Freight News
Fast-moving changes in supply chains across the world are more complex and unexpected than ever says international freight and cargo handling insurer.
A recent bulletin from TT Club, mutual insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry, focuses on drug smuggling and cargo theft in the U.S., along with initiatives to combat the risks, including smart containers and online animated guides to spotting fraudulent instructions to ...
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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. said March 28 that it has purchased three 8,000 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit methanol dual-fuel-ready containerships from Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
The vessels are being built by Imabari Shipbuilding and are scheduled for delivery between 2028 and 2029. Yang Ming said the acquisition will ...
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Global platform Trade Tech Inc. said it is streamlining its Customs regulatory processes to support freight forwarders and logistics providers with more efficient digital solutions.
As part of this effort, U.S. Customs veteran Mike Cooney has joined the Seattle-based company as senior systems analyst – Customs ...
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International freight forwarder and logistics service provider Skypace has adopted Descartes Systems Group’s Global Price Management, or GPM, solution to populate its self-service quote-to-book platform with accurate shipping rates and provide a digital-first experience for its growing customer base.
“As the momentum for digitization accelerates, customer ...
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Descartes Systems Group, the global provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions, said it has acquired 3GTMS, or 3G, a provider of transportation management solutions, for about US$115 million cash.
3G, based in Columbus, Ohio, combines modern cloud architecture, an expansive carrier network, and planning-driven automation to help ...
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The International Air Transport Association has established the Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization, or CADO, to manage the IATA-developed Sustainable Aviation Fuel, or SAF, Registry once it is released.
CADO is incorporated as a Canadian not-for-profit organization headquartered in Montreal. IATA is the founding member of CADO ...
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Trailer Bridge Inc., the Jacksonville, Florida-based full-service transportation provider, said it has partnered with technology provider Highway to enhance its tech stack and better support its customers and carrier partners.Highway specializes in Carrier Identity® solutions for brokers, providing the necessary data to reduce fraud and ...
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Supply chain risk and compliance platform provider Resilinc said its EventWatchAI database revealed that overall disruptions to global supply chains increased 38 percent from 2023.EventWatchAI, a risk monitoring database found the top five disruptions in 2024 were factory fires, labor disruption, business sales, leadership transition ...
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There was a substantial disconnect between supply chain leaders’ expected and actual performance during the 2024 holiday season, according to post-peak analysis by Deposco, the supply chain software provider.While 93 percent of organizations entered peak season confident in meeting customer expectations, 58 percent struggled with ...
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Logistics provider Loadsmart launched its new Yard Management System, which digitizes docks, yards and gates by enabling customers to oversee truck movements, track assets and improve coordination from one interface.The YMS is built directly into Opendock, the dock scheduling tool for more than 3,500 facilities ...
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