VIDEO Maritime Enters A Mediocre Growth Period With Lower Spending

The condition of the maritime sector can be seen as a mirror to where the whole global economy is going. Would we see a crazy boom during the upcoming Peak Season? How are retailers getting ready and what are their expectations? We spoke to Glenn Koepke, VP & GM Network Collaboration, at FourKites, about how […]

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US – Mexico Trade: Long-Term Investment Approach Continuous

Commentary from Glenn Koepke, GM Network Collaboration FourKites: What are you seeing/hearing from customers regarding their manufacturing/production in Mexico and cross-border shippers? Companies are continuing to invest in nearshoring and taking a long-term investment approach to it, as moving thousands of global suppliers into Mexico isn’t feasible in the short term. When deciding whether to […]

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Food & Beverage Benefit from Low Spot Rates Market

An analysis by FourKites and commentary from Glenn Koepke, GM of Network Collaboration at FourKites “The trend we’ve seen in recent weeks follows a very similar pattern to what happened a year ago. Typically, in the Food & Beverage (F&B) category, we see volume bottoming out around the first week of January and then steadily […]

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Shipping: Volumes to come down due to Lunar New Year

Commentary from Glenn Koepke, GM of Network Collaboration at FourKites Do you expect shipping trends around Lunar New Year to be different this year than in years past? How?  We anticipate volume will sharply halt during the Lunar New Year while ports shut down and operations come to a standstill. Coming out of the Lunar […]

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