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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

Data the “new” gold, is in high demand all over the world and especially now in the shipping and freight industry. But just data alone is not going to assist. Data and its usage must be standardised and there must be a standardised approach to digitalisation. So that Industry Blueprint was quite crucial.

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

Freight forwarding companies face the big challenge of keeping the consequences as minimal as possible. We don’t have a large server room and there are no paper documents in circulation. Each of our employees can access all data from anywhere, including home. Our work is completely cloud-based thanks to GoogleCloud.

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

Freight forwarding companies face the big challenge of keeping the consequences as minimal as possible. We don’t have a large server room and there are no paper documents in circulation. Each of our employees can access all data from anywhere, including home. Our work is completely cloud-based thanks to GoogleCloud.

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How Technology is Changing Ocean Shipping

Now, That's Logistics

“First, there are many parties involved in international trade,” including shippers, consignees, freight forwarders, and customs house brokers. When it comes to the exchange of information, it is of course problematic.”. That said, inherent within digital transformation is of course the transformative process itself.

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Pilot Partners for Digitization

Logistics Business Magazine

.” Pilot user Michael Schröder at Hapag-Lloyd explains the practical significance of the project: “The import release process has always involved a great deal of manual work for shipping companies and forwarders due to the exchange of e-mails and PDF documents.

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CDS is here – and this time, it’s for real

Logistics Business Magazine

From the latest data requirements and processes, to the sheer scale of the challenge associated with new systems and software; the move from CHIEF to CDS is far from straightforward. CDS is a dramatic shift away from the previous ways of working in CHIEF, right from the way the customs declaration looks, to the new data needed.

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The Importer’s Guide to Navigating Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather

Dedola Global Logistics

The data proves it too: Since 2012, global supply chain management disruptions from extreme weather events have risen 29%, according to the Zurich Insurance Group and the Business Continuity Institute. Ocean freight has not fared any better. Communicate Often With Your Supplier, Freight Forwarder, and Customers.