News / Investment and co-operation in technology key to smarter supply chain visibility

With no let-up in investment in IT and software, freight forwarders and online logistics platforms are increasingly running into a talent shortage, as demand from shippers for better supply chain visibility grows.

Flexport founder and chief executive Ryan Petersen told The Loadstar in a recent interview that it was it was becoming “super hard” to get staff as the US-headquartered freight forwarder continued its international expansion – recently raising $65m of new investment and opening an office in Shenzhen.

“We are adding a software ...