Freight to the Point

We’ve spoken a lot about consumer demand and when businesses should be restocking.  But the big question is: How should businesses manage their inventory to remain agile? This is what we explore with Haukur Hannesson, CEO at AGR Dynamics as he joins Alex Hersham to talk about the value of inventory management and importance of demand and supply data. They talk about:  How the relationship between...

How are consumers reacting to economic headwinds? “At a very high level, the picture that we are seeing is that inflation will drive top level growth in the industry. We expect retail sales to hold up, but that's being driven by inflation.” For this episode of Freight to the Point, we’ve featured Part 2 of our Navigate session ‘ What's next for consumer demand? ’ with Alex Hersham and Ri...

What are we hearing in terms of market inventory levels? “Nobody knows if we’re going to have restocking. Everyone thinks that we're getting to a point where inventory levels are starting to balance out, but that doesn't mean that we're going to have a restocking environment” For this episode of Freight to the Point, we’ve featured Part 1 of our Navigate session with Alex Hersham an...

What advice would you give to companies that are thinking of entering the Chinese market? “Go big or go home.” In our latest episode of Freight to the Point, Alex Hersham, CEO and Co-founder of Zencargo is joined by Fabienne Pellegrin, Partner at LBB Asia Limited, a brand management and consulting firm which helps brands set up or accelerate their presence in Asia. Together, they explore: What has...

“We truly believe that we're not doing enough and that we could be doing much more.” This week, we’re joined by one of Zencargo’s customers, Charlotte Pumford, Head of Sustainability and Regenerative Impact from Vivobarefoot, to explore the benefits of using sustainability as a framework for businesses and creating regenerative impact in value chains. A value chain is defined as a collaborati...

Since starting Zencargo in 2017, our co-founders have been dedicated to driving success in the supply chain. Tune into our latest episode of Freight to the Point as we’ve featured another Navigate session from October 2022. Alex Hersham and Richard Fattal, Zencargo’s co-founders, talk about Zencargo’s vision and mission and how they aim to drive impact in the supply chain industry.  They delve int...

Tune into the latest episode of Freight to the Point as we’re giving you another monthly ocean update from the Zencargo team.  Richard Fattal, CCO and Co-Founder at Zencargo and Anne-Sophie Fribourg, VP of Ocean Procurement sat together to talk through some of their latest insights for February.  Together, they explore: How the IMO regulations affects shippers and carriers The recent announcement...

Why is it important to have the right fulfillment partner to help you scale your business? This is what we explore in our next episode of Freight to the Point. Today, we are joined by Alexander Leichter, CEO and Founder of byrd, who provide an all-in-one fulfillment solution that helps businesses to outsource and automate their order fulfillment.  We explore: What makes byrd stand out against othe...

It’s 2023 and we’re in a very different place compared to last year. This time last year, shippers were getting inventory in as quickly as possible and the supply chain was faced with tight capacity and blockages.  Today, we are now facing a potential recession. After two consecutive quarters of destocking, demand has fallen and supply chains are looking very different.  In Episode 38 of Freight t...

Welcome to Freight to the Point where we’ve featured another episode from one of Navigate sessions from earlier last year.  Our session, “Saving the Planet, Smarter” features Ian Powell, Head of Solutions Consulting at Zencargo, who is joined by Vivobarefoot and Pledge to talk about how businesses can track their supply chain emissions with better insights, technology and data-integration. They ta...

In September 2022, shippers were required to migrate from CHIEF to the Customs Declarations Service (CDS) and declare their imports on the new system. We’re now 4 months past the deadline and importers are still struggling to migrate. HMRC have also extended the deadline to declare exports through CDS from March 2023 to November 2023 to ‘spend more time working with the industry in delivering and...

How will shipping alliances change next year? Will we see a change in carrier behaviour? Will annual contracts play a big role in 2023? These are some of the questions we asked Anne-Sophie Fribourg, VP of Ocean Procurement at Zencargo. For this week’s episode Anne-Sophie sat down with Alex to answer some of the big questions we had for 2023. They cover: How will capacity affect the market next yea...

