#oceanfreight - AIO Logistics https://aiologistics.net Connect to worldwide logistics companies from all specialties Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:01:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://aiologistics.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/favicon-50x50.jpg #oceanfreight - AIO Logistics https://aiologistics.net 32 32 Cargo Way is the Official Logistics Partner of FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019! https://aiologistics.net/cargo-way-is-the-official-logistics-partner-of-fifa-u-17-world-cup-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cargo-way-is-the-official-logistics-partner-of-fifa-u-17-world-cup-2019 https://aiologistics.net/cargo-way-is-the-official-logistics-partner-of-fifa-u-17-world-cup-2019/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:01:59 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9288 Cargo Way is the Official Logistics Partner of FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019! The year of 2019 has been a challenge for Cargo Way in South America, especially when relating to worldwide sport events. Starting from CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019, in which Cargo Way was selected to be the official logistics operator for the […]

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Cargo Way is the Official Logistics Partner of FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019!

The year of 2019 has been a challenge for Cargo Way in South America, especially when relating to worldwide sport events. Starting from CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019, in which Cargo Way was selected to be the official logistics operator for the event, continuing to Pan American Games in Peru, and once more recently for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019.

Cargo Way has successfully transported more than 500,000 kg in cargo to all the stadiums, using a fleet of more than 60 vehicles for this event. The company’s participation in the competition, that had the Brazilian team as a champion, involved the logistics services for participants’, broadcasters’, technology for sports providers’ and organization’s cargo.

“The greatest challenge was organizing the operation in a short period of time, because Brazil was officially announced as the host country a few months before the event. We relied on our company’s DNA: logistics services for sports, music and cultural events.” said Rafael Picolli, Cargo Way Director.

Fortunately, there will be events for Cargo Way in 2020. The company is getting prepared to work in CONMEBOL Copa América Argentina & Colombia, Pan-American Masters Games Rio and the Olympics Games in Tokyo.

They hope that the success Cargo Way had in 2019 will continue through to 2020, as well as the value built for their clients and business partners.

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It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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GMB International Handle Short Notice Goods Bounded for Azerbaijan https://aiologistics.net/gmb-international-handle-short-notice-goods-bounded-for-azerbaijan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gmb-international-handle-short-notice-goods-bounded-for-azerbaijan https://aiologistics.net/gmb-international-handle-short-notice-goods-bounded-for-azerbaijan/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 02:42:10 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9262 GMB International Handle Short Notice Goods Bounded for Azerbaijan GMB International Shipping successfully handled short notice shipment safely considering the coming weekend, road restrictions, the cutoff times from the shipping lines and port authorities. On 10 September 2019, GMB received an email from an agent in Turkey to provide quotations for local formalities, local transportation, […]

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GMB International Handle Short Notice Goods Bounded for Azerbaijan

GMB International Shipping successfully handled short notice shipment safely considering the coming weekend, road restrictions, the cutoff times from the shipping lines and port authorities.

On 10 September 2019, GMB received an email from an agent in Turkey to provide quotations for local formalities, local transportation, loading, lashing and securing of units that needed to be exported to Izmit Korfezi, Turkey for further transportation to Baku, Azerbaijan.

Despite the best prices offered, their partner still considered them to be very high. There was a long interval of silence afterwards from their partner however on Wednesday, 18 September, GMB International received another email late afternoon confirming that the job was approved by the client.

GMB had to book 1 x 40’ Flat Rack as soon as possible for it to be placed at the Shipper’s premises in Sharjah the next day on Thursday morning considering that they had to also get a booking approval from the Shipping Line for the OOG cargo as soon as possible as Thursday was their last working day of the week and that there was also road restrictions – GMB had requested the client to agree the reschedule of loading and lashing operations to Saturday morning, but the client insisted to at least finalize the loading procedure on Thursday.

GMB had a booking approved by the Shipping Line on Thursday morning and by the time they received the container from the terminal it was nearly noon. Their driver then had to rush to place the container in preparation for the loading procedure that evening despite heavy traffic on the roads.

