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LONDON, United Kingdom and ATLANTA, Georgia, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that global freight broker Gravitas Worldwide is more efficiently managing customs declarations for aerospace clients by using Descartes e-Customs™ to automate traditionally manual customs processes. “We ship anything from aircraft engines to rivets for our clients. Since many shipments take place overnight, it is critical that we can manage and execute our own customs entries,” said Stuart Pople, Operations Director – Time Critical and Aerospace, Gravitas Worldwide. “Without Descartes e-Customs, we would have had to hire three or four people to support our monthly shipment volumes. Using the solution, we now manage customs declarations within minutes, not hours, which means our existing team gains significant productive time to focus on providing more strategic insights and value to clients.”

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.

Transport Topics highlights the launch at TIA 2024 of the Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard feature to provide proactive fraud protection and prevention.

Global Trade Magazine shares key findings from Descartes’ labor shortages study, including that supply chain and logistics leaders are prioritizing automation to enhance productivity and adapting recruitment and retention strategies to help tackle workforce challenges.

Logistics Management speaks to Descartes’ Brian Hodgson on the company’s recent acquisition of OCR Services, which brings additional content and capabilities in export compliance, specifically strong solutions for companies that manufacture and export goods that require export licenses.

DC Velocity on LOVALL’s use of Descartes’ ecommerce warehouse management system to scale from manual- and paper-based systems to pick and pack weekly orders to a growing online fashion brand that fulfils orders daily with almost 100% accuracy.

The LoadStar highlights Descartes’ acquisition of OCR, which specializes in solutions and content for export compliance and controlled commodities, helping customers automate processes around denied party screening, license procurement and management, and product classification.