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…
Due to the difficult and uncertain situation we are going through, no freight forwarder can take risks when selecting reliable partners to cooperate with, so choosing a trustworthy partner becomes more imperative than ever in order to arrange a quick, safe, flexible and seamless delivery process that meets your client satisfaction. At Conqueror Freight Network,…
Technology has become an indispensable aspect of our day to day life, and life, as we know it in the 21st century, is entirely dependent on digital technologies. For example, we cannot imagine our lives without smartphones, internet or the laptop. By ‘digital transformation’ we talk about the process of reshaping services, goods, and the…
Ever since we were faced with the COVID-19 threat there is no end to our concerns and the various versions of lockdowns and quarantines are still in place even after the arrival of the vaccine. It will take yet another couple of months for everything to go back to normal and in the meantime, we…
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…
Broadening of the market reach should hands down be one of the primary concerns of any organization. Today’s blog comes with many important tips that will help independent freight forwarders achieve precisely that. Study your market Since the primary step in making a powerful business plan, constructing strong brand, and increasing sales is knowing your…
The origin of AfCFTA The African Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) was envisioned more than 40 years back with the adoption of the Monrovia Strategy (1979), the Lagos Plan of Action (1980) and the Abuja Treaty (1991). From the beginning, the AfCFTA aimed to create numerous opportunities in trade and investment ensuing in more and…
Along with IoT, Blockchain, robotics and e-commerce TMS or Transport Management System has also become a much used term in the freight forwarding industry. TMS is one aspect of digitization that often goes way beyond the reduction of the cost of shipping. To put it simply, it allows the freight forwarders to move shipments from…
As 2020 is coming to an end we are desperately hoping for the arrival of the vaccines in our respective cities in order to eradicate the virus and get back to our normal lives. Despite all the hurdles posed by the pandemic, the Conqueror team has managed to provide indispensable services to improve the bottom…