Freight Association show support for National Apprenticeship Week
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is supporting the forthcoming National Apprenticeship Week 2022 with a series of events aimed at demonstrating its commitment to the International Freight Forwarding Specialist apprenticeship, which it sees as an ideal entry point for a career in the logistics industry.
National Apprenticeship Week 2022 runs from 7 to 13 February with the aim of promoting...
Second UFO Project funding opportunity for SMEs working in ‘Small Flying Objects’ SFOs sector
The UFO project is seeking to support collaborative projects (of 2 or more SMEs) to develop innovative products and services by integrating new technology solutions and know how in the Small Flying Objects (SFO) sector i.e. Smallsats, Drones and High Altitude platform systems. The call is aimed at addressing technology challenges across six emerging industries including Blue Growth, Climate,...
SMEs are facing a disproportionate impact from the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU, leaving many to evaluate whether cross-Channel trade is “worth it”.
Although there were expectations of a far more explosive start to post-Brexit life, the absence of truck queues on the motorway into Dover allowed the UK government to suggest its mitigation measures had been a success, which led to allegations of “spin doctoring of the highest …
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It’s getting harder and harder for SMEs to find container shipping space ex-Vietnam, opting instead for short-term storage.
Demand for Vietnamese goods is higher than ever, according to forwarders in Ho Chi Minh City, but only multinationals can afford the current steep freight rates.
Tom Tabouring, sales manager at Tin Nghia Logistics, told The Loadstar: “SMEs are looking for overflow warehousing space since they can’t afford – or are not willing to …
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UK small and medium-sized supply chain businesses claim government indecision and negotiating failures have left them all at sea, as the country prepares for the end of the Brexit transition period.
All UK supply chain companies will be required to operate under new customs and border control procedures from 1 January, but if a trade deal with the EU is reached, some red tape can be cut.
But the lack of clarity …
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The rapid uptick in digital freight sales means first-mover advantage is over, according to Freightos.
But, it adds, the industry has entered a “golden age” for SME forwarders.
Speaking at the Container xChange Digital Container Summit last week, Freightos chief marketing officer Eytan Buchman predicted that over half of global freight sales would be made online within the next decade.
“I’m willing to put money on that,” said Mr Buchman. “And our investors …
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Smaller freight forwarders looking to digitise their operations and provide an online customer-facing service received a new option today as freight software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Kontainers unveiled its new platform.
Kontainers Essential is designed to allow small forwarders to set up a website with advanced quotation functionality “in the space of a few minutes”, effectively allowing them to compete with the new breed of digital-first forwarders.
“It’s the equivalent of [website...
UK digital ocean freight start-up Kontainers plans to make further inroads into the freight forwarding community this year with a new product designed to appeal to small-to-medium freight forwarders (SMEs).
Kontainers Essential will be debuted at the Transpacific Maritime conference in Long Beach in March. It draws on the same sort of web development technology that site builder Wix has used.
Kontainers chief executive Graham Parker told The Loadstar every freight forwarder and …
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“An incredible rise” in unlicensed, unregulated one-man forwarding operations is posing a threat to Latin America’s forwarding community.
Vice president of Interworld Freight Farouk Gomati told The Loadstar the surge in “effectively illegitimate” operators was chipping away at profit margins.
“In most Latin American countries the word loyalty between clients and forwarders doesn’t exist, they will drop you for $10,” he said.
Small forwarders in particular were feeling the pinch, he added,...
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