Recently, the UK government confirmed a formal target to grow rail freight by at least 40% by 2040 and 75% by 2050, which will move an estimated extra £15bn a year through the network, on top of the £34bn it already carries. But the announcement isn't the only thing...
New research with the RHA found 91% of hauliers running below seamless integration. The finding sitting next to it is the one worth an hour of your time. By Jim Slade, Commercial Director, The Fargo Group The number everyone will quote from the RHA research is 91%....
UK rail freight is growing. The environmental and commercial case for moving containers by rail is no longer a hard sell. But there's a gap in the story that doesn't show up in the growth figures. Winning on rail capacity while losing on road execution is the...
A container becomes available at Felixstowe. The port system knows. Your planner doesn't, not until someone logs in, searches the reference, and updates the job by hand. By the time that happens, the VBS slot you needed may already be gone. Where the problem actually...
Are you working with a “status feed”? A screen showing where things are, colour-coded by exception, updated at intervals? It looks like visibility. The problem is that by the time something turns red, the window to prevent the failure has usually already closed. For...
Demurrage and detention charges rank consistently among the most frustrating costs in intermodal logistics. They are avoidable, but the information needed to avoid them is often scattered across multiple systems or spreadsheets, delayed, or held in the wrong place....
Why the future of intermodal logistics isn't about seeing more. It's about understanding more. By Darren Palfrey, CEO, The Fargo Group For more than two decades, the logistics industry has pursued a single ambition. Visibility. We wanted to know where our containers...
When is the last time you asked an intermodal customer what they actually want and they responded "more data visibility."? What they are demanding instead is the ability to commit to on-time arrivals, accurate documentation and...
The middle mile is messy. With tight timelines and increasingly tighter margins, the operators who thrive are those who operate with certainty. This means having the right operating system built specifically for the complexity of intermodal container logistics. Not...