Case studies

Peak season is won in June. What our planners do in the five months before the busiest weeks of the year, and why November should feel boring.

A building-materials brand with suppliers in four countries moved from five forwarders to one, and stopped guessing when its stock would land.

EXW, FOB, CIF and DDP decide who pays for what and who carries the risk. A plain guide to the four terms you will meet most often.

How a cardiac device maker moved its temperature-sensitive reagents through two certified gateways and a GDP warehouse without losing a single batch.

A new 24-door facility beside the deep-sea terminals cuts the time from vessel to European truck to under 36 hours.

A precision machining group replaced an expediting habit with a scheduled cross-border programme from Monterrey, and ran a full year without stopping a line.

The break-even between a shared and a full container is usually 13 to 15 cubic metres, but transit time, handling and fees can move it either way.

Airlines charge for space as well as mass. How chargeable weight is calculated, and five ways to pack so you pay for less of it.

Every forwarder says it is reliable. We decided to show the number, by mode, every month, including the months we would rather not.

Twenty-two battery-electric tractors now run every container between the intermodal ramp and our Joliet cross-dock, cutting 1,400 tonnes of CO₂e a year.