Episode 72: The Red Sea Crisis

This month, Anne Sophie Fribourg, Zencargo's VP of Global Ocean Freight and Catia Fernandes, Zencargo's Head of Trade Asia and IPAK - Europe and Intra-Europe, hosted a webinar on ‘Rates: Our insights after Chinese New Year”. 

In the webinar they explored:

How should shippers collaborate with their freight forwarders?

“Shippers need to work in a partnership mode rather than a purchase mode with their freight forwarder. The main failure is that shippers are looking into transportation as a purchase service.”

In the la ...

We catch up on the ongoing disruption to the shipping industry after Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.The Iran-backed group said it was targeting ships linked to Israel, the US and the UK in support of Hamas.We look at the cost of diverting cargo away from the Red Sea, and he ...  Show more

La crise soudanaise qui dure depuis bientôt 10 mois a perturbé le commerce de la gomme arabique, un additif naturel très utilisé dans les industries agro-alimentaires, cosmétiques et pharmaceutiques. Depuis janvier, la crise en mer Rouge est venue complexifier un peu plus la situ ...  Show more

Omar Hagrass, CEO of Trella On this week’s episode of Making It, we remotely sit down with Omar Hagrass, the CEO and co-founder of Trella, a digital trucking marketplace. The company’s application acts as a hub for shippers and carriers, eliminating the time-consuming and ineffic ...  Show more

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott Luton and Karin Bursa are joined by Gustav Khambatta, Senior Vice President of Freight Payment Sales at U.S. Bank, to unpack key takeaways from 2024 and explore what lies ahead for global supply chains in 2025. The conversation del ...  Show more