For freight forwarders, LinkedIn can be much more than a place to share company announcements or congratulate colleagues. Used strategically, it can become a valuable source of freight forwarding leads, helping companies connect with shippers, importers, exporters, manufacturers and logistics decision-makers in markets they want to reach. LinkedIn itself positions the platform as a major…
The Cooperative Logistics Network has just announced the details of its 10th Annual Meeting, and this one carries extra weight. A decade of bringing independent freight forwarders together face to face culminates in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 21st to 23rd May 2027, hosted at the five-star Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur in the heart of the city….
A single missing signature on a dangerous goods declaration can pull an entire container off a vessel. Not the shipment inside it. The whole box, sometimes the whole booking, while the carrier waits for corrected paperwork that should have been right the first time. For cargo classified as hazardous, the declaration isn’t a formality sitting…
Most freight damage claims do not start on the loading dock, with a pallet that was never built to survive the trip. The good news is that this is one of the most controllable parts of shipping. A well-built pallet dramatically reduces the odds of a damage claim, regardless of how many times it gets…