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Freight Firm’s Real Time Vehicle Tracking

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Customers can view the location of the shipment and vehicle on a map via an individual tracking link; and following delivery, an electronic POD will also be made available in the documents section. In the summer, we launched a fortnightly service for hazardous cargo shipments to the UK from Shanghai, for example.”

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Post-Brexit Border Check Delays

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For example, exporters could see costs of around £200-£250 per consignment once checks are implemented. Animal product businesses in particular will need to have several additional documents, including veterinary certificates,” Thurston concludes.

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Freight Forwarding: Keeping shippers top of mind

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Say “freight forwarder” and the first thing that might come to mind would be “forward-thinking,” a market run by visionary leaders who can use predictive analytics to forecast and deliver on new shipper demands. I’ll add that some of the forwarders are at fault, too,” she says. “A to Singapore and on to India. “It

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CTU Code Boosts Supply Chain Safety

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Welcoming the Politecnico survey, the CEO of ICHCA, one of the Group’s founding associations, Richard Steele said, “As far as we are aware, this is the first example of publicly available empirical evidence about the use of the CTU Code made by forwarders , shippers and others responsible for safe packing.

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

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For example, a blanket document code to declare that no prohibitions or restrictions apply “999L” has been temporarily introduced under CDS to speed up onboarding. For example – the incoterms, awareness for all values, the location information, and nature of transaction information. Reality bites.

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Digital trucking platform driveMybox expands

Logistics Business Magazine

Live tracking, automatic payment processing, direct communication and digital documents are just some of the advantages. The post Digital trucking platform driveMybox expands appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. The process is fast, simple and similar to booking a flight.

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Why FMCG Supply Chains are about Balance

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The good news is there’s a drive within the industry to replace them with e-documents and digital processes. For example, there’s no need for a truck to drive hundreds of empty miles to pick up a load when another may be unloading nearby. The truth is that FMCG logistics aren’t as digitised as they should be.