Supply Chain Dive highlights Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that March U.S. container import volumes increased 0.4% from February, but jumped 15.7% when compared to the same month last year, indicating exceptional growth when considering the impact of the Chinese Lunar New Year on the second half of March.
DC Velocity shares launch of Descartes MacroPoint™ FraudGuard - new capabilities to help freight brokers, 3PLs and shippers identify and prevent fraudulent activities related to carrier information, load tracking, and shipment status.
Logistics Business shares findings from Descartes’ labor shortage study showing that, for supply chain and logistics leaders, the top tech choices to help drive productivity gains for labor workers were delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions and, for knowledge workers, real-time shipment tracking (53%).
Chain Store Age spotlights a new study from Descartes showing that more than half of supply chain leaders are moving towards automation to combat continued workforce challenges, and that most have made changes to operational, technology, recruitment and retention strategies to help combat the issue.
World Ports Org shared that March U.S. container import volumes experienced a significant increase of 15.7%, compared with the same month last year, and marked an even larger increase of 20.6%, compared with pre-pandemic levels in March 2019, according to Descartes’ recent global shipping report.
Supply and Demand Chain Executive features new Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard capabilities to help freight brokers, 3PLs and shippers identify and prevent fraudulent activities related to carrier information, load tracking, and shipment status.
Fleet Owner: New Descartes MacroPoint capabilities help combat fraud in transportation and logistics
Fleet Owner spotlights new Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard technology used to help combat fraud in transportation and logistics by evaluating data points on freight location and status for accuracy.
DC Velocity shares how supply chain and logistics leaders are automating non-value-added and repetitive tasks to improve worker productivity in the face of persistent labor shortages, according to a new study from Descartes. The top tech choices to support laborers were identified as delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions.
WSJ Logistics Report cites, as its Number of the Day, March U.S. container imports of 2,145,341 TEUs, up 15.7% from the year before and 20.6% above the prepandemic level in March 2019, according to Descartes’ most recent global shipping report.
FreightWaves highlights Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that U.S. container import volumes showed continued strength in March, and that volumes in the first half of the month were over 22% higher than a year ago.