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Allivate alleviates Frankfurt transit headache

With over a quarter of import shipments at Frankfurt Airport affected by the more stringent requirements of the EU NCTS5 rules, Allivate -a joint venture founded in 2024 by airport operator Fraport and software firm Dakosy  - is offering an Easy Transit product to simplify the procedure. The module is available in the FAIR@Link Cargo Community System. The most significant changes in the new NCTS5 version are the need for declarations ... [+]

Kale to provide first African airfreight community system

Kale Logistics is to develop Africa’s first Airport cargo community system with Mozambique Airport Handling Service (MAHS). In the first phase, it will integrate finance and customs systems along with Kale’s airport cargo digital management system, Galaxy 3.0. Initially, the services will be introduced at eight ... [+]

Freight Innovation Fund webinar 4 February

The Department for Transport is holding a one hour webinar on the Freight Innovation Fund at 11am on Tuesday 4 February. Introduced in 2022, FIF offers grant funding to small and medium sized companies to undertake trials of new technology in an operational and his ... [+]

WestJet joins Freightos

Canada’s WestJet Cargo has joined the Freightos WebCargo and 7LFreight platforms. It will allow freight forwarders to access its network and see real-time rates, place eBookings, and pay online on key routes between Calgary and major international hubs, including London Heathrow, Tokyo Narita and Paris ... [+]

We’re here to ease S&S pain, says Derry Bros

Customs clearance specialist Derry Bros says it can cut the cost of new GB Safety & Security (S&S) import controls by up to 50% as well as avoid any delays and penalties. It says  it has invested heavily in digital infrastructure over the past 12 months Head ... [+]

Tech is top tool to combat trade challenges

Almost three quarters of supply chain and logistics leaders see technology as fundamental or highly important to their organization’s growth strategy in the face of challenges such as tariff barriers, supply chain disruption and geopolitical instability, according to a study by Descartes Systems Group. What Companies ... [+]

Rhenus to use Blue Yonder warehouse solutions

Rhenus Warehousing Solutions has extended its relationship with Blue Yonder to implement the digital supply chain specialist’s Warehouse Management solution globally. Rhenus, which operates at over 180 sites in over 20 countries, will be able to implement and realize specific customer requirements worldwide quickly and ... [+]

CargoCoPilot turns ECS emails into quotes

Airfreight general  sales agency ECS Group is to use CargoAi’s CargoCoPilot API to digitalize requests and quotations. The  solution uses generative AI to automate manual email processing for ECS Group’s operational and sales teams across 23 countries. ECS Group needed to streamline the overwhelming volume of ... [+]

Our control tower is cleverer, says FourKites

Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has launched an Intelligent Control Tower, which it describes as a radical departure from backward-looking planning and reporting systems. Powered by AI, it can take autonomous action across complex supply chain workflows, in addition to creating insights, assessing risk, and ... [+]

Belfast Harbour Estate first to test self-driving buses

Self-driving buses should soon be coming to the Belfast Harbour Estate. Officials from the harbour have visited automotive engineering partner HORIBA MIRA to observe testing of the Harlander, Northern Ireland’s first autonomous passenger vehicle, ahead of its delivery to Belfast in March. Harlander is Northern Ireland’s ... [+]

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