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Two more for FourKites team

Supply chain visibility provider FourKites has appointed Dr Bo Tao as chief technology officer and Manik Mair as senior vice president of corporate growth Dr Bo Tao, has worked in the logistics and software industry for over 20 years, with experience at Next Trucking, Google, Symantec, Dell Technologies and Cheetah Mobile and holds 10 patents. Manik Mair was most recently the Global Vice President, Head of GTM Strategy, at Ceridian. [+]

FourKites enhances air power

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has introduced a number of new air freight features. .The include a Carrier Events View allowing shippers to compare data from carrier websites against FourKites’ milestones, events and ETAs making use of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Easy Load Creation enables shippers to generate air shipments with ... [+]

Rocky for president at FourKites

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has appointed Rocky Subramanian as president. He will work alongside chief executive Mathew Elenjickal to drive the company's strategy, growth and customer success globally. Subramanian was most recently executive vice president at human capital management software firm Ceridian, where he helped the company grow to ... [+]

Russia imports down 96% but Ukraine’s are up, says FourKites

Recent import data reveals that Russia’s supply chain is dramatically worsening while Ukraine’s is steadily improving, says visibility specialist FourKites. A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the former has seen a 96.2% drop in import volume YoY while Ukraine’s actually rose 14.3% during the same period. General manager of ... [+]

Supply chain invests in visibility to combat shipping chaos

A survey of over 350 supply chain professionals by FourKites found that 73% of respondents said they had invested in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023. However, The Great Reset: Ocean Shipping in a Post-Pandemic World also found that 50% said they had zero visibility into ... [+]

Brexit leads to surge in delays, says FourKites

The FourKites visibility platform says that there was a spike in delays to road transport to and from the UK after Brexit. It says that on-time performance of shipments was significantly impacted by the official completion of Brexit starting at the beginning of 2021, though there has since been some recovery ... [+]

East overtakes West for US imports

With strikes and congestion hitting Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland over the past year, US East Coast port volumes are overtaking the West Coast says shipping visibility specialist FourKites in a report published on 23 November. It said that by August 2021, US  West Coast ports already accounted for 48% ... [+]

US patent for FourKites solution

Supply chain visibility company FourKites has been awarded a US patent for its ocean shipment solutions. FourKites’ says that its technology allows  shippers to quickly identify and address any missing, incorrect or incomplete supporting documentation. By integrating international documentation requirements with ocean freight visibility, FourKites automates the matching of specific ... [+]

Port strikes start to bite

Shipping visibility firm FourKites says there has been a significant increase in days at terminal after the first strike began at the Port of Felixstowe On 21 August (the day the first strike began), ocean shipments (including import/export/transshipment) at had been at terminal for 5.5 days on average. By 30 August, ... [+]

FourKites soars in Europe

Supply chain visibility platform FourKites says is has achieved 148% growth in European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) shipments over the last 12 months. The number of customers tracking loads with FourKites in the region has grown by 59% in while the number of carriers tracking shipments has increased by ... [+]

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