At around 10.30 pm on Thursday 19 September GMB received a message from their driver that the cargo had been loaded safely, but due to a safety reason and even though their Lashing Team was on standby at the Shipper’s premises they decided to postpone the lashing operation to Saturday morning as they had enough time to spare before the cutoff time. GMB also planned container gate-in procedure at the terminal and customs procedure of export to be completed on Saturday.

GMB completed the job safely as planned. On 21 September, the container was on board of the vessel and sailed from the U.A.E to destination.

Package Details:

Package 1 of 4: Dims: 380 x 300 x 320 cm, Weight: 18,000 kg

Package 2 of 4: Dims: 340 x 340 x 340 cm, Weight: 20,000 kg

Package 3 of 4: Dims: 210 x 100 x 105 cm, Weight: 200 kg

Package 4 of 4: Dims: 142 x 132 x 75 cm, Weight: 800 kg

Gross Weight: 39,000 kg

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It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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QCS Organizes Antonov 124 Full Charter Flight from Belgium To the U.S. https://aiologistics.net/qcs-organizes-antonov-124-full-charter-flight-from-belgium-to-the-u-s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qcs-organizes-antonov-124-full-charter-flight-from-belgium-to-the-u-s https://aiologistics.net/qcs-organizes-antonov-124-full-charter-flight-from-belgium-to-the-u-s/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:15:35 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9251 QCS Organizes Antonov 124 Full Charter Flight from Belgium To the U.S. In cooperation with their USA Project Partner UTC Overseas, Inc., located in Wilmington, NC, QCS Quick Cargo Service GmbH recently organized a full charter flight from Belgium to the U.S. The load consisting in total 50 tons of machinery with a volume of […]

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QCS Organizes Antonov 124 Full Charter Flight from Belgium To the U.S.

In cooperation with their USA Project Partner UTC Overseas, Inc., located in Wilmington, NC, QCS Quick Cargo Service GmbH recently organized a full charter flight from Belgium to the U.S. The load consisting in total 50 tons of machinery with a volume of 458 cbm was uplifted from Oostende-Brugge to Charlotte, North Carolina. The biggest oversize freight pieces measured over 5 metres width, 7 metres length and 3.9 metres height.

The flight was performed by Russia-based operator Volga-Dnepr. QCS Quick Cargo Service branch in Düsseldorf/Ratingen was in charge of organizing the charter flight using the world’s second largest cargo aircraft.

QCS offers excellent Air-Charter solutions for unusual destination, urgent, sensitive, sensitive high-volume cargo. When it comes to air charter, flexibility is the name of the game. They offer you an individual solution for your transport request. Get in contact now with Sales Manager in Germany on Matthias.Heck@quick-cargo-service.de and/or Tel: +49 6105 9113-52.

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When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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PCB Freight Management Coordinates Dominican Republic Project https://aiologistics.net/pcb-freight-management-coordinates-dominican-republic-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pcb-freight-management-coordinates-dominican-republic-project https://aiologistics.net/pcb-freight-management-coordinates-dominican-republic-project/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 02:38:42 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9242 PCB Freight Management Coordinates Dominican Republic Project PCB Freight Management recently handled cargo consisting of steam turbines from Japan to the Dominican Republic. PCB Freight Management teamed up with their partners in the Dominican Republic to handle a cargo consisting of steam turbines from Tokyo, Japan, to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The 67 pieces of […]

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PCB Freight Management Coordinates Dominican Republic Project

PCB Freight Management recently handled cargo consisting of steam turbines from Japan to the Dominican Republic.

PCB Freight Management teamed up with their partners in the Dominican Republic to handle a cargo consisting of steam turbines from Tokyo, Japan, to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The 67 pieces of air cargo were moved in five phases over a period of one and a half months.

PCB Freight Management and their partners teamed up to ensure a speedy coordination between airports, customs, and the military and civil authorities of the Santo Domingo airport. The shipment required the use of three Antonov 124 and two IL 76 aircraft to move 67 pieces of this 350 tonnes shipment.

