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All of the latest global shipping and freight news & articles from the team at Equator Worldwide.
How to Start and Scale Your Business with International Shipping
Small businesses and start-ups will often confine themselves to trading on home ground. The view is that they need to get this piece of the jigsaw in place before they have bigger ambitions and look further afield. International Shipping Company Part of this is to do...
An Overview of Sea Freight
Sea freight is still the most cost-effective way for businesses to ship goods abroad. Of course, if you have urgent deliveries, the time taken to sail from one country to another can be prohibitive. It’s important to work closely with your freight forwarding company...
How a Freight Forwarder Can Help You Grow the International Side of Your Business
If your business is looking to expand and develop into international markets, it can be a challenging and sometimes hazardous process. Picking the right countries to export to involves a lot of logistic know-how while keeping down the costs and streamlining the...
A Quick History of the Shipping Container
As an experienced freight forwarder, we help business in the UK ship items and products across close at home and across the world every day. Most items when sent via ship are sent in shipping containers and it turns out they have quite a history of their own. Freight...
Are You Considering Using an Outsourced Warehouse in 2021?
Businesses in all sectors have had a lot to contend with over the last 12 months. Whether it’s adjusting to the ‘new normal’ under Covid lockdown or coming to terms with the regulations following Brexit, there are a lot of challenges. For business owners who import or...
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...











