Investor Relations

Food Safety Magazine featured Descartes' Edward Don & Company video case study in its Biztracks section on March 8, 2016. Read more and watch the video on www.foodsafetymagazine.com.

American Shipper’s article The Weight of Uncertainty clarifies what the SOLAS verified gross mass container weight regulation broadly mandates, and touches on the specific uncertainties that the NVO industry and other service providers are left to grapple with before the legislation comes into effect on July 1. Descartes’ Eric Geerts emphasized the need for greater awareness of the regulation given the fast-approaching deadline, and explained how technology is helping NVOs and forwarders to comply by transmitting the required verified weight data elements in the right format, at the right time. Read the article on American Shipper’s website.Download .PDF - The Weight of Uncertainty (1.36 MB)

Eric Johnson's article in American Shipper, Access Denied, speaks to how automated denied party screening software can help U.S. exporters avoid painful non-compliance penalties when dealing with people, companies, organizations, or countries on the

Descartes’ Chris Jones is featured in an online article published by Internet Retailer that takes a post-holiday season look at how e-commerce and customer expectations are changing the logistics business.  Read the article here: The Online Shopper Now Judges the Retail Supply Chain

Sears is staying ahead of increasing demands for excellent customer experiences for home delivery. Read more and watch the video on mylogisticsmagazine.com. 

Descartes’ Ken Woods describes the cost savings and customer experience benefits of going paperless with fleet operations in the article “The Reality of Going Paperless” featured in Logistics & Transport Focus, a publication of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. 

Melissa Harrington, sales director of content business at Descartes, shares insights on the current status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its impact on the supply chain industry in her recent article posted on Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

Read an update on the adoption of the Electronic Air Waybill (eAWB) by fifteen air carriers and what it means for the air freight industry from Descartes' Scott Sangster in Freight Industry Times.

Descartes' Scott Sangster describes the benefits of eAWB, the significance of this milestone for the air cargo industry, and the urgency for forwarders to act. Read more on aircargoweek.com.

From March 1, fifteen air carriers will switch to the electronic air waybill (eAWB) as the preferred process for shipping airfreight. This latest eAWB initiative is yet another indication of the drive towards paperless operations to increase