Anand Medepalli hosts a session during TIACA’s 2013 Executive Summit and Annual General Meeting titled “Essential innovation during the downturn,” and shares key takeaways around collaboration between shippers, forwards and carriers; and e-freight adoption.
Over the recent few years consumer behavior has changed dramatically. Easily available information coupled with the continued economic turmoil has made today’s consumers extremely discerning in their choices around …
A recent article by Tim Fernholz on Quartz touched on the impact that the iPhone 5 and other personal tech devices have on air cargo figures. Undoubtedly, the iPhone …
There is a fundamental shift taking place in the air cargo industry. This shift is driven by cost-conscious shippers “trading down” to lower-cost ocean services from traditional airport-to-airport air freight.
It is interesting to read the latest IATA figures, which reveal that air transport demand continued to flatten out in August 2012. A look at recent financial results of …
Author’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Mark Heuchan, Solutions Consultant, JDA Software. Mark is an air cargo business consultant and works closely with me as part …
Carriers must pursue a change in strategy and make “being nimble” their new mantra. Three immediate steps can be taken to achieve this.
Two recent back-to-back ocean freight articles involving Maersk Line caught my attention. According to an article published in Journal of Commerce, “Maersk Line has suspended bookings on its North …
Many say the good times when air cargo saw more than 5 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over a decade are now over. The growth faltered in 2008 …
