Visualizing the World’s Largest Container Shipping Companies
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Singapore's US$40 bil mega-port takes aim at shipping chaos
As the world’s economies struggle to untangle unprecedented congestion in global supply chains, one of the world’s busiest ports is...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Mapping Shipping Lanes: Maritime Traffic Around the World
Each year, thousands of ships travel across the globe, transporting everything from passengers to consumer goods like wheat and oil. But...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Satellite Maps: Shanghai’s Supply Chain Standstill
Wait times for at Shanghai marine terminals has increased nearly 75% since the lockdowns began. Delays at the Shanghai terminal have sent...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 15, 20223 min read
ICC, DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA & SWIFT Launch The Future International Trade Alliance
Fantastic news for trade digitalization & standardization as the ICC, DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA and SWIFT launch the Future International Trade...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jun 16, 20211 min read
Mapping the World’s Key Maritime Choke Points
Maritime transport is an essential part of international trade—approximately 80% of global merchandise is shipped via sea. Because of its...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 23, 20212 min read
OECD Report: Misuse of Containerized Maritime Shipping in the Global Trade of Counterfeits
Trade in counterfeit goods represents a longstanding, and growing, worldwide socio-economic risk that threatens effective public...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Sep 2, 20201 min read
DCSA's Thomas Bagge and the quest to digitise container shipping
Former Maersk executive Thomas Bagge has been chief executive and statutory director of Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) for...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Apr 21, 20201 min read
Smart Ports: On the move to become Global Logistics Information Exchange Hubs
Ports are taking significant strides with digital transformation and starting to declare themselves as “smart”. Processes are...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Mar 11, 20203 min read
Israel Ports Company begins pilot for transferring bills of lading, using blockchain technology
The company will be one of the first in the world to implement the technology in order to streamline the #supplychain and prevent...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 28, 20202 min read
China’s ports reach ‘turning point’ as Covid-19 backlog clears
“The turning point has arrived … We are seeing that port congestion has eased and logistics start to revive,” said Xu Kai, director of...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 28, 20202 min read
How Can Trade Compliance Heads Leverage Data & Technology In Uncertain Times For Trade?
''Leveraging Data & Innovative Technologies to Comply with Trade Regulations, Mitigate Risks & Maintain Operating Margins in an...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 26, 20203 min read
Transnational Crime: A Revised Approach to Countering The Underworld of Trade Globalization
Delighted to welcome two of the worlds leading experts on customs, trade facilitation, trade security & anti illcit trade to join us in...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Thomas Bagge, DCSA, CEO, Joins Keynotes GTDW China Trade Development Week, Shanghai
With the recent launch of Tech neutral Track and Trace Standards for The Global Container Shipping Industry we are excited to welcome...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 19, 20201 min read
5 ways the digitisation of the global logistics industry can increase trade – and reduce poverty
New article from our friends at World Economic Forum, Authored by Henrik Hvid Jensen Expanding global trade is essential to reducing...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Indonesia Customs to Adopt TradeLens Blockchain Solutions
Jakarta - 18 February 2020 - The Indonesia Customs and Excise Department, which sits under the Ministry of Finance, today announced the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Record at Belgian customs: 126 million cigarettes seized since the start of the year!
Customs has intercepted 126 million counterfeit cigarettes since the beginning of the year, a record seizure, said the FPS Finance on...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Jan 17, 20203 min read
Have You Seen The Program & Speakers?
Welcome back to the new year and a new decade for The 4th GTDW Anti Illicit Trade, Brand & IPR Protection Conference + GTDW Trade...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Dec 18, 20191 min read
Blockchain: Tradelens Signs MOU With Jordan Customs To Facilitate Trade
Jordan Customs department to launch electronic platform for international trade Experimental electronic information platform known as the...
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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News
Dec 17, 20192 min read
Shanghai gets green light to set up duty-free customs area to facilitate direct global trade
Shanghai gets green light to set up duty-free customs area to facilitate direct global trade, in a move that bypasses Hong Kong! A fenced...
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