TOCcast special: Linking the supply chain – video interviews from Amsterdam

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By Gavin van Marle

05/10/2017

A shipper, freight forwarder, shipping line and port operator – that’s the complete container supply chain, and they were all interviewed by The Loadstar Live at the recent TOC Europe Container Supply Chain conference in Amsterdam.

David Learners, EMEA inbound transportation manager for Black & Decker, explains why the consumer electronics manufacturer is keen to reduce its use of freight forwarders; Helge Neumann-Lezious, intra-Europe trade manager for Kuehne + Nagel, claims forwarders still offer considerable value to shippers, such as the ...

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