FROM THE MAGAZINE: Project cargo presses ahead in volatile markets
Following the shocks of Covid-19 and a plunging oil price, many of Canada’s hydrocarbon projects have been hit hard. However, the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors...
Category : Transportation
Transplace acquires ScanData, parcel managed transportation platform
This morning Transplace announced the acquisition of ScanData, a parcel managed transportation platform that optimizes 400 million parcel shipments worth more than $2 billion annually....
GCNET Shuts Down; ICUMS Takes Over Clearing System
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on June 1 shut down the Ghana Community Network (GCNet) clearing system as the new Integrated Custom Management System (ICUM)...
BIFA bites back at ‘rubbish’ prophecies of forwarders’ death-by-tech
© Alexey Novikov | By Alex Lennane 02/06/2020 Digital disruptors will no more kill-off today’s forwarding sector than the advent of European rail did in...
Alibaba integrates freight procurement into B2B e-commerce site
Dive Brief: Alibaba is integrating freight procurement into its business-to-business e-commerce platform, the company announced Tuesday. Alibaba Freight had been in a pilot phase for...
FourKites Introduces Industry-First Dynamic ETAs for LTL Freight
Data science breakthrough enables LTL shipment tracking, with 6x more accurate estimated arrival times CHICAGO, June 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FourKites®, the #1 real-time supply...
Nigeria: Travel Agents Can Earn Revenue Despite COVID-19, Says Operator
The Chief Executive Officer of Free On Board (FOB) Global Logistics Limited, Mr. Jimmy Adebakin, has disclosed that travel agents could earn revenues while they...
AML delivers to Russia – Projects
Belgium-based freight forwarder AML has shipped a 955-tonne autoclave from Antwerp to De Kastri, Russia. The autoclave, measuring 50.5 m in length and 7.95 m...
Pakistan’s mango exports ‘hugely’ hit by coronavirus restrictions
KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistan’s traditional mango exports take a hit from the economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic, as exporters fear a huge decline in...
Drought in Thailand good news for Australian barley growers
Subsurface moisture levels between 1 January and 7 February 2020. which show the impact of drought in South-east Asia. Image: NASA Earth Observatory SEVERE DROUGHT...