by Rob Simmons | Sep 21, 2021 | Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain, Transportation
CMA CGM, one of the biggest ocean freight movers recently announced its plan to freeze its rising spot rates through February 1st, 2022. This may come as a surprise to the freight shipping industry with the cost to ship containers recently reaching...
by Rob Simmons | Sep 8, 2021 | Freight Forwarding, Customs Clearance, Import and Export Experts, Shipping Logistics, Transportation
The current international freight shipping market is seeing a sizeable distribution of spot prices. When shipping containers, a spot price is a cost for moving freight shipments to a certain destination. Earlier this year there was a report that spot prices...
by Rob Simmons | Aug 30, 2021 | Freight Forwarding, Shipping Logistics, Transportation
Regular LTL (Less Than Load) and FTL (Full Truck Load) may come up in the conversation when transferring freight by truck but what tends to be discussed less is moving mid-sized freight. This can be thought of as the freight with the shipping size between...
by Rob Simmons | Aug 23, 2021 | Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain, Technology
Released onto the world’s seas on July 30, 2021, the Ever Ace has officially named the largest freight container ship in the world. Costing over $150 million to create, The South Korean company, Samsung Heavy Industries started construction on this freight...
by Rob Simmons | Aug 18, 2021 | Freight Forwarding, Shipping Logistics, Transportation
In 2021, the international freight market has seen various disruptions that have led to container prices skyrocketing. It was recently announced that a company would have to pay an ocean carrier a record $32,000 if they wanted to move containers to Los Angeles...
