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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.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina and ATLANTA, Georgia, February 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Ecotape, an Argentine auto parts manufacturer, increased international sales by 30% in 2023 using Descartes’ global trade intelligence solution, Descartes Datamyne™. The company was able to identify potential buyers based on commodity-level trading volume and value of prospective customers.   

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.

gCaptain features findings from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that January 2024’s 7.9% surge in U.S. container imports marks the largest month-over-month growth for January in the last seven years and was primarily fueled by a 14.9% rise in imports from China.

Logistics Management features insights from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, which shows annual and sequential gains for United States-bound container imports driven, in large part, by imports from China.

Bloomberg cites data from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that China’s share of U.S. container imports in 2023 fell to 37.2%, the lowest since 2005 and down from a 2018 peak of 44.6%. Over that same period, Vietnam’s share increased more than sixfold to 8.3%.