Is being 'fully digital' enough for forwarders, as 'challenges remain'?
Recent struggles at Flexport have brought into question whether full digitalisation is enough for forwarding ...
The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has launched its Commercial Schedules 1.0 Standard, designed to make exchange of data between carriers, beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) and logistics service providers interoperable.
DCSA CEO Thomas Bagge has previously told The Loadstar the goal of DCSA was to establish electronic standards in logistics akin to e-mail – a message format which can be opened, read and replied to on a PC, Mac or Linux device.
With the new standard, customers will be able to interface ...
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