With the growth of modern super-fast air freight, one might presume that ocean freight is archaic and losing its relevance, but this misconception couldn’t be further from the truth. While air freight offers speed, ocean freight remains a vital component of global trade, especially when dealing with large volumes. The sea freight container trade has …
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Understanding the Basics of 4PL Services: A Beginner’s Guide
At AFS Logistics, we understand that every business is different, with its own unique challenges and opportunities. That’s why our 4PL logistics service has been built from the ground up to adapt and shift to meet and exceed the unique needs of every business. If you’re looking for logistics services that provide you with total …
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How is the cost of fuel affecting Australian businesses?
Transport companies are still charging lofty figures and this is the result of the relationship between AUD and the nation’s commodities. AUD and the price of raw materials such as oil are highly correlated. This can be seen in the attached graphs below. Whilst the oil barrel price has declined from its peak above $113 …
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How Does a 4PL Company Enhance Your Supply Chain?
Third-party logistics (3PL) comes in the form of many different services, but 4PL is the one service encompassing them all. The benefits of 3PL have been well known for years, but the world is now beginning to wake up to the power of 4PL. In fact, a 2021 report from Polaris Market Research valued the …
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What Does End-to-end Logistics Mean?
If your company is planning to grow, then the need for end-to-end (E2E) logistics management should be a crucial part of your expansion strategy. Without a well-designed solution for this problem, your business could lose track of its own supply chain and deliver inconsistent results for unhappy customers. By contracting a 4PL provider, your business …
Extreme Weather Conditions
Extreme weather conditions and flooding continues to cause havoc with Australian supply chains with the closure of rail lines and major roads. In particular, this is disrupting the already strained infrastructure to and from Western Australia. Several transport providers are now declaring a “force majeure event”, with The Australian Government’s National Emergency Management Agency advising …
AFS Leads Fight Against Declining Warehouse Vacancy
According to research conducted by CBRE, the national warehouse vacancy rate has been on a downward trend from 6.3% in 2H19 to 0.8% in 1H22. Reaching 1.4 million sqm over 1H22, demand for industrial and logistics space is predicted by CBRE to become more cut-throat for all industries with national rent growth to average around …
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Fighting Cancer with Footy Colours
This year the AFS Logistics team supported the Fight Cancer Foundation for Kids with Cancer by joining in the FOOTY COLOURS DAY, enjoying each other’s company in their teams’ colours and sharing a traditional footy morning tea of footy frankfurts and pies. Staff had the chance to celebrate after two years of lockdown and in …
Going from strength to strength
With Sam Eid now six months into his role as CEO at AFS Logistics, the business continues to invest and go from strength to strength, experiencing consistent growth as more customers opt to enjoy the flexibility and peace of mind that comes with our tech enabled logistics solutions. To support this exciting growth, we have increased our …
Message from Sam Eid
We’re at an exciting stage of the AFS journey. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be bringing you a series of product and service updates highlighting our extensive Supply Chain expertise and providing updates on our ever changing market. As a leading logistics company, within Australia and New Zealand with global reach, we’ll explore how we …
