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Raft to the rescue of hard-pressed forwarding staff

Australian-headquartered forwarding and logistics company Navia is using Raft’s AI-automated logistics finance capability to process large numbers of invoices. Raft’s AI now processes the bulk of the thousands of invoices, including document processing, data extraction and validation against existing data. Navia, whose head office is in Melbourne is a vertically integrated supply chain partner that provides solutions in purchase order and vendor management, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and third-party logistics for ... [+]

Hickey to lead Hermes business development

Air cargo software specialist Hermes Logistics Technologies has appointed Joe Hickey as global business development manager. He brings over a decade of experience working with enterprise clients across various sectors, including logistics, supply chain, travel and hospitality, education, automotive, and financial services and, before joining ... [+]

E-commerce needs clarity, says Kale chief

Airfreight IT specialist Kale Info Solutions called on the air industry to improve communication and modernise infrastructure to cope with the e-commerce boom at the Clear View Americas summit in Cancún, Mexico. At the event on 27 June, attended by airports, airlines, cargo handling companies and ... [+]

Less work on your allotment with new CargoAi feature

The CargoAi airfreight platform is now offering an Allotment feature which simplifies and automates batch pre-booking for regular air cargo on 40 airlines in 130 countries. It aims to streamline the booking process for freight forwarders looking to remove manual repetitive tasks. Forwarders can secure ... [+]

WestJet joins Cargo.one

Canada’s WestJet Cargo is to offer its capacity on the Cargo.one air freight platform. Global freight forwarders will be able to gain, fully digital access to book WestJet Cargo’s services. The carrier operates to 45 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and ... [+]

Aberdeen looks North for better connections

Integrated solutions provider North has been awarded £1 million of contracts improve the safety, connectivity and sustainability of Aberdeen, Scotland's largest port in terms of berths. It includes upgradinge and expanding CCTV and security systems and the deployment of a private 5G, public Wi-Fi and IoT ... [+]

Dublin recruiter celebrates two decades in business

Irish-based supply chain recruitment company Logiskills is celebrating its 20th year in business. Over the past two decades, the company has adapted to monumental changes in the recruitment industry, driven by technology new advertising mediums, enhanced communication and increased access to data, and greater workforce ... [+]

Descartes buys BoxTop

US logistics software company Descartes Systems has acquired Winsdor, UK-based BoxTop Technologies, for about £10.25 million. BoxTop helps its customers managed secure and efficient movement of goods from quoting through to routing, booking, and final delivery and is already a Descartes partner, using the latter’s Global ... [+]

Derry Bros offers one-click customs

Armagh, Northern Ireland-based broker Derry Bros Shipping & Customs Clearance has enhanced its Digiccom platform with the EDI and API connections, giving customers  a single-entry, one-click solution. By enabling data exchange, via either a secure file share or full systems integration, it will be possible to ... [+]

FourKites helps to make sense of scheduling

Supply chain visibility provider FourKites is to be a Collaborator in the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) the first platform of its kind to participate. FourKites joins organisations involved with the SSC — including Arrive Logistics, BlueYonder, Coyote Logistics, DHL, e2open, Echo, J.B. Hunt Transport, Lineage, ... [+]

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