News / Strategic partnerships not so important to shippers these days

20 October 2025

Are ties between forwarders and cargo owners weakening? The 2026 Third-Party Logistics Study unveiled by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals reveals a divergence of the two sides on their relationships.

Although 88% of the shippers surveyed described their engagement with ...

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