“In the past, it would cost tens of dollars per megabyte. And now it's in cents, a few cents per megabyte, depending on the country and location that you're in. And that connectivity cost is going down, creating more of a global structure around being able to connect.” Tune into another episode of Freight to the Point as Alex Hersham is joined by Krenar Komoni, CEO and Founder of Tive, a...

“The industry is entering a period of managed decline. So capacity management will be key to determining what the freight levels are.” This week, we have another special episode as we’re featuring a throwback to one of our Navigate sessions in October, ‘2023: It’s Time to Take Action’. In this session, Alex Hersham and Chantal McRoberts, Head of Advisory at Drewry Shipping Consultants talk about w...

“The challenges were directly linked to customers not having enough inventory in the right places at the right time, as lockdown happened. No one knew, no one could predict the behaviours that would drive a consumer”. Tune into another episode of Freight to the Point as James Fry, Director of Supply Chain Solutions at Zencargo joins Helena Wood. During their conversation they discuss how shippers...

“Let’s go back a couple of years when we were hit by the pandemic. We kept hearing this phrase that soon we’re going to be out of the tunnel only to discover that the bridge we go onto has collapsed.” In this week’s episode Alex Hersham is joined by Lars Jensen, CEO and Partner of Vespucci Maritime as they talk about their predictions for 2023 and how they can draw lessons from the past. They delv...

Digital transformation is needed to tackle the current market and a digital freight forwarder can help you achieve this. However, change management can be difficult especially as people can be afraid of change when the market is moving so quickly. So how can we educate our peers on the benefits of changing to a digital freight forwarder? In episode 28 of Freight to the Point, Elvy Jenniskens, Glob...

What’s happened in the last month in the ocean freight industry? In this week’s episode of Freight to the Point, Richard Fattal, Zencargo’s co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, gives us his updates on the ocean market and how it will affect rates and shippers.  Episode 27 will explore: How blank sailings have not been enough to stem the decline in rates Demand post Golden Week  How supply chai...

What is demand planning in the supply chain? “In a nutshell, it is the process of forecasting demand for a product so it can be delivered and produced more efficiently.” Tune into the next episode of Freight to the Point as Helena Wood is joined by Finnur Bragason, Sales Director at AGR Dynamics, a company that provides demand planning and forecasting solutions to businesses.  For this episode, th...

Spot rates are falling and shippers are still faced with market volatility and global uncertainties.  With so many changes to account for, how should shippers approach their rate strategy to help their supply chain stay competitive? Richard Fattal is joined by Anne-Sophie Fribourg, Zencargo’s VP of Ocean and Peter Sand, Chief Analyst at Xeneta to discuss how businesses should be diversifying their...

Tender season is approaching and with rates falling at such a rapid pace, questions have been raised by shippers about how they should approach contracting going into 2023.  For this episode, Alex Hersham, co-Founder and CEO at Zencargo, is joined by Chantal McRoberts, Head of Advisory at Drewry Shipping Consultants, to talk about how shippers should approach the upcoming tender season. They discu...

Welcome to Episode 23 of Freight to the Point. This week, Richard Fattal, Zencargo's co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, gives us his updates on the ocean market and how it will affect shippers and rates.  We'll be discussing: Blank sailings in Q4 The trends in demand in October and November How the devaluation of the sterling affects supply chain Resources Rate strategy consultatio...

What should your freight forwarder do to help you achieve your business objectives? That’s the conversation we’re having with Zach White, our VP of Customer Success as he gives us his insights on what an effective Customer Success Team looks like in the freight forwarding space.  He discusses: Why your forwarder relationship needs to be more than transactional -and how to get there How Zencargo’s...

Welcome to another episode of Freight to the Point. This week we're super excited to launch our first of a series of monthly recurring episodes on the ocean market with co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Richard Fattal. We’ll be discussing:  The industrial action across Europe which has affected supply chains.  How the rate market has changed What shippers need to look out for when appr...

What are the pitfalls when working with a traditional freight forwarder? “They don’t specialise in tech and making changes to their platform is difficult for them.” This week, Helena Wood is joined by John Smith, VP of Global Operations at Zencargo as he gives his insights on how the supply chain has evolved since he started working in the industry 30 years ago.  They discuss:  The differences bet...