Over the past few days a good number of X2 Logistics Networks members were in Bangkok, which is great for both the X2 Team and the members who are in Bangkok for a visit because it’s an opportunity to catch up with members and get some feedback on the year since the previous conference.In almost every chat we had with members there were a couple common themes shared between each unique meeting. One was that the members we met hold a positive outlook on the future of X2 Logistics Networks and appreciate the support provided by X2 and the personal connection members feel with the X2 Team.What was the other most common topic of discussion...

X2 Logistics Networks member Fleet Line Shipping in the UAE was asked to rush a shipment of pipes and fittings from Jebel Ali to a project site in Kazakhstan. Some pipes measured over 15 metres in length."Whilst our client was advised by other forwarders and a few carriers to load the same on break bulk method on container ship by using multiple flat bed containers, our project team planned and executed the same on a normal flat rack container with arms up right at the same time made sure lifting points of the container were totally free. All in a normal days work at FLS”. Said Mrinal Kumar of FLS.In the end the Fleetline Shipping time ...

Netflix caused the demise of Blockbuster Video. E-commerce made Toys R’ Us a retailer of the past. Who uses a disposable camera anymore? What do all of these have in common? The march of technological progress has created tools and options that are faster, easier, and simply more convenient. Logistics companies who fail to innovate and utilize the technological tools available to them to provide customers with a faster and more efficient experience are fated to be the Blockbuster Videos and Toys R’ Us stores, and disposable cameras of the future. X2 Logistics Networks has partnered with ConsolFreight to provide its members with ...

Who says business networking, or more specifically, logistics networking conferences need to be boring? The newly released 5th Annual X2 Conference After Movie has not only been filmed and edited in a fresh and fun way but it also exemplifies the same fun and fresh approach X2 Logistics Networks takes to the logistics networking events it hosts.Event after movies have a reputation for being shrug worthy and serve as bland and dry historical time capsules with cheesy music and slow pans of tables and event halls showing everyone and everything at the event. These dry and bland videos lack the feeling of the event and the personality that comes...

Chinese X2 Projects member Shanghai Beetle Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. successfully moved multiple shipments of heavy industrial equipment.Their March 14th shipment from Shanghai, China to Gothenburg, Sweden saw Shanghai Beetle Supply Chain Management move the machinery to vessel side and also arrange the ocean freight transport by Maersk. The cargo was 1 piece of equipment measuring 13.9 x 3.66 x 4.1 metres and weighing 41,400 kilograms.About a month ago a break bulk shipment from Shanghai, China to Hai Phong, Vietnam was handled during Chinese New Year. Due to the timing of the shipment coinciding with Chinese New Year the shipment wa...

AGX and Knot Global Japan found themselves cooperating on a critical AOG logistics shipment just days after meeting at the X2 Conference in Hua Hin, Thailand when an aircraft was forced to emergency land on the island of Okinawa while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Honolulu.On 27 February a large commercial airliner carrying 379 passengers destined for Honolulu, Hawaii was grounded at Naha Airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa due to an engine failure and was in urgent need of AOG logistics services. Not long after departing Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia the airplane’s captain received indications of problems with the right engine. With th...

X2 Logistics Networks is proud to have seen articles recognizing the success of the 5th Annual X2 Conference 2018. Articles about our recent event were published on both Heavylift and AJOT.Enjoy the articles and we hope to see you at the 6th Annual X2 Conference in 2019!...

X2 Logistics Networks member ALTIUS S.A. preformed unloading operations of the first vessel carrying breakbulk cargo for the construction of the Potosi Cement Plant, a new project in Bolivia.The operation was carried out at Arica Port (Chile) using shore tension equipment. Cargo was unloaded from vessel by shore cranes, moved to the laydown area and finally unloaded and stowed using reach stackers and shore cranes. Then once loaded, awaiting land transportation vehicles moved the pieces across Chile and Bolivia, which entailed following a greatly challenging route that included stretches of road 4,680 meters above sea level with sharp bends.&...

Thailand X2 Logistics Networks member Jet8 and Malaysian member AGX handled an AOG shipment together from Malaysia to Thailand.The two companies worked together to move a critical AOG shipment of aircraft wings via air from Malaysia to Chonburi, Thailand. Overall the shipment was a rather routine and there weren't any remarkable challenges and all went smoothly on both sides of the shipment.When asked for comment, the team at Jet8 simply stated, "We're proud to work as a team with members of the network like AGX."Another successful X2 Logistics Networks shipment!...

Conferences and annual general meetings have been around longer than logistics networking has been an industry. If you’re a freight forwarder or your customers are freight forwarders you likely attend 3 or 4 events a year. Reading this, your mind has probably already started running through the logistics networking routine; arrive at the event, cocktail reception, presentations, one-on-one meetings, attendee dinner, depart for the airport.Of course the basics are unavoidable. Every event needs a cocktail reception, and, of course, what would a networking conference be without a dinner and meetings? It all becomes routine after attendin...

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other tech terms are thrown around every day in the logistics industry when articles and discussions are focused on where the industry is headed and what is the future of not only the freight forwarding specifically, but the general logistics industry as a whole.X2 Group has taken notice of the acceleration of technology and solutions service providers in the industry and has made it a feature of the 5th Annual X2 Conference 2018. The Annual X2 Conference brings together all the groups under X2 Logistics Networks to a single location where they can establish and reinforce professional ...

Recently two X2 Elite members, Viamar SRL and Transttlantic North America Inc. worked together on a shipment of industrial equipment from the USA to Italy.The cargo: Cabinet foaming fixture with hydraulic pump and control panel is an experimental piece and was being returned to Italy. The total weight of the shipment is 13,670 pounds.Although the actual process of the shipment itself went smoothly, Mother Nature did shake things up a bit. Shortly after the equipment was loaded the weather along the US East Coast became a concern. Temperatures plunged and formed what has come to be known a Bomb Cyclone.A Bomb Cyclone is essentially a cold weat...