global trade

Descartes has acquired NetCHB, a customs filing technology provider that specializes in e-commerce border trade.

“If I’m optimistic, you’re looking six months into the future” before congestion and capacity challenges start to subside, says Vespucci Maritime CEO Lars Jensen.

In April, dltledgers announced it had successfully applied this technology to a $12 million trade transaction with global food companies Cargill and the first large firm on its platform, Agrocorp.

Trade is bottled up around the world and part of the problem is the difficulty in getting seafarers and pilots back and forth across borders.

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CBP’s Virtual Trade Week featured talks on the USMCA, forced labor, e-commerce, and how emerging technology is changing trade.

Executive Director Gene Seroka does not want to break the 15-month record set during the recession of 2008-09.

Deutsche Post DHL saw a significant rise in e-commerce activity during the second quarter due to continued COVID-19 travel restrictions and retail store closures.

Transaction volumes in China surged by an incredible 430% when factories reopened at the end of February.

Deutsche Post DHL said preliminary second-quarter profits, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have it less worried about the rest of the year.