 

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When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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Flowfreight Oversee Air Cargo from Amsterdam to Lima https://aiologistics.net/flowfreight-oversee-air-cargo-from-amsterdam-to-lima/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flowfreight-oversee-air-cargo-from-amsterdam-to-lima https://aiologistics.net/flowfreight-oversee-air-cargo-from-amsterdam-to-lima/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:03:30 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9224 Flowfreight Oversee Air Cargo from Amsterdam to Lima Flowfreight recently flew the cargo from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to the customer’s destination in Lima, Peru. One unit of 17,500 kg was not a normal air freight cargo due to its weight and size. The challenge was to find a suitable solution that suited the deadline as […]

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Flowfreight Oversee Air Cargo from Amsterdam to Lima

Flowfreight recently flew the cargo from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to the customer’s destination in Lima, Peru.

One unit of 17,500 kg was not a normal air freight cargo due to its weight and size. The challenge was to find a suitable solution that suited the deadline as well. Flowfreight chose KLM airline for its direct route option to the destination.

The shipper built the crate to protect the cargo. But after having had intense communications with the airline and a loadmaster Flowfreight had to remove the crate so the airline was able to lash and safely secure the cargo directly to the steel cargo frame.

Details of the load:

Load: Crankshaft assembly and spare parts

Dimensions: 410 x 310 x 240 cm

Weights: 17,500 kg

POL: Amsterdam Airport

POD: Lima Airport

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When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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Robert of FlowFreight Meets AiO Representative for Game of Golf in Bali! https://aiologistics.net/robert-of-flowfreight-meets-aio-representative-for-game-of-golf-in-bali/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-of-flowfreight-meets-aio-representative-for-game-of-golf-in-bali https://aiologistics.net/robert-of-flowfreight-meets-aio-representative-for-game-of-golf-in-bali/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 02:41:33 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9129 Robert of FlowFreight Meets AiO Representative for Game of Golf in Bali! On Saturday August 17th Robert Jagtman from FlowFreight in the Netherlands met with Matthew O’Hagan from AiO Logistics Network for a game of golf in Bali, Indonesia. The AiO Team always enjoys meeting members when they are visiting our locations. Robert and Matthew […]

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Robert of FlowFreight Meets AiO Representative for Game of Golf in Bali!

On Saturday August 17th Robert Jagtman from FlowFreight in the Netherlands met with Matthew O’Hagan from AiO Logistics Network for a game of golf in Bali, Indonesia. The AiO Team always enjoys meeting members when they are visiting our locations. Robert and Matthew played at the Bali Beach Golf Course in Sanur, Bali. The weather was beautiful and Robert showed his golfing prowess and won the game. After the game Robert and Matthew enjoyed lunch and drinks at the beach. A fantastic day in the Indonesian sunshine.

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When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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Thruex Transport General Electric Bushing from Milan Airport to China https://aiologistics.net/thruex-transport-general-electric-bushing-from-milan-airport-to-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thruex-transport-general-electric-bushing-from-milan-airport-to-china https://aiologistics.net/thruex-transport-general-electric-bushing-from-milan-airport-to-china/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:25:31 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9122 Thruex Transport General Electric Bushing from Milan Airport to China The Italian forwarder and AiO member, Thruex, recently transported the second cargo of general electric bushing by air from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) in Italy to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) in China, the exact same route and airline as the first cargo. As usual, […]

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Thruex Transport General Electric Bushing from Milan Airport to China

The Italian forwarder and AiO member, Thruex, recently transported the second cargo of general electric bushing by air from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) in Italy to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) in China, the exact same route and airline as the first cargo.

As usual, air freight comes with a hefty price tag, Thruex however provided the most reasonable and affordable quote for the client that ultimately earned them the business, beating all the other quotes offered by other freight forwarders from the same region.

