Fragile and high-value cargo are some of the most important shipments your company handles. It goes without saying that high-value shipments demand more care and meticulous attention to detail than any other shipments you handle. Moving a shipment of artwork, jewelry, luxury items, high-end food and drink, electronics, etc, entails plenty of risks. Theft or…
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Month: November 2021
FIATA’s online transaction platform FreightPay and how it will advance the digitization efforts of the air cargo shipping companies
FIATA has partnered with PayCargo to launch a custom platform for facilitating the online transactions of FIATA members. This platform called FreightPay will not only speed up the online transaction process but also allow the FIATA members to avail of better security features and lower transaction rates. In today’s post, we will talk about how…
The drop in ocean freight spot rates: Is the container shipping industry crisis temporarily easing?
The ever-increasing container shipping rates have finally dropped at least for the moment. Although the overall ocean freight rates are still extremely higher than usual, we can see a drop in freight rates between China to the USA. This is indeed very good news for the shipping industry that has been reeling under the effect…
The space shortage in the air freight shipping industry and how logistics companies are dealing with it
The air cargo carriers are taking several measures for coping with the strong demand for air cargo space. In a time when the ocean freight sector is becoming increasingly unreliable because of container shortage and delays, more and more manufacturers are counting on air freight services to move their items. However, the air freight sector…