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M -N F S W d o c Fulti atioNal reight takeholderS aNt irect ceaN arrier eedS recent survey commissioned by CargoSphere, the cloud- receive and distribute freight rates. CargoSphere’s original re- based global freight management system, revealed that search was developed to determine what value the global NVO

A 92% of respondents agreed that a direct ocean carrier data and forwarding (FF) community puts on receiving a direct, feed would be a competitive service advantage. In other words, Web-based feed of their negotiated rates from their ocean car- connecting ships, ports and people truly does matter, and make riers. So, what does that mean and what do users really want?

a difference. According to CargoSphere, their rate technology In 2016, CargoSphere commissioned Drewry to defne the platform delivers frictionless rate distribution and networking. cost burden to the global freight forwarding community to fnd

And, at a time when freight stakeholders are thirsting for greater or receive and process/analyze ocean freight buy rates. It was transparency at all points in the global, intermodal supply chain, determined the annual labor cost is a whopping $500 million. the results of their latest survey are especially important. This acknowledgement of the fnancial strain of processing

Cloud-based, systematized contract and rate management frequently changing ocean carrier rates, says CargoSphere, provides the CargoSphere user community with accurate and highlights the need for a more effcient digital framework for collaborative rate distribution, sharing, comparison and quot- container shipping rate management and distribution. This ing, as well as the ability to self-publish FMC tariffs. The Car- survey investigates the various reasons and benefts for au- goSphere Rate Mesh connects shipping partners for seamless, tomating rate management and distribution and streamlining confdential rate collaboration in real-time to simplify rate this process with a direct ocean carrier feed. By the numbers, communication and provide a faster, more effective way to the demographics of the survey looked something like this: 62 Maritime Logistics Professional July/August 2017 | |