Project Details:

Commodity: General Electric Bushing

Dimensions: L1362 x W245 x H205 cm

Gross weight: 20,600 kg

UOM: FR (Flat Rack), OOG (Out of Gauge); dimensions: L7.45 x W2.40 x H3.50 m

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When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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The Future of Logistics Technology https://aiologistics.net/the-future-of-logistics-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-logistics-technology https://aiologistics.net/the-future-of-logistics-technology/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:29:25 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=9070 The global supply chain is under immense pressure from growing freight volumes, eCommerce, increasing complexity, cross-border regulations and dynamic changes driven by trade wars and political upheaval. Richard White, CEO of WiseTech Global, discusses how freight forwarders are evolving to meet demand. The global supply chain and the logistics systems that drive it are in […]

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The global supply chain is under immense pressure from growing freight volumes, eCommerce, increasing complexity, cross-border regulations and dynamic changes driven by trade wars and political upheaval. Richard White, CEO of WiseTech Global, discusses how freight forwarders are evolving to meet demand.

The global supply chain and the logistics systems that drive it are in a period of enormous change; this change is only going to accelerate as new technologies transform traditional models and enable new efficiencies and faster delivery. They are also experiencing the impact of exponential growth in ecommerce, which can be seen as a new class of high- volume, small parcel freight. This new class of freight, which is increasingly international, demands shorter delivery times, better visibility and predictability.

At the same time, the execution of international logistics remains fragmented despite increasing margin pressure. International logistics still grapples with a largely fractured data flow connected by a torrent of paper and e-paper (PDFs, etc.). New technologies that could alleviate many of these pain points are slow to be adopted because of the time, cost and risks associated with technological change.

Within the logistics industry, collaboration can be abrasive. There are often competing demands from different parts of the industry, creating disparate conflicting needs, limiting efficiencies, and generating a slew of ancillary charges and penalties.

Beneficial Cargo Owner (BCO) and other logistics participants want predictability, exception led management and granular visibility across all modes of transport to deal with complex issues around container detention, wharf storage and transport demurrage. They need transparency and accuracy of data in terms of schedules, contract rates, ancillary fees, and invoicing from their carrier. BCOs need to be able to consider all goods in transit as a part of their inventory and should be able to compress inventory and be able to modify logistics choices at any time to meet volatility in demand and ensure just in time delivery. They expect as standard, accurate predictions of cost and delivery time. When variable times and costs creep in – particularly when these are only known after the ability to mitigate – disputes arise.

Logistics service providers, of course, seek to deliver excellent service to their customers and look to offer well crafted, efficient experiences to retain existing customers and win new business. In order to best accomplish this, they need accurate, fully digital schedules, rates, booking, tracking and invoice reconciliation from their carrier partners for all modes of transport. Importantly, they themselves need the same information set for their customers and this data cannot be provided efficiently without their carrier partners providing it to them in a fully digital form. Accurate, timely, fully digital information is needed from every part of the logistics process between all parties so that all customers and partners can plan, cost, and execute their needs and mitigate delays and additional charges when unforeseen events occur.

End customers, particularly retail consumers, expect instant fulfilment – the ‘Amazon/Alibaba effect’. They want accurate tracking and precision ETAs at all times, similar to an Uber arriving. They also want the ability to interact with the shipper and the delivery service seamlessly across any medium (web, mobile, email, voice).

E-paper is not the solution it is just a better class of problem

A decade ago, a strong move from paper to e-paper was seen to be an easier and quicker solution to the problems of data management. However, this has just moved the complexity of solving the problem. At the core of many fundamental issues is that all parties across the international logistics supply chain are still drowning in oceans of paper or e-paper. Data is keyed, relayed, printed, rekeyed, reprinted, scanned, rescanned, emailed, and rekeyed again and again. With this endless amassing of low-quality information, carriers, logistics providers, and their customers are often scrambling to decipher what is going on and why information, rekeyed many times by outsourced low-cost labour, creates disconnected data islands, contains errors or is missing or misleading.

Many logistics providers are still trapped with aging legacy, proprietary systems and are facing significant ‘glued together’ point solutions and/or ‘sneakerware’. These unwieldy workarounds are now very painful, slow, fragile, and costly. They cannot achieve what a fully integrated system can do to address the pain points, fragmentation, and constraints that have grown ever more urgent.

With so many different systems being used, disconnected data islands and the inevitable data entry error rates that accompany manual keying and re-keying of e-paper, we are often left with invisible processes, and inconsistent, incomplete, and often unverifiable data sets.

