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Issue 7 2018 - Freight Business Journal


services we offer through our team of 800 experts


across the US,” he also noted. Before the formal launch of


Customs Connection, DHL Global Forwarding had undertaken a multi-phase pilot at the beginning of this year with selected customers. “We are transitioning all of our


US Customs Brokerage customers onto this new platform and have obtained very positive feedback and reviews thus far,” informs Alejandro Palacios, head of


customs brokerage and domestic Americas and US southern border for DHL Global Forwarding.


Additional benefits


He explained: “The DHL Customs Connections platform was developed from scratch as a truly web-based interactive tool that offers dynamic reporting; and enhanced access to customs indicators, information and documents. “Our tool was not developed based on what the competition


Electronic DG declarations – a world first


In September, Luſthansa Cargo confirmed that it had shipped cargo through Frankfurt Airport under the world’s first electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD). The carrier has become the first


airline to support the new eDGD standard, which has been adopted in a pilot phase now underway for the new INFr8 shipping portal created by Germany-based soſtware developer Dakosy, within whose framework the eDGD is processed. All pilot partners are digitally


connected to the platform and can use it to process shipping documents – including any


DGDs. As well as Luſthansa Cargo, Frankfurt Airport and Dakosy, global freight forwarder Panalpina has also played a key part in the development of the eDGD standard, and all those parties have collaborated with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) under its wide-ranging e-freight programme. Luſthansa Cargo flew the first


eDGD shipment to Mexico City for Wiesbaden-headquartered healthcare company Abbott. The pilot phase of the INFr8 platform is expected to last six months. Jan-Wilhelm Breithaupt,


Luſthansa Cargo’s vice president global handling management


ABP signs Blockchain deal Associated British Ports has


signed a memorandum of understanding to work with digital logistics enabler Marine


link and reduce time spent on manually re-entering data. MTI founder and chief executive, Jody Cleworth, said:


has. DHL Global Forwarding developed it by asking its US customers what they need, so that is implicit in the system, but we also asked what they need/ want that they do not have. This investment was driven by customer feedback and requirements.” Furthermore, Palacios informs:


“Customers want a tool that has complete, easy to


information, something they can personalise, access from their smart phone, and that is refreshed and updated every 15 minutes.”


access/use The changing US regulatory


environment also encouraged DHL to develop an entirely new customs management tool for this market. “The roll out of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) in the last 18-24 months and the increased participation of government agencies has brought new levels of automation from the regulatory agencies and Customs and Border Protection (CBP),” adds Palacios. “This raises the bar for a


customs broker to have at the very least a solution that provides


stakeholders of the supply chain. A strictly paperless process is from our perspective the driver for efficiency gains.” He continues: “The standard was


Jan-Wilhelm Breithaupt, Luſthansa Cargo’s vice president global handling management.


explains why he thinks the new eDGD standard is so important for the cargo carrier, and for the air freight industry as a whole. “The Luſthansa Cargo eDGD approach has proved to be compliant with regulations and beneficial for all


discussed and aligned intensively with IATA bodies, especially with the Dangerous Goods team and the eCargo Working Group. “In the worldwide Proof of Concept (PoC), we have also had positive responses from shippers, forwarders, airlines, ground handling agents (GHAs) and authorities, so we are optimistic that this standard will be adopted globally. “It all starts with the shippers,


as they bring in and own the DG data. In the PoC, they are providing enthusiastic feedback on assisted data entry, extended data checks based on IATA DGR [dangerous


the customer with the same or greater level of technology and access to timely and accurate information. “The bar is also continuously


rising in terms of the intensity of regulatory compliance, fast- changing/dynamic regulatory and global trade environment, and the resulting situational complexities. All this means that a Customs broker needs to make adjustments to its systems, “ states Palacio. Any new customer is being automatically migrated to the new


goods regulations] and raised real- time transparency on the shipment status,” he adds. Not only will the new standard


markedly improve the speed the processing dangerous goods through Customs, it will it also make the process of flying DG safer, Breithaupt insists. “A purely digital data transmission always offers improvement potential for all stakeholders of the supply chain. “When data is in the lead, the


data quality is raised with early automated and manual checks, before the physical freight arrives. Better data quality and the elimination of re-typing will avoid errors, and thus the operations will be based on more accurate and better data. This will improve, for example, the quality of the Notification to Captain (NOTOC).


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tool as part of DHL’s structured customer implementation process. Updates to the system and new


releases are also automatically rolled out to all customers that are on the platform. The next phase of is


development to include


incorporating more functions, based on the collection of further customer feedback. “In terms of geographic coverage, our next step is to [incorporate] Mexico and Canada in the near future,” Palacios confirms.


“The future is a deep integrated,


digitised and paperless supply chain, and the contribution of each party – shipper, forwarder, airline and Collaboration Platform Operator – has been essential,” he remarks. “During the tests, business and IT experts of all parties were closely monitoring test shipments, and problems could oſten be solved within hours.” And, Breithaupt concludes:


“eDGD enables new services and product


features, ranging from


faster overall transportation times, an early feedback to the shipper on the DG data quality, to complete new business models. It is Luſthansa Cargo’s promise to the customer to be a major driver in digitisation and we are constantly working on future services and service features.”


Wisetech to acquire UK’s Datafreight


Global logistics soſtware group, WiseTech Global, has acquired UK logistics management soſtware provider, LSI Sigma Soſtware, better known as DataFreight. Headquartered near


Southampton, DataFreight provides services including HMRC customs soſtware, specialist consultancy for UK customs compliance and freight forwarding solutions along with warehousing management for bonded and un- bonded warehouses in the UK. WiseTech global founder and


Transport International (MTI) to create a pilot programme to use blockchain


technology to


improve connectivity. ABP will participate in MTI’s blockchain solution in pilot shipments. Currently, each party in a supply chain, from shipper to haulier and from port operator to carrier, uses different systems, which do not all talk to each other efficiently. MTI’s technology could securely


“Blockchain is the buzzword of the logistics industry at the moment. Yet some of the projects making a big splash are blockchain in name only. Blockchain-enabled technology has the potential to provide a transparent, secure and accurate way of capturing and sharing data with key parties, but for MTI the critical part is interoperability – it has to be able to openly connect with


chief executive Richard White, said: “Regardless of whether the outcome is a hard or soſt border for Brexit, WiseTech is uniquely placed to facilitate


existing systems. The logistics industry is awash with proprietary technology that forces users to work in a certain way – with blockchain, we can connect all those systems to ensure data is accurately and quickly shared, helping speed-up and simplify the flow of trade in and out of the UK.”


trade and deliver cross-border compliance for logistics providers in the UK and Europe. With DataFreight, we will continue to expand our lead in cross-border capability geographically, further strengthening our local market capacity to move swiſtly ahead of UK and EU regulatory evolution.” He sees Datafreight’sr UK


customs capability as valuable while the outcomes of Brexit are


determined, adding that its team would fit well within the WiseTech group. DataFreight’s co-founder and


managing director, Ian Brown, said: “Becoming part of a leading global group like WiseTech will help us fast-track our product innovation that will make cross- border compliance, forwarding and warehousing management in UK, and internationally, safer,


quicker and more efficient for our customers.” Under the continued leadership


of Ian Brown, DataFreight’s operations will be integrated within the WiseTech Global group and DataFreight will continue to deliver its customs management solutions directly to its own customers, along with WiseTech’s integrated global logistics platform, CargoWise One.


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