Volatile shipment prices, increased demand for consumer goods, and more competition for space than ever are all making it more difficult for forwarders or importers to get pricing for a shipment (not to mention the...
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Welcoming 7LFreight and the New Year
Everyone likes to talk about life’s chapters. And everyone hates spoiler alerts. Spoiler alert – this post is about life chapters, but it is specifically about Freightos Group acquiring 7LFreight and bringing digital air cargo...
Networking (and) Air Cargo Networks
Navigating via networks It was an honor to attend and address the Neutral Air Partner OPENAP conference in Dubai. After so many months of digital communication, it was truly enjoyable meeting industry professionals and...
The Future of Maritime Demands Stepping Out of (Internal) Comfort Zones
This article is based on a presentation given by Daniel Bataller, VP Global Operations at WebCargo, at the October 2021 Plug and Play Maritime Kick-off in Antwerp. “We bring freight into the 21st century.” and...
Freight Innovation and the Lesson from a Dead Remote Control Tech Play
In this article, we review how carrier and forwarder fragmentation remains one of the most significant hurdles for modern freight, how freight standardization and platformification are posed to change that, and why innovation we can’t...
How Design Will Change Air Cargo
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs Remember what cell phones used to look like, pre smartphone days? Lots of shapes, lots of...
Change at scale
What does the Model T automobile have to do with how global trade moves around the world? And no, it’s not (only) trucking. The Model T changed how people think. Henry Ford’s practical, affordable, dependable...
Digital Air Cargo – A Conceptual and Technological Revolution
A key to efficiency and profitability in commerce is the ability to match supply with demand at its optimal, market-based price, and make that pricing available to customers – all in real time. Likewise, opacity...
What Is eBooking: The Three Things Your eBooking Platform Must Have
Here at WebCargo, we are seeing eBookings growing at a CAGR of over 400%. As the industry rapidly shifts online, feedback from forwarders and carriers alike has been overwhelmingly positive, with reports about time saved,...
The Ultimate Tech/Cargo Crossover – IAG’s Camilo Garcia Joins Freightos
If you’re passionate about the future of air cargo and interested in speaking to Camilo, drop him a line here [email protected] This week, I left IAG Cargo – the world class air freight carrier, which...