This reality has created many pain points for the industry, which affect productivity, operational efficiency, and the ability to satisfy the demands of the different parties. Worse, regardless of the pain points, various up or down-stream parties to a transaction want to charge additional fees for outcomes that are often unable to be predicted or mitigated by the customer because of the same disconnected data islands and poor information.

There is very low visibility through the logistics chain – particularly end to end – making it difficult for logistics customers to track or report with confidence in their management systems. It is also difficult for them to perform their own functions such as exception management, production demand or just-in-time manufacturing in an efficient way. This immediately leads to higher levels of stock and larger capital consumption on inventory. For the want of predictability, costs can rise dramatically.

One very large sea freight user recently estimated that they pay an average of around €175 per container in additional unpredicted charges across the tens of thousands of containers they ship annually.

Data is king

To overcome these paint points, many logistics providers are taking a new look at technology and pushing towards, or have achieved within their own business, straight-through digital processing. True end-to-end, straight-through digital processing means a true, near real time, data path from the first moments of logistics planning to the final moment of fulfilment to the final customer: integration of data across the cargo chain.

Many of the largest freight forwarders have been using and rapidly rolling out our flagship solution, CargoWise One, globally. This is a deeply-integrated global software solution that enables logistics service providers across some 130 countries, to execute highly complex logistics transactions and manage their operations on one single, global database. They can do this across multiple users, functions, offices, countries, and languages. It covers freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, ocean carrier and ships agency, land transport, ecommerce, and cross-border compliance. Data flows through the system without turning back to paper or e-paper for these integrated processes.

Even individual components of the platform deliver advanced capabilities. Through CargoWise One, for example, denied parties can be verified anywhere in the world. Every customer location can be address cleansed and geo-coded so logistics providers avoid futile trips and can track any consignment to the geofenced destination. Aeroplanes and individual air waybills are tracked using avionics and integrated airline live status updates, and ships can be tracked using global AIS, with individual containers able to be tracked using container live events for most carriers almost anywhere in the world.

When these datasets are combined on a deeply functional platform like CargoWise One, its execution engines and workflow systems can power logistics processes and remove much of the  disconnected data islands, rekeying, and error rates that abound.

Additionally, when platforms are connected with straight-through digital processing, valuable buyer and seller marketplaces are created, with digital logistics providers and digital logistics customers. Combined, they create ecosystems, and these ecosystems can change logistics providers’ competitive approach to the world and change the world of logistics from fragmented to connected.

New age of technology

Paper and e-paper must be eradicated from the cargo chain. In a true, digitally connected world, straight-through digital processing will drive value and efficiency in the logistics industry. The beginning of the supply chain will be able to see the end and every point between. Every party involved will see the parts that they need to see.

True straight-through digital processing is the big technological change we are creating. It’s not a new concept, but it’s one that many have tried and failed to achieve because it’s very hard to do unless you start from first principles and never give up on those principles. It requires deep systems thinking and root-cause analysis, and access to rich datasets to ideate global solutions. It also requires the competence, capability and capacity to deliver these solutions on an integrated global platform, purpose-built for the complexities and pressures of the cargo chain.

Straight-through digital processing will mean that the systems used by those across the cargo chain are digitally connected – straight through – from before the point of order to after the point of final fulfilment – the first inch to the last inch.This will enable all parties to see, process, track, calculate, modify, and manage their shipments in near-real time.

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AiO Member SIMARCO Expands 3PL Offering in Europe https://aiologistics.net/aio-member-simarco-expands-3pl-offering-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aio-member-simarco-expands-3pl-offering-in-europe https://aiologistics.net/aio-member-simarco-expands-3pl-offering-in-europe/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:44:26 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=8994 AiO Member SIMARCO Expands 3PL Offering in Europe 14 May 2019: With a number of clients projecting significant European expansion plans, Simarco are pleased to announce they have furthered their 3PL offering with the opening of three DC’s and forming strategic partnerships in Belgium and the Netherlands, with close feeds into France and Germany. Having […]

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AiO Member SIMARCO Expands 3PL Offering in Europe

14 May 2019: With a number of clients projecting significant European expansion plans, Simarco are pleased to announce they have furthered their 3PL offering with the opening of three DC’s and forming strategic partnerships in Belgium and the Netherlands, with close feeds into France and Germany.

