Transportation Management

Descartes has acquired MyCarrierPortal, a leading provider of carrier onboarding and risk monitoring solutions for the trucking industry, to augment its offering to help freight brokers and shippers combat carrier fraud and #cargotheft, a serious and ongoing problem in the transportation industry.

Adds Carrier Onboarding and Risk Monitoring Solutions to the Global Logistics Network WATERLOO, Ontario and ATLANTA, Georgia, September 18, 2024 -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (Nasdaq:DSGX), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired Assure Assist, Inc., doing business as MyCarrierPortal (“MCP”), a leading provider of carrier onboarding and risk monitoring solutions for the trucking industry.

Logistics Business highlights the use of Descartes’ cloud-based TMS by Nynas AB, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty oil products and services, to automate communications with carriers, freight forwarders, customs agents, independent inspectors and its main storage hub to support the types of shipments they deliver across Europe.

SAP Insider shares key takeaways from Descartes’ benchmark survey of 630 global shippers and logistics service providers, including how companies perceive the role of transportation management, key industry trends driving the market, and how transportation value is measured.

Inbound Logistics covers key findings from Descartes’ global transportation management benchmark survey, including the top capabilities global shippers and logistics service providers say they need to manage transportation effectively, and the top 3 industry and regulatory changes that will have the greatest market impact in the next five years.

Logistics Viewpoints shares insights from Descartes’ Mike Hane on the different strategies of top performers for using transportation as a competitive weapon, according to Descartes’ 8th annual global benchmark survey of 630 shippers and logistics services providers.