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Descartes smooths MSC’s air cargo shipments

MSC Air Cargo, the carrier launched in 2022 by container shipper MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is now using Descartes Air Messaging to manage t shipments. It helps standardize electronic communication between stakeholders in the air cargo supply chain, including freight forwarders, ground handling agents and government agencies, all of whom have disparate data standards, connectivity requirements and varying systems. Descartes’ system uses Electronic Data Interchange, Application Programming Interfaces (API) and ... [+]

Keyrouse fills top slot at Rotate

Ryan Keyrouse has assumed the chief executiveship of air cargo software and strategy consulting company Rotate. Fellow- co-founder Gert-Jan Jansen  remains on the board as an executive director and senior advisor. Since its launch in June 2022, Rotate has expanded its operations across two continents ... [+]

Forth chooses Tidalis for port system

Forth Ports has chosen Tidalis to implement a comprehensive Port Management Information System (PMIS). The company sought a modern and robust replacement of their current PMIS and Tidalis emerged as the clear frontrunner with its comprehensive functionality. [+]

Swissport adopts next generation Cargospot system

Swissport International is the launch customer for Champ’s Cargospot-neo handling operations and terminal management system. Cargospot-neo incorporates machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, helping to boost efficiency by an estimated 30% across the handler’s global network.  The new platform also provides an API interconnectivity solution, Swissport ... [+]

Pasta evangelist for FourKites

Italian pasta giant Barilla says it has achieved 80% visibility into the entire lifecycle of its ocean and road shipments, thanks to the FourKites platform. It allows the family-owned firm – whose brands also include Pasta Evangelists, Pavesi, Vesta, and Back to Nature - to ... [+]

CNS achieves CCS-UK accreditation

DP World’s CNS (Community Network Services) has gained CCS-UK Agent Imports Accreditation for its Customs Declaration Management System (CDMS). The customs software company says it will give its customers a comprehensive solution for all their declaration requirements covering all trade frontiers across air, land and ... [+]

Breeze embeds insurance on forwarder website

Digital insurance firm Breeze has embedded purchase and distribution of cargo insurance policies directly into integrated forwarder XPand Logistics’ booking system. XPand is using Breeze data to automate quote generation and claims processing, reducing the time and effort needed. Breeze says the deal has increased ... [+]

CenGlobal teams up with temp-control specialist

Logistics management systems consultant CenGlobal has joined forces with Sadelabs to enable total compliance in cold chain distribution. CenGlobal, a partner of the Cargowise online forwarding platform, will now be able to provide its customers specialising in temperature-controlled products with traceability of goods through the ... [+]

CCS-UK ready for CDS switch

CCS-UK says it has migrated to the HMRC new CDS (Customs Declaration Service) platform and that its users can now submit for all air exports as well as imports through the new system. CDS is due to replace HMRC’s ageing CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and ... [+]

Freightos tops a million transactions

The Freightos digital booking and payment platform said it handled over a million transactions in 2023 in its full-year results, published on 26 February. It achieved a record 287,0000 transactions in the fourth quarter of 2023, up 36% year over year, concluding the year with ... [+]

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