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Freightos to axe 13% of its workforce amid ‘persistently weak’ market conditions  

NASDAQ-listed Freightos, the Israeli box booking platform, is letting go of around 50 staff, some 13% of its workforce, in a bid to break even in challenging economic conditions. 

Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos, commented “Given the persistently weak market conditions, we are refining our priorities to deliver on our plan to reach profitability with the capital already raised.”

The news comes some six months after Freightos debuted on the NASDAQ and about a year since box rates started to nosedive. 

Freightos’s stock price dropped 4.6% on Tuesday to $3.73 and is down about 64% since its initial public offering in January.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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