gCaptain on findings from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing U.S. container import volumes jumped 9.9% in January from the previous year, and reviews the impact of attacks in the Red Sea and drought in the Panama Canal on U.S. West Coast ports.
SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Jackson Wood on the importance of mastering multi-stakeholder collaboration to build a trade compliance strategy that mitigates regulatory, reputational, and resiliency risk in the face of increasing geopolitical conflict, more severe CBP enforcement, and a greater focus on ESG corporate governance.
SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Ted Rowe on how importers can recoup duty overpayments using specialized duty recovery practices, a critical strategy given 80%-90% of businesses importing goods into Canada overpay customs duties or miss out on available refunds.
SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Dan Cicerchi on the need for shippers and logistics companies to become more agile to close the “black holes” of visibility in transportation networks to help mitigate the risk of supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and economic pressures.
SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Frank Hung on strategies, tactics and technologies to help air carriers and logistics service providers sharpen operations and differentiate themselves amid increased air cargo demand stemming from rising ecommerce volumes.
On DCV’s Logistics Matters podcast, Dave Maloney hosts Descartes’ Chris Jones to discuss hiring challenges for logistics and supply chain positions, as well as other findings from Descartes’ new study of workforce shortages in the industry [1:20 – 9:04].
SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Richard McNish on the imperative for ecommerce businesses to minimize the risk of parcel delivery problems and consistently meet customer expectations at a time when last mile issues are a significant threat to return on investment and customer retention.
Inside Shipping’s Greg Miller examines the biggest jump in January U.S. container imports vs. December in seven years, driven by volumes to the West Coast from China, according to Descartes’ recent global shipping report.
Global Trade Magazine shares insights from Descartes’ Ted Rowe on how specialized duty recovery practices can help importers recoup duty overpayments, a critical strategy for many given an estimated 80%-90% of businesses importing goods into Canada overpay customs duties or miss out on available refunds.
On the Logistics of Logistics podcast, Joe Lynch hosts Descartes’ Andrew Wimer for a discussion on some of the blind spots in freight visibility, including clunky onboarding, dirty data and blackholes at ports for transportation providers.