The evolution of the shipping container
By Cate Hull First a little history. For centuries, shipping with ocean freight was fraught with risk as break-bulk cargo was often poorly secured and...
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Amazon aims to disrupt the shipping industry with new freight platform
By Cate Hull Amazon, the e-commerce giant, this week unveiled a trial version of its freight brokerage platform and undercut market prices by as much as a...
10 shipping terms every international shipper should know
By Cate Hull In the global marketplace, communication is key. Being able to effectively communicate within the shipping industry is vital to...
BlackBerry reinvention includes the world of freight and logistics
By Cate Hull BlackBerry, once a dominant force in handheld communications before the era of smartphones, can teach all of us a lesson about reinventing...
E-Commerce transforming business in SE Asia and United States
By Cate Hull The digital economy in Southeast Asia is on track to hit $240B by 2025, crashing previous estimates, according to the e-Conomy Southeast...
Analysts warn that New Zealand timber market may tumble
By Cate Hull China giveth, China taketh away. Industry analysts are cautioning New Zealand timber companies that a 2018 boom in New Zealand may be...
Amazon continues to cut out the middle man
By Cate Hull It’s no coincidence that two of the top 10 largest companies in the world are e-commerce companies – Amazon and Alibaba. The brick and...
Five forces that will transform the industry in 2019
By Cate Hull As the CEO of FreightExchange, a freight and logistics company, I pay close attention to industry trends in the freight and logistics industry....
Don’t get left behind in 2019: How tech is transforming the freight industry
“Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind. – Philip Green By Cate Hull For companies...
New research shows how AI can be a boon for international trade
By Cate Hull As a Sydney-based freight and logistics firm expanding to Southeast Asia, language and international business are forefront in our daily...
Sydney’s FreightExchange one of 10 finalists for Google’s Demo Day Asia
FreightExchange will be presenting at Demo Day Asia SYDNEY – Australian newcomer FreightExchange, based in Sydney, is one of 10 startups selected to...
Australia’s outreach to SE Asia
FreightExchange, like many companies in Australia, is closely following ongoing discussions between Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian...
The digitalization of the supply chain business network
By Cate Hull When Martyn Hann and I founded FreightExchange in 2014, we envisioned an online marketplace where carriers could sell their unused cargo...
Drought and supply chain economics
By Cate Hull The worst drought in recent memory is taking its toll on sweeping parts of eastern Australia. Record-low rainfall in some regions and...
