Canada’s Freight Forwarding Magazine
Advocacy remains the most important item that we deliver, and this fall issue of the Forwarder magazine, dedicated to the topic of Advocacy, aims to display for the membership more of what makes CIFFA your Trusted Advisor. In this issue we cover ongoing efforts CIFFA has made over the past few very busy years on […]
Earlier this month, seven CIFFA member companies participated in a job fair at Langara College in Vancouver to meet students interested in employment opportunities in the freight forwarding, freight brokerage, logistics and drayage industries. An eighth company also participated in a panel discussion to answer questions from students. Participating companies were: 1UP Cargo Cole International […]
Maritime February 1: Cross-Alliance Cooperation on the Increase as Market Weakens – The Loadstar Ocean carriers are pulling capacity from Chinese export routes and redeploying the ships to more robust tradelanes with growth potential. Moreover, the weakness in the Chinese market is prompting more discussions on carrier slot swap agreements between rival alliances. “Poor cargo […]
By Siddharth Priyesh, Vice President (Americas & Caribbean), CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd For many years now, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have been a proven tool to digitise and enhance the efficiency of supply chains. But many legacy implementations of these systems work in silos and are not able to deliver insights that respond to dynamic shifts in […]
As Cybersecurity continues to evolve, here are five trends Freight Forwarders should watch for: Passwords Passwords are going away. This is great news for both security professionals and end users. With more than 80% of breaches resulting from weak or stolen passwords, users are bombarded with messages to create complex passwords for every system they […]
By Nikhil Sathe • Logisyn Advisors, Managing Director Digital freight companies are creating an enormous buzz in the market. These are tech and HR companies that happen to be logistics and transportation providers. 3PL is a labor play – the companies that drive superior unit economics also drive value and rapidly increase market share, while […]
by Julian Alvarez, Logixboard Digitization across the logistics industry may have gotten off to a late start, but it’s quickly catching up. Features like real-time visibility, which were previously novelties, are now table stakes for BCOs to do business with a forwarder. As competition continues to ramp up in the freight forwarding industry, traditional 3PLs are […]