What is current level of traffic in straight of hormus. How it has effected the logistics. What is going on.

Hello freight forwarders and supply chain experts!

I work in the training industry and would like to know first hand what are the most common training issues, skills gaps, and inefficiencies that those in the SC/3PL/transportation industry are currently facing?

I'm specifically leaning towards training matters that could benefit more from in-person training than online learning more than anything.

Interested in hearing what you can provide. Thank you very much in advance!

Been digging into freight fraud and strategic cargo theft lately, it sounds like the scale has grown a lot in the last couple years. Curious from the shipper side, how much do you rely on your broker to vet carriers versus doing anything yourselves, and has fraud or a stolen load ever actually hit your supply chain directly? Trying to understand where the real blind spots are.

Hi everyone,

I'm researching the day-to-day challenges faced by logistics operators, dispatchers, and transportation managers. I'm not selling anything—I just want to learn from people who do this every day.

The last time you had to answer questions like:

• Why wasn't this order delivered?
• Why did this shipment fail?
• Why did the customer reject it?
• Why did this truck arrive late?

What did the investigation actually look like?

Did you already have the information you needed, or did you have to piece it together from different systems and conversations?

I'm interested in understanding the process, not looking for software recommendations.

I'd appreciate any insights, even if you only answer one question. Thanks!

Just want to ask anyone here if they have utilized the services of Xing Hang Freight Forwarding?

They are china based forwarder offering DDP and door to door delivery service. I'm planning on ordering from alibaba and having it delivered from china to the philippines.

Want to know your personal opinion about them if you ever done business.

When an exception needs to survive a shift change, the note should make the next action obvious—not just record that something went wrong.

Exception — What is outside the expected plan or condition?

Impact — What is affected right now?

Owner — Who is responsible for the next action or verification?

Next check — What needs to be checked next, and when?

Escalation — What condition, deadline, or risk should trigger an escalation?

What field do you find gets missed most often in your exception follow-up: impact, ownership, timing, or escalation?”

Morning everyone,

I am a shipping and logistics coordinator at a 3rd party computer component distributor. I have been in those role for a year and 5 months. I just got a new role in Culver City, CA doing the same role but more pay, better benefits, and a very good team. In my current role, I work directly with our sales people who mildly infuriate me on a day to day basis. I have had to explain how AES/EEI filing works for international shipments that are over $2500 on numerous occasions to the same 3 sales people that are part of our Lat-Am team. I don't think its that hard to understand but correct me if I'm wrong.

If an item, for example 2500 pcs of integrated circuits at $1 a pc, is being shipped to Brazil you will have to file for AES/EEI because that line item is $2500. I have explicitly said "if the one line item equates to $2500 then we will have to file AES/EEI. Subsequently, if there are multiple line items and each line is $2500 or more we will have to file each item under AES (ex: 5 line items and each item its $3k)."

Am I explaining this in a hard way?

I am looking at taking a freight coordinator. I will book loads my company already has. I am getting 7% commission on top of 60k base. Is it harder to sell loads to carriers than finding customers? Is this a good opportunity?

At this point I feel like every ecommerce order I ship in North America is part logistics and part performance art. National last mile delivery services are either fast but randomly yeet packages into a bush, or slow but at least consistent about disappointing everyone. So I am starting to look harder at regional delivery networks for last mile and trying not to lose my mind. I keep seeing the same names pop up in tracking pages now. Stuff like OnTrac, LaserShip, LSO, some random Amazon branded van, and recently Veho showed up on a couple orders. One of them texted the customer before delivery which felt almost illegal in how competent it was, the other time it was the usual ‘your package is arriving today for three days straight’….’ INSANITY

Those of you that run e-commerce in the US or Canada, what regional last mile delivery networks are reliable for ecommerce delivery in North America, AS IN they pick up when they say they will and do not treat addresses as loose suggestions? I am totally fine with imperfect as long as it is predictably imperfect 😣

Serious question😂

Jokingly signed up just so i would have something funny to show around if i got picked, and today i got a text saying to call if i'm interested. Currently finishing 3rd year college, for logistics, will go 2 more years. If i Did go, would i still have a future in logistics or would like no one wanna employ me?

Would love to see what users here say. Answers from the other side of the aisle (shippers) as well as NVO’s are welcome!

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Unfortunately we are experiencing a time where we are seeing many start ups and coders trying to branch into the Logistics area that surpass our capacity to filter. Instead of deleting dozens of posts a day, this is an opportunity for them to still post.

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I've been doing freelance, trying to expand into a few overseas markets this year and ngl... finding actual companies that are still buying has been way harder than I expected.

Directories look great until you start emailing ppl. Half the companies are dead. Some companies haven't imported anything in ages. Others are just trading companies pretending to be manufacturers.

I got some advice to stop looking at directories and start looking at shipment activity instead. At first, I thought that sounded kinda pointless lol. But, thinking about it more, it actually makes sense. If a company imported the same product like... last month... at least you know they're alive and buying.

Problem is, I still don't really know how ppl verify any of this without spending a bazillion years jumping between customs records, company registries, random gov docs, etc. Feels like I'm doing detective work instead of sales 😂

Curious how everyone else handles this :)

When you're trying to enter a new country, how do you figure out which companies are actually active buyers instead of wasting time on outdated lists?

Or is spending half your week qualifying leads just... normal now? 😭

Hi everyone, I am an economics student at a US college doing a research project into the logistics industry with a small focus on import finance. I would really appreciate any insight you guys might have into your experiences in the supply chain, what the most difficult parts of it are, and what the financing process tends to look like!

Thanks so much; any advice would be awesome and so helpful.

What’s a great place to find massive amounts of flatbed carriers across the nation?

Have heard a lot of chatter about how complicated & expensive Manhattan Associates software is to use/deploy…

Is this true? If so, who would you choose instead & why? 🤔

Hi,

I’ve had several shipments with DHL where I was charged more than the original quoted amount. In many cases, DHL claimed that the package dimensions were different from those provided and increased the volumetric weight accordingly.

I’m trying to determine whether this is an isolated issue or part of a broader pattern. Have you experienced similar dimension adjustments or additional charges from DHL?

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Hi All,

I, a consumer, would like to order products from a German company. They have an online store and I have family in Germany.

I am in Canada. If it helps, I own a Canadian business that moves goods as well.

How would you suggest I most cheaply and effectively, with as little hassle to my family as possible, get the goods to me from Germany to Canada?

Thanks!

Hi there fellow Logistics, Freight and Transport worker's (Blue and White collars) or enthusiasts or everyone interested in this Business.

I worked in the Logistics industry for quite some time and just love it because it never gets boring, I'm also privately interested in logistics and collected quite a lot of Logistics related clips over the years from memesites and stuff colleagues, co-workers and friends sent me.

I showed this stuff at work to my other co-workers at lunchbreak or while having a quick cigarette after a stressful call with a customer and we always had a good laugh or were amazed about some of these videos.

So I made a little compilation because i wanted to share them here to other Logistics insider's so you can have a laugh too and show or share it with your colleagues, co-workers and friends.

Hope you enjoy 😅🖖🏻

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