#internationalfreightforwarders

Freight Forwarding 101 - A Beginners Guide

Leah Barrier

Oct 18, 2019
4 min

Freight Forwarding 101 - A Beginners Guide

It is no secret that the freight forwarding and logistics industry as a whole can be a bit nuanced and complicated. Intricacies aside, we have decided to break the comprehensive workflow down into simpler components, allowing for a more digestible overview. A freight forwarder manages the movement and entire shipping process, from beginning to end. A forwarder does not always have physical access to the commodity being shipped, but oversees and comprehensively manages all log

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Of All the Benefits an International Freight Forwarder Brings to Your Business - Which Ranks Highest

Leah Barrier

Apr 26, 2019
2 min

Of All the Benefits an International Freight Forwarder Brings to Your Business - Which Ranks Highest

The logistical implementation and procedural aspects of supply chain management can be tedious in some cases and sporadic in others. The immediate discourage that logistics and compliance can wreak on an emerging company is daunting and notwithstanding from regulatory issues around every corner. Enter the ever-expanding sector of the international freight forwarding industry, devised and constructed to initiate the shipment process and oversee the transport from end-to-end. I

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How Can an International Air Freight Forwarder Impact Your Business?

Leah Barrier

Mar 29, 2019
4 min

How Can an International Air Freight Forwarder Impact Your Business?

Top freight forwarding companies can utilize their logistical expertise, experience, and network to provide your business with several advantages. Partnering with the right freight forwarder can simplify your operations, reduce your expenses and fees, and overall streamline your supply chain. What is a freight forwarder? A freight forwarder facilitates the delivery of goods on behalf of other companies. Companies partner with forwarders to help get their goods from point A to

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How to Select a Top International Freight Forwarder

Leah Barrier

Mar 1, 2019
2 min

How to Select a Top International Freight Forwarder

Being a middle market or emerging growth company requires a dependable logistics partner to streamline your supply chain and to manage the end-to-end. Who can you trust to essentially eliminate the need for in-house departmental overhead? Every supply chain is different, down to each individual shipment. A day-in-day-out predictive model simply cannot be duplicated in this industry. Partnering with a knowledgeable freight forwarder connected to a global network is essential t

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Expanding Our International Freight Forwarding Reach to New York City

Leah Barrier

Jan 4, 2019
1 min

Expanding Our International Freight Forwarding Reach to New York City

We have decided to take our talents to The Big Apple. CLN Worldwide has officially expanded into New York City. Our office is located in Manhattan, with close proximity to Penn Station, allowing for an elastic approach to your global logistics needs. Having a flexible and expansive logistics partner streamlines your international supply chain efficiency almost instantaneously. Big City, Bigger Network With offices in Charleston (South Carolina), Charlotte (North Carolina), an

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Top 7 List: The Best International Freight Forwarders. Revisited.

Leah Barrier

Nov 30, 2018
4 min

Top 7 List: The Best International Freight Forwarders. Revisited.

Question: What makes a company stand out, branded as the best International Freight Forwarder, and selected from the masses? Answer: Numerous variants including accessibility, network, multi-functionality, regulatory factors, visibility, and digital assets - all of which differentiate across industries. While some may argue the validity of selectively grouping and ranking achievements on specifics, there are however, valuable points to be made regarding the comparison of the

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Filling the Technological Gap in Logistics

Leah Barrier

Sep 21, 2018
2 min

Filling the Technological Gap in Logistics

The urgency to revolutionize the logistics industry overnight is not only unrealistic, but completely void of a linear thought process in regards to freight forwarding. Complete automation is the goal but the steps to get there add up to more than any current system can climb. It is naïve to think that industry wide autonomy is not the future of transportation. It will happen; however, it is unrealistic to assume that it will happen with one single system within the next 12-1

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Leah Barrier

Aug 31, 2018
2 min

Instant Air Cargo Booking

The collaborative process of ‘e-booking’. How will this streamline the current logistics process? Putting digitization to the test. The talk of a more digitized air freight industry is becoming increasingly tangible. Freightos, an online cargo market has partnered with Lufthansa, a German airline, in an attempt to create a digital portal where freight forwarders can find rates and book space for air cargo shipments almost instantaneously. This ‘real-time’ feature is made poss

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Top 7 List: What Makes the Best International Freight Forwarders?

Leah Barrier

Aug 10, 2018
4 min

Top 7 List: What Makes the Best International Freight Forwarders?

Acquiring master distributor capabilities in the U.S without the infrastructure investment through an international transportation management partnership is the quintessential relationship set for optimization and streamlined efficiency. What makes a company stand out, branded as the best, and selected from the masses? Numerous variants, all of which differentiate across industries. Partnering with transportation experts who have access to manage multi-functional areas of the

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