The last year has been hard on the maritime industry with the onset of COVID-19 pandemic causing delays and disrupting operations. However, with it sparked the greater need to adapt to changing times, with a greater shift towards digitization ad … Continue reading →

The concept of digital freight forwarders has been getting more traction in the last decade with more players arriving in the market, making the shift from a traditional freight forwarder. A traditional freight forwarder is defined as a company or … Continue reading →

With air transport, calculating the specific weight of the cargo and persons is important as that directly attributes to the fuel and distances. Thus, ensuring that you have your air freight container weights and other specifications declared and regulated is … Continue reading →

Cargo is most often transported via the roadway networks and infrastructure that have been built to facilitate easier and faster delivery of trade and commodity items. With concern to road  freight transport, freight forwarders and cargo companies in Australia need … Continue reading →

When it comes to shipping globally, there are several important documents that required due attention and diligence to ensure against delays and disruptions to your supply chain. Most of the well-known shipping documents include bills of lading, commercial invoices, but … Continue reading →

When Amazon opened up Amazon Marketplace it allowed third party sellers to use its powerful B2B platform to facilitate global trade. Whilst Amazon carries its Amazon brands and products, Amazon Marketplace allows for products of different brands and companies to … Continue reading →

In a previous blog post, “Predictive Ocean Visibility”, we looked at how it has become a useful tool with more advances making it beneficial for stakeholders and supply chain management measures. In this we look at the benefits of ocean … Continue reading →

Often abbreviated as CoR, Chain of Responsibility is a  concept that aligns the legal obligations towards a party or parties of a supply chain during transport. This was devised towards establishing accountability during the transport of goods along the supply … Continue reading →

Coastal shipping is the term that relates to the domestic transport of cargo freight between states of Australia and overseas nations via ocean freight vessels compared to that of road and rail freight means. As an island nation, coastal shipping … Continue reading →

Often, your cargo just doesn’t get on the ship. Usually this means the entire container that had your cargo in it, was not loaded onto the ship it was intended for. This is when your cargo gets classified as rolled … Continue reading →