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Globalia Logistics Network’s 4th Annual Meeting which was held from 15th to 17th March at Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand brought together freight forwarders from all corners of the globe under one roof. The annual conference offered just the right platform for members to consolidate relationships with their network partners and work towards…

As an independent player in the freight forwarding industry, your primary goal should be to expand your outreach by teaming up with the most dependable agents from around the globe. Networking is one of the key aspects that can help independent freight forwarders to explore new business opportunities and build their brand. Most importantly, active…

The increasing competition from the multinationals, higher client expectations, and the need for seamless, visible, and more efficient operations are a few factors that are prompting independent freight forwarders to adopt digitization. The leading logistics companies are racing to digitize their core operations by replacing manual processes with automated ones. Additionally, at a time when…

Any successful company in the transportation and logistics industry is surely aware of the importance of having a trained and skilled workforce. Simply put, investing in talent is one of the best ways of retaining the best employees who are the biggest assets of independent freight forwarders like you. The best freight forwarding companies are…

Although, virtual meetings are nothing new, it gained in popularity in the last one and half years. In other words, the virtual conferences have come up as a useful tool for cutting costs, fostering workplace inclusion, and promoting diversity. It has allowed the decentralized teams to collaborate and stay in touch. These days we are…

Technology has become an essential aspect in our everyday life which is entirely dependent on digital technologies. By ‘digital transformation’ we refer to the process of reshaping services, operations, and the entire business structure by adopting new technologies.  Freight forwarders are already leveraging digital transformation to streamline their processes, integrate new initiatives, satisfy customer expectations…

Independent freight forwarders running small and mid-sized logistics companies should become a part of a reputed logistics network. This will enable them to compete with the stalwarts in the industry on a more equal footing. This membership will help them to work in conjunction with a broad network of global partners. Moreover, the international brand…

Digitization has impacted each aspect not just of our businesses but also our daily lives and life without internet, laptop, and smartphone is absolutely unimaginable. Companies across all sectors are slowly adopting the digital trends and reshaping their company culture to foster a most productive work model and satisfy the changing demands of the customers…

2020 has winded up being one of the most inopportune years of the century which was marked by the pandemic, health hazards, lockdown and the resulting economic crisis. The transportation and logistics industry nonetheless, has continued to play the leading role in providing indispensable services even during the peak of the pandemic. Many of the…

Apart from the one-to-one meetings, there was also a live online demonstration of all the new features and functions of Globalia’s member-exclusive TMS FreightViewer Globalia Logistics Network has successfully concluded its first-ever Virtual Meeting held on the 14th and 15th of October 2020. The Virtual Meeting afforded an opportunity to the delegates to come together…