ITG Transportation Services

FreightWaves LIVE recap: Obstacles facing ocean shipping to last into 2022

Trey Griggs and Dan Kopp at FreightWaves LIVE @HOME

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Navigating uncharted territory in the transportation industry

DETAILS: A discussion on delays in ocean freight shipments and how to best manage the challenges.

INTERVIEWER and SPEAKER: Trey Griggs, VP of sales with Lean Solutions Group, and Dan Kopp, CEO of ITG Transportation Services.

BIO:

Kopp took over the reins at ITG, a 34-year-old family-owned freight brokerage at the beginning of 2020. Prior to taking on...

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How remote companies can maintain a healthy work culture

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Before the coronavirus sent shockwaves of change around the globe, company leaders promoted team building and strong work culture by organizing happy hours, community service outings and team-building trips to local escape rooms.

But when COVID-19 forced companies to send their employees home, the ability to promote employees’ mental health and job satisfaction became much more complicated and cumbersome. 

Before the pandemic, 34-year-old Chicago-based brokerage ITG Transportation kept only half...

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Are brokerages meant to be technology companies?

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Several years ago Chicago-based brokerage ITG Transportation Services faced the same predicament as many companies in the freight business with services and data locked into a brick-and-mortar infrastructure. Should it split its focus from service and create its own tech or lean on third-party providers? Initially, ITG’s impulse was to build its own IT infrastructure and software tools.

Getting pricing to customers more quickly was the first priority it decided to tackle and ITG built a custom...

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Should shippers rely on steamship lines for first- and last-mile logistics?

Drayage truck at port surrounded by containers

Many shippers have been readjusting their supply chains to compensate for COVID-19’s disruptions, and they may observe that in a slow market, more steamship lines are offering first- and last-mile logistics services as a way to drive additional revenue and shore up bottom lines.

On the surface, this all-in-one service offering seems like a sound idea for shippers eager to save money and time in their busy schedules. After all, who would be better than the ocean carrier to coordinate a door...

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ITG Transportation Services partners with Catapult to make multimodal quoting even easier

Red drayage truck loading container at port

For many freight forwarders, the international shipping market remains fragmented, so obtaining a quote can be an inefficient process. Without the consolidated pricing of a quote management system (QMS) platform, freight forwarders must reach out individually to customs brokers, drayage providers — not to mention multiple steamship lines — to procure a comprehensive quote. 

That’s precisely why Dan Kopp, CEO of ITG Transportation Services, and Virgil Ferreira, CEO of Catapult, decided to...

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