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Ocean Network Express (ONE) Launches Digital Freight Booking Platform Powered by Descartes .
The Descartes Systems Group Inc.May 11, 2021 GMT
WATERLOO, Ontario, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world’s sixth largest container carrier, is using the Descartes Kontainers solution to digitize the shipper-facing aspects of its freight execution operations in 11 Asian countries as part of a pilot program.
“Shippers today need a more efficient and streamlined end-to-end freight booking experience,” Hiroki Tsujii, Managing Director, Marketing & Commercial said at ONE. “With the launch of our new digital platform ONE QUOTE, powered by Descartes Kontainers, customers can now receive an instant quote for e
ONE is added to ISO9001 certification registry of ClassNK
ClassNK has registered Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) to its registry of ISO9001(Quality Management System/QMS):2015 certification.
During the QMS construction of ONE for further safety of the fleet, ClassNK had been assigned as the certification body by ONE and completed the initial audit process in Mar. 2021. The certificate delivering ceremony was held at ONE’s headquarter, connected to ClassNK Tokyo on 13 Apr. Speaking on the opportunity Mr. Hiroaki Sakashita, President and CEO of ClassNK said “I’m honored to add ONE to our ISO9001 registry.
From right: Mr. Jeremy Nixon, Chief Executive Officer, ONE Mr. Hiroaki Sakashita, President and CEO, ClassNK Mr. Tetsuya Hayashi, Regional Manager of Southeast Asia and Oceania, ClassNK
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The size of the market in 2019 was 3,169.2 thousand twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), which is predicted to reach 7,063.3 thousand TEUs by 2030, at an 8.0% CAGR during 2020-2030 (forecast period).
The reefer container market is growing on account of the increasing demand for pharmaceutical products, rising number of trade routes, expanding e-commerce industry, and surging penetration of the real-time tracking technology. Reefer containers are essentially temperature-controlled containers used to ferry perishable cargo over long distances, via ships, trains, and trucks.
On the basis of size, the categories of the reefer container market are 20 feet, 40 feet, and more than 40 feet. Among these, the 40 feet category held the largest share in the market in 2019, and it will also grow the fastest during the forecast period. This is because 40-foot reefer containers are used for carrying high-volume cargo, an
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Shipping firms such as South Korea’s HMM Co. are ordering more containers to address an acute shortage, with cargo stuck at warehouses longer than usual because of lockdowns and workplace restrictions.
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Maersk said it expects profit to grow as much 27% this year. HMM, South Korea’s biggest shipping line, reported its first annual operating profit in 10 years in 2020.
The world’s largest container carrier said trade disruptions that have sent freight rates soaring and overwhelmed major ports may start to ease after the first quarter, disappointing investors but signaling eventual relief for cargo shippers.
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S Chief Executive Officer Soren Skou said the fourth quarter “was marked on the one hand by a continuous impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but also by some rewarding progress on our strategy to become the integrator of container logistics.”