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Flexport secures a billion dollars in new funds to help grow its global footprint

US digital-first freight forwarder Flexport has secured “a truly outstanding” $1bn in a new funding round led by Japanese tech investment behemoth SoftBank. Flexport said the cash would be used to ...

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US freight forwarding start-up Flexport appears to be on the verge of another enormous fundraising ...

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Comment / Market Insight: Q&A with Fauad Shariff – digitisation is often a matter of 'garbage optimisation'

It is almost a year since I first talked to Fauad Shariff, co-founder and chief executive ...

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People / Air cargo veteran Dirk Reich is new chairman of InstaFreight

German digital freight forwarder InstaFreight has announced that air cargo veteran Dirk Reich (pictured above, ...

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News / Blockchain start-up OpenPort goes into liquidation as cash for new tech companies runs dry

Blockchain logistics start-up OpenPort has notified shareholders it is out of funds and intends to ...

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News / Hakovo claims a first with global electronic bill of lading backed by P&I clubs

Singapore start-up Hakovo claims to be the first digital freight marketplace to offer an electronic bill of ...

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News / Latest fundraising round in Singapore adds $44m to Freightos war chest

Freightos has raised more than $44m via the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), continuing its logistics reputation as the ...

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Comment / Market Insight: Flexport can talk the talk, but can it walk the walk in public?

As the old saying goes: without the numbers you are just a person with an ...

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News / Forwarder Fracht makes a smart move to use CargoX for bills of lading

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