How freight forwarders add value to the logistics chain

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Logistics development manager at Alliance Shipping Bradley Waller has sat down with Air Cargo News to discuss the importance of freight forwarders and why supposed carrier plans to cut out the middlemen would fail. Mr Waller contends that airlines simply cannot duplicate the full range of services provided by freight forwarders to shippers. “Do they have the expertise or the resources to, for example, liaise with ground handlers in countries across the globe, arrange storage and delivery of the goods, ...