Global vs. Local Carriers: Choosing the Right Solution with the Right Criteria – Live with shipcloud

What's it about? 

In cross-border shipping, one question is unavoidable: which carrier is the right one? A global Vendor may seem appealing at first – set it up once, everything from a single source, no complex network to build. That can be the right decision. But on certain routes or for certain shipment profiles, local carriers are the better choice – cheaper, faster, and often more familiar to recipients in the destination country. Which approach fits depends on the type of goods, the target market, and volume. With Marcus Rissmann from shipcloud, we talk about exactly that: which criteria really matter when making this decision – and how a multi-carrier platform helps make the complexity behind it manageable.

This Webinar is part of the series "How to Succeed at Cross-Border Shipping". 

More events from this series:

• New Markets, New Logistics: When and How to Outsource Cross-Border Fulfillment – Live with Active Ants (Wednesday, 24 June 2026): Many online shops eventually hit the limits of their own logistics. Active Ants shows when it makes sense to outsource cross-border fulfillment, what a good partner needs to deliver – and which pitfalls you should know about.
• 48-Hour Delivery in 40 Markets – How the Fulfillment Behind It Works – Live with DHL Supply Chain (Friday, 26 June 2026): A consumer electronics manufacturer, 40 global markets, one promise: every customer receives their package within 48 hours. DHL Supply Chain shows how this works logistically using a real customer case.

Why you should join

• you already ship internationally, but costs or transit times aren't working out
• you don't know when a local carrier is the better choice – and when it isn't
• you work with a single carrier and wonder whether that's really enough
• you want to know which criteria to use when meaningfully comparing carriers
• you want to enter new markets and build the right setup from the start

What you'll take away from the talk

• which factors truly make a difference when choosing a carrier
• when local carriers outperform global Vendors – and when they don't
• how multi-carrier works in practice and what you need to get started
• how to get a handle on the complexity of a carrier network

Speaker

• Marcus Rissmann, Senior Product Manager at shipcloud
• Moderator: Andreas Löwe, CEO of even