Having ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam in close proximity, as well as DC sites located close to cross channel routes between the UK and mainland Europe, they benefit from the excellent transport infrastructure and make them great locations for the control of their clients inbound and outbound logistics needs.

Providing logistics services in NL and BE has benefits from ‘Fiscal Representation’ (FR), a special scheme in NL and BE that allows non-resident companies to import products from outside the EU, store and then sell their products to European or overseas buyers, without payment of import VAT usually applied at the time of entry. This is achieved by deferring the import VAT payment and processing it at the same time as the quarterly VAT return; a scheme which is available and used by some of our clients.

What is important is Simarco can provide solutions that match the needs of their clients and with the combination of their customer focus and technology driven approach, they believe these DC’s will add great value for the clients they have successfully integrated.

With a number of potential opportunities in the pipeline to increase their Benelux portfolio, they are also looking to expand their contract logistics offering into the Iberian market, as this success story continues…

Please contact Andrew Gigg for further information at Andrew.gigg@simarco.com

 

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The AiO concept is all about leveraging strengths as a group.

Every logistics company in the world has its own strong points which depend upon the professional capabilities of their people, the needs of their customers and the aims and goals of the company. That has meant that some companies might handle only one type of cargo whereas other companies are experienced in more than one type of cargo. Until now this has meant that most independent freight forwarders need to join a few networks to cover each of their areas of expertise. We have changed all that.

When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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Ziegler Transport A Record 40-Tonne Vessel Spare Part https://aiologistics.net/ziegler-transport-a-record-40-tonne-vessel-spare-part/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ziegler-transport-a-record-40-tonne-vessel-spare-part https://aiologistics.net/ziegler-transport-a-record-40-tonne-vessel-spare-part/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2019 03:37:32 +0000 https://aiologistics.net/?p=8990 Ziegler Transport A Record 40-Tonne Vessel Spare Part Ziegler recently involved in the transport of a record shipment weight, a 37.5 tonne vessel part, from Frankfurt to Singapore. The 8-metre-long single unit was trucked from the Belgian factory of maritime construction company Jan De Nul Group to the German cargo hub as part of the […]

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Ziegler Transport A Record 40-Tonne Vessel Spare Part

Ziegler recently involved in the transport of a record shipment weight, a 37.5 tonne vessel part, from Frankfurt to Singapore.

The 8-metre-long single unit was trucked from the Belgian factory of maritime construction company Jan De Nul Group to the German cargo hub as part of the transportation organised by freight forwarder Ziegler.

Despite challenging weather conditions in Frankfurt, including strong wind and rain, they completed the loading procedures as planned.

 

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The AiO concept is all about leveraging strengths as a group.

Every logistics company in the world has its own strong points which depend upon the professional capabilities of their people, the needs of their customers and the aims and goals of the company. That has meant that some companies might handle only one type of cargo whereas other companies are experienced in more than one type of cargo. Until now this has meant that most independent freight forwarders need to join a few networks to cover each of their areas of expertise. We have changed all that.

When your company joins AiO you have the opportunity to enroll in various specialties including commercial cargo, project cargo, international removals, perishables and exhibition freight. From these specialties we form smaller groups specifically concentrated around that exact expertise. As such you will find that you have qualified companies for all your cargo all over the world, in one network. And they are all covered under the same financial protection. When you meet these companies at our annual general meeting you will only meet companies who are working in the type cargo that is of interest to your company so you can focus like a laser beam on the markets that will make your company grow and become more profitable.

It is plain to see that AiO’s revolutionary approach creates efficiencies for independent international logistics companies that did not exist before. We mean to open an entire world of freight and logistics opportunities to your company in a way that will make your customers happy, in a way that will feed your bottom line and in a way that will keep sales growing in your pipeline.

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