freight forwarding

Global freight forwarding growth forecast

Ti analysis reveals full-year 2018 freight growth forecast of 4.1%, well below last year’s 8%, as 2017 restocking boom peters out.

Global freight forwarding growth this year is expected to be barely half its level last year, due to the positive effects of the recent 18-month restocking cycle petering out, according to new analysis by Transport Intelligence (Ti).

The global freight forwarding market achieved growth of 4.9%, year over year, in the first half (H1) of 2018, according to new mid-year...

http://container-news.com/global-freight-forwarding-growth-forecast/

Leading UK freight forwarder sees increase in Brexit-related warehousing requests

Davies Turner RDC at Dartford in Kent

Davies Turner, the UK’s leading freight forwarder and logistics service provider, is seeing a definite upsurge in enquiries about the availability of warehousing space, driven by customer concerns about the outcome of the Brexit negotiations and the future of UK trade with the EU after March next year.

Previously, the company has seen demand for more warehousing capacity often reduce in the early months of the new year as many retailers require less stock...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/02/leading-uk-freight-forwarder-sees-increase-in-brexit-related-warehousing-requests/

Gradual evolution is the right way, says iContainers

There is a palpable sense of urgency and ambition in one of the hottest topics in freight forwarding: automation.

This is especially so among the new digital freight forwarders, all wanting to transform this immense and complex world of ocean freight with technology. But these claims of ‘disrupting’ the industry have raised questions, especially in relation to their impact.

Studies published by Barclays and more recently, Transport Intelligence, noted the lack of an impact from this ‘disruption’...

http://container-news.com/gradual-evolution-right-way-icontainers/

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