will briefly discuss the effects of ecommerce on…
In the last few decades, we have witnessed a steady rise of women professionals within the logistics and the supply chain industry. Even though this industry continues to be a male dominated one, women in the freight forwarding industry are no longer a rare find as they were in the 80s or the 90s. In…
The air freight industry is one of those few industries which were responsible for keeping our society functional during the peak of the pandemic. Transportation of cargoes across air is one of the fastest and most efficient modes of moving an item from point A to point B but we also have to consider the…
xChange’s Container Availability Index (CAx) looks into the entering and leaving of containers from ports on a weekly basis, covering over 10 million containers and following their journey. A CAx value of 0.5 indicates a balance, meaning that the same number of containers are leaving and entering a port in a certain week. On the…
Although road transport continues to be one of the most popular modes of domestic freight movement, more and more independent freight forwarders of our times are choosing rail transport for shipments that are not time-sensitive. The cost-effectiveness and reliability of railways are two major reasons for the popularity of rail transport but these days many…