Shipping industry — the biggest business that you know nothing about.

Rose George, British journalist

90% of everything

17Oct Container Shipping 0

“Almost 90 percent of everything we buy arrives via ship”, writes Rose George in her mind-blowing new book “Ninety Percent of Everything”, which covers her months-long adventure with the shipping industry — the biggest business that you know nothing about. Ninety Percent of Everything Rose George George, a British journalist, spent months traveling the ocean […]

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Why Do Freight Rates Change So Often?

5Oct Contracts, Efficiency, Pricing, Quoting, Simplicity 0

In the previous post “Pricing Challenge for Container Shipping” we mentioned that it’s not an easy task to manage freight rates. This is because the transportation costs consist of up to 25 various charges, and shipping companies have to put up with enormous rate volatility – up to 50 rate revisions per year. Looking at the whole transportation process, it […]

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