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M -N F S W d o c Fulti atioNal reight takeholderS aNt irect ceaN arrier eedS ing the ocean pricing process (on a scale of 1 to 10 with “1” 13: Countries represented being “Little Value”, “5” being “Moderate Value” and “10” 6.5 million: Annual TEU of container volume represented being “Invaluable”), 25% of respondents selected ‘10’ (in- 77: Percent Respondents who were freight forwarders valuable) and 92% selected ‘5’ (moderate) or higher.

59: Percent Responders who were NVOs 36: Percentage of Respondents who identifed themselves as C-Suite

Carriers can be confdent that forwarders will be eager re- cipients of this data when they are able to improve their distri- 47: Percentage of Respondents who identifed as managers bution technologies.

According to CargoSphere, the most important conclusion

Benefts of the new technology: of the survey is that there is near-universal interest from the

Time savings for sales & ops staff Faster quoting to customers respondents in the electronic receipt of confdential negotiated

Increased data accuracy of buy rates Increase in customer satisfaction ocean carrier rates. The survey provides great confdence in this

Global access to accurate timely rates Enables selection of optimal booking carrier conclusion because of user responses to 2 different questions:

Faster reconciliation of carrier invoices Sharing rates in real-time w/partners

A response of “Yes” from 92% of the respondents when asked “Would a direct data feed from your carriers with your conf- dential ocean pricing be a competitive service advantage?”

For more information, and full access to survey results, visit: www.cargosphere.com

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