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All of the latest global shipping and freight news & articles from the team at Equator Worldwide.
Signs That You Need to Start to Work with a Freight Forwarder
Whether you are a new start-up or an established company, shipping can be a complicated business. While handling all the logistics yourself can deliver cost-savings with smaller shipments, as needs grow, you may want to consider working directly with a freight...
How Shipping Can Support the Exhibition Industry
Are you planning your exhibitions for 2021? The logistics of getting all your equipment, banners and branded materials from point A to point B can be quite demanding. Express shipping through a freight forwarding company can not only save you money but time. Freight...
How Does Freight Forwarding Work?
Billions of tonnes of freight are transported around the world each year. If your business regularly exports to customers abroad, understanding how freight forwarding services work is essential. At the very least you need to understand how freight is transported, the...
What is the Difference Between Full Truckload and LTL?
Companies that ship goods either to Europe or around the world are always looking at ways to not only improve the service they get but minimize their costs. Especially in a Post-Covid world, it’s even more important to keep those transportation costs under control and...
Are You Planning for Peak Season Freight?
While peak seasons can vary depending on your business, making sure that you have all the bases covered when it comes to freight handling is essential. On one level this is about ensuring that you have the resources available so that your products get from A to B...
Navigating Global Shipping Paperwork Requirements
Everyday millions of tonnes of freight are shipped around the world. All these consignments, whether going by road, sea, or air, have one thing in common. They require paperwork. Here we take a closer look at the different types of paperwork involved in transporting...
Post-Covid Resolutions for Your Retail Business
The lockdown has caused huge problems for retail businesses across the UK. With restrictions now starting to be lifted, many companies are tentatively trying to tick all the safety boxes so that they can open and begin to trade again. While the pandemic has its...
How to Save Costs When Shipping from China
Shipping goods from one country to another can come at a significant cost. If your business regularly deals with companies in China and needs to move goods from there to the UK, it can be extremely expensive if you don’t have a shipping plan. There are several ways...
Steps You Can take to Prevent Cargo Theft
Millions of tonnes of cargo are transported around the world every day and, for the most part, it reaches its destination safely and in good condition. Cargo theft, however, is a concern for anyone involved in logistics or who has a product to get from A to B. Here we...
Top Tips for Pallet Packing
It’s not just finding the right freight company to transport your goods across the UK or around that world that matters. How you pack your products yourself can also make a big difference to your bottom line. The last thing you want is for your goods to get damaged...
The World’s Busiest Ports for International Shipping
The vast majority of the world’s freight is moved not by land or by air but by sea. This is a massive logistical undertaking and is one of the most remarkable aspects of modern-day commerce. Each day, thousands of ships are moving to and fro across the globe to...
Could These Future Freight Ideas Ever Take Off?
Getting your freight from one location to another is always a big challenge. Whether you’re sending your products by land, sea or air, there lots of complex logistics to take into account. At Equator Worldwide we are at the forefront of the shipping industry and are...