Field notes from the desk.
Analysis and operational notes on the corridors, cargoes and partnerships we work every day.
New insights published regularly — check back weekly.
Northern Corridor volumes have grown three years running. What's driving the shift from breakbulk to boxes — and where the bottlenecks still are.
A generation of brokers is running position lists on their phones. Here's how the desk of the next decade actually operates.
When the payment rail lives next to the booking rail, the trust gap between counterparties collapses.
BAF movements are a leading indicator of freight-rate direction. Here's the framework we use to read them.
Why splitting the logistics stack across five vendors is quietly one of the most expensive decisions a mid-market forwarder makes.
How the LSP marketplace scaled past 3,400 listings — and what the growth curve says about integrated freight ecosystems in emerging markets.
Why the East African corridor rewards partnership models over pure-play platform sales — and how our forwarder programme is structured.
Chambers are the highest-signal distribution channel in emerging markets. Here's why we've made them the backbone of go-to-market.
Cairo now anchors our Mediterranean partner ecosystem. What the Egypt desk is, who it serves, and what shippers can expect.
We've opened a channel-partner programme for logistics consultancies, trade-finance advisors and regional integrators.
A walkthrough of what happens when a shipper hits 'book' — from rate query to carrier confirmation to shipment file.