Forwarder opacity: $1.30/kg overpay

- Ex‑shipper Evan Swanson posted that he was overcharged roughly $1.30 per kilogram on China–US freight forwarding due to opaque middlemen and pricing practices. - He suggested digital forwarding auctions as a remedy to expose hidden markups and restore transparency in cross‑border forwarding. - That concrete overpay example reinforces procurement pressure points for clearer pricing models in tenders and RFPs. (x.com/Evan_Swanson_)