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18 posts tagged with “Multimodal”

Constant Supply Chain Shock Requires Preapproved Route Recipes, Not Ad Hoc Expedites
ResilienceMultimodal

Constant Supply Chain Shock Requires Preapproved Route Recipes, Not Ad Hoc Expedites

Replace improvised expedites with preapproved multimodal route recipes that define triggers, owners, customs steps, costs, dwell limits, and post-event audits.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsOctober 1, 2026 · 6 min read
Uber Freight's Krakow Hub: Design a European Chemicals Control Desk Around Mode Handoffs
Chemical LogisticsMultimodal

Uber Freight's Krakow Hub: Design a European Chemicals Control Desk Around Mode Handoffs

Uber Freight's Krakow expansion highlights how chemical shippers can control dangerous-goods, documentation, temperature, and carrier risks across European mode handoffs.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsSeptember 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Savannah’s New 25-Acre Breakbulk Hub: Design the Multimodal Handoff Before Booking Cargo
Multimodal

Savannah’s New 25-Acre Breakbulk Hub: Design the Multimodal Handoff Before Booking Cargo

Savannah's new Foundation 3 breakbulk terminal adds vessel, rail, truck and storage options—but project cargo needs a planned multimodal handoff before booking.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsSeptember 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Enterprise Shipping Is Outgrowing Its Governance Model: Lessons From 240 Networks
Transportation ManagementGovernance

Enterprise Shipping Is Outgrowing Its Governance Model: Lessons From 240 Networks

A practical governance model for controlling multimodal shipping economics, decision rights, approvals, and exceptions as carrier networks grow more complex.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsAugust 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Amazon Merges Air and Ground Operations: A New Playbook for Multimodal Shipment Tracking
MultimodalAir Cargo

Amazon Merges Air and Ground Operations: A New Playbook for Multimodal Shipment Tracking

Learn how shared milestones, exception queues, and connection KPIs can improve air-to-ground multimodal shipment tracking for freight forwarders.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsAugust 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Middle East and Africa Freight Growth Is Moving Maritime Optionality Into Network Design
Multimodal

Middle East and Africa Freight Growth Is Moving Maritime Optionality Into Network Design

Middle East and Africa freight growth is pushing maritime and inland-waterway options from emergency backup plans into formal network design.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsJuly 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Middle East and Africa Freight Growth Now Depends on Corridor Resilience
Multimodal

Middle East and Africa Freight Growth Now Depends on Corridor Resilience

Middle East and Africa freight growth is accelerating, but forwarders need corridor resilience, routing alternatives, and milestone visibility to protect service.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsJune 12, 2026 · 7 min read
FedEx’s Netherlands Hub Investment Shows Europe’s Truck-Air Networks Are Converging
Air CargoMultimodal

FedEx’s Netherlands Hub Investment Shows Europe’s Truck-Air Networks Are Converging

FedEx’s $54 million Duiven hub expansion shows why European freight networks increasingly depend on integrated truck-air handoffs, customs timing, and mode visibility.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsJune 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Alaska Is Becoming a Strategic Logistics Edge, Not Just a Remote Freight Challenge
Project LogisticsEnergy Logistics

Alaska Is Becoming a Strategic Logistics Edge, Not Just a Remote Freight Challenge

Alaska's air cargo, energy, port, and remote-freight networks show why Arctic logistics now belongs in strategic supply chain planning.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsMay 18, 2026 · 7 min read
DHL’s Asia-U.S. Heavy Air Cargo Expansion Shows Why Forwarders Need a Mode-Switch Playbook
Air CargoFreight Forwarding

DHL’s Asia-U.S. Heavy Air Cargo Expansion Shows Why Forwarders Need a Mode-Switch Playbook

DHL Global Forwarding is adding dedicated Asia-U.S. heavy air cargo capacity in June. Forwarders should use the moment to formalize mode-switch rules across ocean, air, landed cost, exception approvals, and customer promise dates.

CXTMS InsightsCXTMS InsightsMay 10, 2026 · 7 min read