In a recent “Forwarder & Broker Benchmark Survey,” sponsored by AfA and Descartes, more than 200 forwarders, brokers and NVOCCs about their views on the value of technology. One finding? The gap between the top-performing airfreight forwarders and
Glenn Palanacki's article, published earlier this month in Parcel Magazine, discusses the mandatory requirements of eManifest for freight forwarders, including key dates regarding penalties for non-compliance.
This guest post by Descartes' Cindy Yamamoto focuses on Canada's eManifest for freight forwarders, which went into effect January 11 and requires forwarders to electronically submit the who, what, when and where of a shipment to the Canada Border
New eManifest rules went into effect November 7th for freight forwarders shipping into Canada. Freight forwarders managing inbound shipments must now submit electronic house bills of lading prior to arrival so the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Steve Banker explores the topic of air cargo competitiveness and examines the reasons behind poor adoption of eAWB by freight forwarders. Descartes is mentioned as offering an eAWB solution that makes it less onerous for forwarders to submit digital