Case studyHow Fernway cut transit variance by 38% across fourteen lanes
A building-materials brand with suppliers in four countries moved from five forwarders to one, and stopped guessing when its stock would land.
Kwame Asante and Jun Seo
Resources
Case studies, guides and notes from the people who plan and run our freight.
Case study
InsightWhat a quiet peak season looks like from the inside
Peak season is won in June. What our planners do in the five months before the busiest weeks of the year, and why November should feel boring.
Amira Haddad and Rafael Costa
GuideIncoterms 2020, explained for first-time importers
EXW, FOB, CIF and DDP decide who pays for what and who carries the risk. A plain guide to the four terms you will meet most often.
Imani Clarke
Case studyCardia's cold chain: 11,000 shipments without a temperature excursion
How a cardiac device maker moved its temperature-sensitive reagents through two certified gateways and a GDP warehouse without losing a single batch.
Lena Fischer and Amira Haddad
NewsHaulmark opens a bonded cross-dock at Maasvlakte
A new 24-door facility beside the deep-sea terminals cuts the time from vessel to European truck to under 36 hours.
Amira Haddad
Case studyHalden Machining: a year of inbound parts with no line stoppages
A precision machining group replaced an expediting habit with a scheduled cross-border programme from Monterrey, and ran a full year without stopping a line.
Kwame Asante and Rafael Costa
GuideFCL or LCL: when does a full container pay for itself?
The break-even between a shared and a full container is usually 13 to 15 cubic metres, but transit time, handling and fees can move it either way.
Jun Seo
GuideDimensional weight: why your air freight costs more than it weighs
Airlines charge for space as well as mass. How chargeable weight is calculated, and five ways to pack so you pay for less of it.
Lena Fischer
InsightWhy we publish our on-time rate every month
Every forwarder says it is reliable. We decided to show the number, by mode, every month, including the months we would rather not.
Grant Holloway
NewsElectric trucks take over the Joliet rail shuttle
Twenty-two battery-electric tractors now run every container between the intermodal ramp and our Joliet cross-dock, cutting 1,400 tonnes of CO₂e a year.
Hana Weber
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