by: Nerijus Poskus & Dharshini Shegran The rising cost of crude oil is causing disruptions throughout the global supply chain. Brazil saw a devastating trucker strike recently, IATA cut profit targets, and the demand for logistics services is outpacing supply. And nowhere is…
There are many line items in a typical airfreight quote, but what do they all mean? Read our guide to airfreight rates to learn how to reduce your spend.
2017 was an interesting year for the global freight market. The growth of ecommerce sparked air freight capacity shortages on core trade lanes and drove air freight rates to record highs. The ocean market in 2017 was more stable, with greater predictability (fewer blank…
As shippers know all too well, the airfreight market is under extraordinary pressure this year. Capacity shortages are especially severe due to product launches and flight cancellations that have coincided with the pre-holiday-season peak, but the growth in e-commerce has…
A generational shift is coming to the air cargo industry: airlines are poised to bring freight consolidation in-house. By optimizing for weight and volume at the plane level through dynamic real-time pricing, air cargo carriers will increase both their per-plane cargo yields…
Freight prices are at record lows not just due to weak demand, but overcapacity in shipping supply.
The economics is clear—Apple doesn't rely on ocean freight to move iPhones. Instead, it uses air freight.
How many iPhones fits in a 747 freighter illustrates the dual-optimization problem at the core of airfreight forwarding.