News / New era of smarter supply chains as DCSA track & trace standards are unveiled

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The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) today unveiled a new set of common standards for the tracking and tracing of shipping containers in global supply chains.

DCSA chief executive Thomas Bagge said the DCSA was “directly engaging” customer representatives, such as FIATA, CLECAT and the European Shippers Council, to raise awareness among liner shipping customers that the standards will allow any industry stakeholder to enable container shipment tracking across carriers and systems.

The DCSA track and trace (T&T) standard comprises an information ...