Freightbook News

Excellent internet exposure, coupled with our presence at the top industry exhibitions and articles in the media are powerful tools for the global promotion of our advertisers, as well as Freightbook.
 

 
August 2010
Freightbook is pleased to be an official Supporting Publication of the 3rd Annual Med Freight Conference 2010 in Barcelona, which is hosted by the Port Authority of Barcelona. The conference is the only regional event dedicated solely to liner shipping in the Mediterranean.
 
 

 
July 2010
Freightbook is proud to be an Official Supporter of The Freight Summit, the annual event where successful forwarders build strong relationships from all over the world, keep close contact with the industry innovators and trends as a means to develop strategies for the future.
 
 

 
July 2010
Freightbook is featured on the Air Cargo World website. Now in its 68th year, Air Cargo World is a trusted information provider for professionals in the air cargo community. Leading shippers, forwarders and airlines rely on Air Cargo World for news, trends and analysis of the air logistics and freight transport industry.
 
 

 
July 2010
Freightbook is pleased to be an official Media Partner at the Airport Cities World Conference 2010 to be held from 20-21 September in Vancouver, which will explore the positive contribution that international gateway airport cities make to regional development and economic growth using a series of industry case studies. Freightbook is promoted on the Media Partner section of their website and our logo will be featured in their official Conference Event Guide.
 
 

 
July 2010
Freightbook has commissioned banner adverts with both Freightnet (all continent pages) and azfreight (freight forwarder and events pages). We hope that these advertising campaigns will drive 1000s of new visitors to our website which should prove to be excellent global promotion for our advertisers, as well as Freightbook.
 
 
 

 
July 2010
Freightbook are delighted to be Media Partners with the Air Freight Asia Conference and Exhibition, a biennial event for the global air freight industry. Air Freight Asia 2011 will be a combined trade show and conference that will generate valuable opportunities for everyone who takes part. Exhibitors, visitors and conference delegates will have extensive opportunities to network.
 
 

 
June 2010
Freightbook are pleased to give our support to Global Logistics Shield, who offer underwritten freight protection insolvency insurance against partners’ debt up to USD 55,000 per incident. Additionally Global Logistics Shield runs the “GLS Timely Freight Payment Monitoring & Alerting Scheme”, which aims at securing timely payments for all debt amongst participants in the Global Logistics Shield freight protection cover.
 
 

 
June 2010
Freightbook is proud to be a Contributing Partner on GlobalTrade.net, the "knowledge resource", where international trade professionals can find experts’ analysis, market surveys, tips, country profiles, webinars, newsflows, video tutorials, etc.
 
 

 
June 2010
Freightbook is featured under "Really Useful Sites" in Issue 239 of the FITA Newsletter, which for 9 years has been providing the descriptions of websites for international trade.
 
 

 
June 2010
Freightbook is proud to be supporting the International Port Security convention, which returns for the 3rd year in Barcelona in September 2010. The event attracts distinguished speakers and attendees from across the globe and featuring high level briefings, technology demonstrations, panel discussions and multiple stream sessions.
 
 

 
June 2010
The Freightbook Sales & Networking Weekend (read more) is currently featured on Shippingchina, one of the largest shipping portal websites in China.
 
 

 
May 2010
Freightbook is delighted to be a Media Partner with Air Cargo Africa 2011, to be held in Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi from 22nd to 24th February 2011. The Event is organized by The STAT Trade Times, popularly known as STAT TIMES (www.stattimes.com), an Integrated International Transport Media specializing in Air Cargo since 1986.
 
 

 
May 2010
The IFW Events page is now featuring the upcoming Freightbook Sales and Networking Weekend. IFW has been providing high quality news and information for professionals involved in international freight transport and logistics industry since 1971. Its readership is made up of senior decision-makers from freight forwarding and logistics companies and 28% are shippers - manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers - involved in import and export.
 
 

 
May 2010
Our Sales and Networking Weekend is featured on Freight International, an on-line Internet portal informing visitors of the very latest developments in the field of freight.
 
 

 
May 2010
A new press release has been released and published by the industry media as well as various online PR websites, promoting our upcoming Sales and Networking Weekend. Click the image to read the article:
 
 

 
May 2010
To celebrate our growing number of advertisers, we have created a Freightbook Map which displays the 120+ countries where we have agents listed. Simply go to our Search page to find a freight forwarder. Our unique company profile pages provide a good insight into each registered company which raises confidence. In addition, we keep records of how many visitors have viewed each company profile.

Click the image below to view/print the A4 map:

 

 
April 2010
We encourage our members to display the Freightbook logo on their websites so that visitors can see that they are marketing their professional company and have access to a large number of overseas agents. Here is an example of the Freightbook logo placement on the website of Master Global Logistics (Hong Kong).
 
 

 
February 2010
Freightbook is proud to be listed alongside the European Commission, NATO and the International Maritime Organisation as an Industry Supporter of Transport Security Expo and Conference.2010.  The event features an exhibition, conferences, workshops and networking receptions to bring together all aspects of the industries it serves to review the latest information on current and future threats, debate best practice, gauge industry opinion and review the latest technologies.
 
 

 
February 2010
Freightbook has been featured in The Journal of Commerce Online, which is an interactive business tool for industry experts who require a resource that will give them the information they need to meet their business goals. Visitors will find breaking news, sailing schedules, logistics tools, market data, and more.
 
 

 
February 2010
Freightbook is delighted to be a Media Partner with The European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit (SCL Europe 2010). The summit will reveal how you can adapt your supply chain to meet the requirements of the economic rebound and drive renewed growth. Learn how the world’s most prominent businesses are positioning their supply chains over the next 12 months.
 
