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Tower Cold Chain and Cardiff Business School have constructed a mathematical ‘model’ showing how temperature-controlled containers might flow around the global network of existing or new hubs. It is part of a UK government grant supported study that enlisted the expertise of scholars in the School’s Logistics and Operations Management section to test the feasibility of a decision support system for Tower’s global distribution. Tower said it could help to ...
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Software and data specialist Rotate has launched a real-time capacity and market intelligence tool for the air cargo industry. It contains live updated flight data from thousands of airlines, more than 9,000 airports and over 200 aircraft types and is available free-of-charge to air cargo ...
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Visibility specialist FourKites has made three additions to its senior leadership team. Technology industry veteran Sean Fallon returns as chief strategy officer; chief product officer Priya Rajagopalan takes on an expanded role that closely aligns customer operations and product development teams; Mike DeAngelis (based in ...
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Awery Aviation Software (Awery) has launched an onboard courier (OBC) quoting, booking, and tracking platform, supported by a mobile app for couriers. It gives OBC providers a centralised system to automate quotes, book couriers, track shipments, and send invoices.
A lack of visibility and real-time updates ...
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Etihad Cargo has launched an Instant Offer Rate (IOR) tool. Developed in collaboration with IBS Software, the IOR solution reduces pricing transaction times by up to 70% with prices generated based on five key booking and flight parameters, including density, departure day, direct and indirect ...
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Kale Logistics Solutions is implementing a cargo community system at Istanbul Grand Airport (İGA), the first of its kind at a Turkish airport.
The ACS platform will help turn İGA into a transfer centre and will give agents, airlines, transporters, handlers, Customs, and security agencies access ...
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NVOCC Mannson Freight says a new feature on its customer portal, MFS Pro, allows UK customers to track import deliveries in real time from Felixstowe warehouse to final destination in the UK. It gives live tracking information for each shipment on the day of delivery, ...
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Successful adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will need solutions that enable forwarders and customs brokers to prioritize human connections, said Raft chief executive James Coombes, told the The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) executive summit on 7 November.
The tech firm founder stressed that freight forwarding ...
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Thames Freeport has agreed a partnership with the Seoul Digital Foundation, South Korea, the Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Connected Places Catapult to launch a Smart Homes Innovation Hub in East London.
It is seen as the start of a long term relationship to collaboratively ...
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Product Specialist at Forward Solutions, John Varley has welcomed HMRC’s decision to postpone the full cutover to the new import/export Customs Declaration Service (CDS) to 30 March 2024.
He said that the extension, announced in August, reflected the fact that the situation has changed a lot ...
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