Last-mile delivery is the last leg of your shipping process which usually entails the movement of the cargo from the logistics hub to the doorstep of the consignee. The sharp rise in e-commerce establishments has made way for fast, flexible, personalized, and trackable last-mile deliveries and consequently consumers these days have greater expectations from the…
Over 450 million people all over the world are currently employed in the transportation and logistics industry but regrettably, they have never come to the public eye despite providing us with indispensable services. In fact, most of us are still unaware of the significant role of the frontline logistics workers who are putting their lives…
In less than four months, COVID-19 has changed the global economy forever. We currently live and develop our business within a globalized economy and the disruption caused by the pandemic has acted as a massive snowball dragging all the economies into a very difficult situation. But there is only one certain thing, the COVID-19 situation…
The grounding of numerous passenger flights all over the world in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 has led to the skyrocketing of airfreight rates and supply chain professionals are trying their best to book the limited space on cargo flights. In today’s post, we are going to take a quick look…
Regardless of the size of the company, reducing the transportation cost is often the number one priority of independent freight forwarders. Poor decision-making and lack of research are two factors that are often responsible for excessive expenditures in our industry. The trick is to lower the cost of your supply and elude delays which may increase…
Containerised shipping amounts to more than $4 trillion industry with around 130 million containers being used for sending out various shipments. It goes without saying that smart containers – those that include sensors and are capable of real-time tracking of the movement and location of the cargo – have come up as one of the…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has been the most unfortunate disaster of the 21st century which has taken a toll on the global economy as well as the lives and wellbeing of people. The transportation and logistics industry is one of those industries which specialize in disaster response. However, are a few things independent freight forwarders…