 

 
January 2010
Freightbook is delighted to be collaborating with Saudi TransTec which takes place from 25-27 October in Dammam. The event will provide Saudi Arabia and the Eastern Province with the most comprehensive exhibition in the region, covering all areas of Transportation, Materials Handling, Warehousing and Logistics. The Freightbook logo and link can be found on their Media Partners page.
 
 

 
JANUARY 2010
Freightbook features on the FITA website under 'Useful Links for International Trade'.
 
 

 
December 2009
Freightbook is delighted to be collaborating with TransRussia which takes place from 27-30 April in Moscow. It promises to the largest international transport event in Russia and its neighbouring countries, making it the perfect opportunity for exhibitors to establish their company’s presence on the Russian transport market and promote their products and services to a large number of potential clients. The Freightbook logo and link can be found on their Media Partners page.
 
 

 
December 2009
Freightbook is proud to be associated with shippingchina.com, one of the top shipping websites in China. It has become the hinge of logistics and foreign trade companies such as ship owners, shipping agents, freight forwarders, storage, railway, delivery and the relevant supply chain such as insurance, bank, hotel, government, etc. The Freightbook logo and link can be found on their cargo pages.
 
 

 
December 2009
We are working hard to ensure that Freightbook becomes well known within the shipping industry. We have already established an excellent reputation as an up-to-date online database and this is helped by our registered companies adding our logo to their website, such as Al-Masar Al-Iraqi Co. L.L.C.
 
Find forwarders (and be found) in Freightbook!
 
 

 
October 2009
Freightbook was proud to be present at The Freight Summit 2009 in Macau. Here is the Freightbook booth at the hall entrance and our full page feature was in their conference brochure.
 
 

 
October 2009
Freightbook is delighted to be collaborating with Linescape, a free comparison website of routes and schedules from vessel-operating container lines. Compare the routes between countries, states and regions. Select the preferred carrier's sailing schedule between ports. The Freightbook logo and link can be found on all search result pages.
 
 

 
October 2009
We want to provide our advertisers with as much promotion as possible, which is why on 1 October, we launched a new feature. On the 1st day of every month, all registered companies receive an email containing the primary contact details (company name, email, website) for each fellow Freightbook advertiser in alphabetical order by country.
 
We have companies joining Freightbook on a daily basis as our reputation is growing fast throughout our industry. The new monthly mail-out is a very useful resource to refer to when looking for agents ... and fantastic promotion for our advertisers.
 
 

 
September 2009
Visitors can now download and print the benefits of registration.
Download benefits in PDF 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook are pleased to be an official Media Partner of the Supply Chain Management Forum being held from 18 - 22 October 2009 at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, UAE. Freightbook will appear in their conference brochure.
 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook have secured a presence at Air Cargo India (2-4 Feb in Mumbai) with a logo and link on their website and a ¼ page advert in their conference brochure. Great exposure in a key market.
 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook is proud to be an official Media Partner at the 7th Annual Supply Chain & Logistics Summit taking place from the 3-4 December 2009 in Texas. The Freightbook logo and profile are featured on their official website and the same will appear in their conference brochure.
 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook are listed on Forwarders.com. The website regularly appears within the top 3 positions in all the major search engines when searching for ‘freight forwarders’. Plus their 'Ads by Google' box often feature Freightbook too (see below).
 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook are pleased to have placed an advertising campaign in Air Cargo Week.  The newspaper has a circulation of 12,500+ every week to Associations, Airports, Cargo Handling Agents, Airlines, Airline's General Sales Agents, Freight Forwarders, Express Couriers, Charter Brokers and Suppliers - providing Freightbook and our advertisers with great promotion.
 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook is pleased to be supporting the International Port Security conference which takes place from 30 September in Barcelona, Spain.  As a supporter, the Freightbook logo and profile are on their official conference website.
 
 

 
August 2009
Millions of people search the internet using Google every day and now they can easily find Freightbook ... and our advertisers. Our AdWord campaign with Google helps connect our advertisers with potential customers by placing relevant ads on the right-hand-side of search results pages.
 
 

 
August 2009
Freightbook is proud to be associated with FreightDeadbeats, who were established in 2002 as a debt recovery and collection company specialising in the freight and logistics industry. Today, over 5,300 transportation intermediaries are subscribed to their monthly e-Newsletter. The Freightbook logo and link are featured on their homepage.
 
 

 
July 2009
Freightbook are listed under Organizations on the popular website, Freightworld.
 
 

 
July 2009
Within just 2 weeks of our launch, Freightbook is delighted to announce that independent freight forwarders in over 100 countries have registered with us. We are proud of this achievement and intend to only hold current information in our database. Many online directories hold inaccurate contact details and this wastes valuable time when trying to contact companies. That is why we email our advertisers every 3 months reminding them to check and update their contact details and company profile page.
 
 

 
July 2009
Freightbook were featured in Volume 12 of Air Cargo Week. Due to the popularity of the newspaper we received huge interest from the industry as a result of our article.
 
 

 
July 2009
Freightbook have secured a presence at Counter Terror Expo 2010 which takes place from 14-15 April 2010 in London. The Freightbook logo and profile are on their official website under Online Media Partners and our logo will appear on the Supporters page of their event guide.
 
 

 
July 2009
The day that Freightbook launched we were featured on the homepage of AZ Freight, a leading information source for the air cargo community.
 
 

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