Takeaways From Magaya’s “Moving Freight Forward Tour 2025”

Takeaways from lunch and learn seminars hosted by Magaya with freight forwarding executives about the state of digitization in the industry.

Jun 05, 2025

“Now I know what being in a rock band feels like,” I joked with the members of the Magaya team I was travelling with. We were checking into our hotel in Atlanta, the final stop of a three-day, three-city tour (which also included Chicago and Miami) where we conducted learning and networking seminars with executives from the freight forwarding industry. Not exactly a Rolling Stones or Depeche Mode concert, but for those who attended, it was a fun, productive, and informative experience, nonetheless.

The focus of the “lunch and learn” seminars was to discuss some of the key findings from “The State of Digitization in Freight Forwarding 2025” report, which Magaya published earlier this year based on research conducted by Adelante SCM. I encourage you to download the report for all the insights from the research. You can also read an excerpt here: “Why Is Digitization Imperative For Freight Forwarders And Logistics Service Providers?”

It’s impossible to summarize everything we discussed and shared over the three days in a brief blog post. It’s sufficient to say that the freight forwarding executives who attended generally agreed that the industry needs to…

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