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With lockdowns continuing to hinder international trade flow, overcoming COVID-19 remains the biggest challenge for ocean shipping. Demurrage and detention are among the most immediate issues faced by shippers, freight forwarders, and carriers, with minimal mitigating strategies. We at BlueX understand how vital it is to ensure freight fluidity for carriers, and also the need […]
COVID-19 has disrupted the global economy. Unsurprisingly ocean freight, which accounts for 90% of world trade, took a huge brunt of this disruption. Freight forwarders have all felt the fallout of the continuous reduction in demand for shipping. It makes sense to differentiate your freight forwarding business with the rampancy of commoditization of freight forwarder […]
Many freight forwarders have seen a drop in demand for their services since COVID-19 locked most of the world down. 2020 showed us how fragile our international global economy could be. Even as lockdowns begin to wane, we are likely to continue to see the fallout of this pandemic into 2021. How we live our […]
2020 has been a turbulent year for ocean shipping. Ocean carriers are expected to lose 10% of their shipping volume due to COVID-19. Despite the challenges presented by the virus, we at BlueX are confident that the global economy will steer towards more favorable waters once lockdowns are lifted. Until then, we can help ocean […]
Freight forwarders in 2020 are facing an increasing number of challenges that keep growing as the years go by—the only significant difference between 2019 and 2020 COVID-19. It’s the elephant in the room that freight forwarders can’t avoid. While many of these challenges listed below are not new, they have been exacerbated by the effects […]
