The company started in 2013 when founder Ryan Peterson, entrepreneur and co-founder of Import Genius, decided to tackle the ‘antiquated’ and ‘unsexy’ freight forwarding market.  As noted in a Forbes article from 2016, Mr Peterson said: “It’s really...

This week I talked to Steve Walker – a market veteran with 45 years’ experience in the freight forwarding industry – to assess whether the interests of 3PLs are being preserved effectively in a market that is changing beyond recognition, given the aggressive push by several asset-heavy logisti...

There were 4am starts and late finishes – but no injuries, aside from tired limbs. We would like to thank all our sponsors, who so far have helped us raise nearly £2,500. But there’s still a chance to give: please help us reach our target! Very many thanks to our corporate sponsors: DHL, Metro ...

The company has signed up an impressive array of clients, including Toll Holdings and Maersk.  Kontainers offers a practical solution that integrates into customers’ existing systems and helps to manage bookings, rate comparisons, customs, payments, data analytics and more. Accordin...

The latest announcement from Xeneta and Catapult demonstrates this. Catapult customers, who are primarily freight forwarders and NVOCCs, now have access to Xeneta data and can compare the data with their rates. To access the new service, customers must be...

Or rather, in the way others are making them face up to their emissions.  IMO 2020, which dictates that shipping lines must use low-sulphur fuels, or install scrubbers from next year, is going to add some $15bn to liner industry costs.   And this week&nbs...

In just two weeks, Logistic-News team will undertake the 24-Peak Challenge on behalf of Seafarers UK – and we need to raise a total of £4,000.  We are about 40% of the way there, thanks to DHL, Xeneta, Impress Communications, Actualis, Steve Walker Global and Hed...

Geodis has said publicly it is looking for a slice of M&A action – but that it wanted to expand in Germany, the Netherlands, China and the US.  Currently owned by a French railway, could Geodis switch to being owned by a French shipping line? Is this the kind of M&A it was looking&nbs...

I personally have enjoyed watching Freightos’s metamorphosis from the day it turned on its digital “Open” sign, as an online booking website primarily for ocean freight, to a multimodal platform and data company. Today, Freightos offers three broad services: Freightos.com – a marketplace tha...

The path has been bumpy, but DHL GF seems to have finally caught up with the rest of the leading freight forwarders in offering a service covering both air and ocean and includes DHL Ocean Connect LCL, DHL Air Connect and DHL Air Economy. The big question I have, though, is why is it limited to just...