Digital container matching landside may be key to easing SE Asia port congestion

Amid worsening port congestion in South-east Asia, carriers are seeking new digital solutions to improve landside container logistics. While things at Yantian may be improving, the bottleneck of schedule delays and ...

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News / Profile: a logistics Reformation on the road in just eight weeks

Global pandemics and ever-worsening driver shortages are not ideal conditions to launch a new haulage ...

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News / Aliscargo set for take-off: Italy's first freighter operator for a decade

The Italian market, which has long wished for its very own freighter operator following the ...

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News / New funds give Sennder and Shippeo scope to progress digital supply chains

European freight tech start-ups saw nearly €200m in new investment this week in two deals ...

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News / NYSHEX raises new funds to progress harmony between shippers and carriers

The New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) has set its sights on providing more technology to ...

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News / Ambitious US start-up ShipBob raises funds to expand its global footprint

Japanese investment fund SoftBank has expanded its position in the logistics sector after leading a ...

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News / $28bn invested in freight tech start-ups since 2015 – most in last-mile and B2C

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News / Artificial intelligence comes to the rescue as air route options narrow

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Comment / Flexport just another forwarder forced to adapt quickly to market changes

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News / Deutsche Bahn and ADP take a stake on Skyport drone delivery start-up

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News / Maersk gets onboard as SaaS specialist ZigZag simplifies reverse logistics

Maersk’s venture capital arm, Maersk Growth, has invested an undisclosed sum in ZigZag, a UK ...

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