Ports struggle with congestion as Red Sea crisis and front-loading boost volume

The latest port congestion data reveals that shippers are grappling with extensive dwell times as the Red Sea crisis continues to take its toll. Today, Danish carrier Maersk warned customers ...

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Comment / Which are more precarious, post-Flexport cuts: 'digital' or 'traditional' forwarders?

The news from Flexport about its job losses continues to reverberate around the market – ...

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Comment / Don’t write off 'digital freight forwarders' – look and learn from them

It happened again, last week. Digitally native forwarder Beacon announced a funding round, accompanied by familiar ...

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News / BIFA bites back at 'rubbish' prophecies of forwarders' death-by-tech

Digital disruptors will no more kill-off today’s forwarding sector than the advent of European rail ...

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RTR: Amazon's Jeff Bezos invests in UK digital freight forwarder Beacon

REUTERS reports: Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has picked British startup Beacon, a digital freight ...

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News / Beacon will disrupt 'slow and inefficient' forwarding market with Bezos cash

A new UK ‘digital’ forwarder, hoping to disrupt the industry’s “precarious” traditional methods, has received ...

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