Container Market & Freight Rate Trends

This is the scenario that transit agencies, operators, municipalities and cities confront on a daily basis, particularly in the realm of urban mobility. Cities are struggling with a long list of mobility challenges. As populations swell and infrastructure ages, cities face ever-increasing commute times and greater congestion. The influx of new ride-sharing and alternative modes of transport leaves transportation planners without the data and tools needed to plan for the future of urban mobility for its citizens. Moovit Urban Mobility Analytics gives administrators the detailed insights needed for effective decision making and optimisation in all aspects of their cities’ urban mobility.

Scaling up a supply chain is a challenge that not many enterprises could master in their first attempt. Bigbasket, India's leading e-retailer scaled up their business from 1 to 10 mn+ customers in just under seven years. They expanded their presence to over 30 cities across India.Developing a supply chain is a challenge which is at the heart of any such expansion. Upsizing-procurement, maintenance and transportation in a short time frame require decision-making capabilities far more substantial than human know-how. Right from sourcing the best vegetable and ingredients to delivering it to the correct customer address on time, every day throws a new challenge.

With the advances in connective technology and automated driving support systems, how can the journey towards platooning meet the operational challenges facing the transportation and logistics industry today? To uncover the benefits to technology and transport performance, truck platooning has to become plannable and integrable in the transportation planning, execution process and transportation management systems. HERE has developed intelligent truck platooning services that can be utilized to enable platooning along the transportation process chain, from planning to execution to reporting.

As ecommerce trends continue to grow and supply chains become increasingly complex, competitive warehouse operations are upgrading their fulfillment technology to include multiple forms of automation. In order to maintain flawless, end-to-end order fulfillment, process digitization, robotics, and hybrid workforce strategies have become operators' number one priority. Welcome to the new age of warehousing.