News / Warning to forwarders as 'plug-and-play for sea freight' aims to cut them out

02/02/2017

Australia-based China Sea Rates has launched the world’s first plug-and-play, door-to-door ocean freight booking system for e-commerce websites, potentially bypassing a host of middlemen, including freight forwarders.

Aimed at US consumers buying Chinese products, the platform can be installed on any e-commerce or shipping company website ...

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