Etihad Cargo Enhances Air Cargo Visibility Utilizing Mixed Resolution from Descartes and Jettainer
MUNICH, Germany and ATLANTA, Georgia, Could 9, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Descartes Methods Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the worldwide chief in uniting logistics-intensive companies in commerce, introduced that Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics division of Etihad Airways, has additional automated air cargo processes utilizing Descartes’ subsequent technology Web of Issues (IoT) Bluetooth® Low Power resolution built-in with Jettainer’s unit load machine (ULD) administration companies. The mixed options develop Etihad Cargo’s potential to enhance floor processes at cargo and ULD dealing with and to realize data-driven insights into the transport and ambient situations of air cargo in transit.
“At Etihad Cargo, we’re persevering with to spend money on expertise and innovation to make air cargo dealing with extra environment friendly, smarter and sooner, and this consists of the utilization and administration of our ULD fleet,” stated Thomas Schürmann, Head of Cargo Operations & Supply at Etihad Cargo. “The addition of Descartes’ subsequent technology IoT gadgets to our ULD fleet offers true operational worth for us. Etihad Cargo expects to cut back the variety of misplaced ULDs—those who lose their path someplace on the airport, on the floor dealing with agent or the forwarder—by with the ability to inform precisely the place they had been final seen. We moreover count on to simplify floor processes, for instance, by lowering the effort and time spent on inventory take.”
“As a part of our premium product, ULD Choose, the mix of our refined ULD administration resolution with Descartes’ subsequent technology IoT gadgets generally is a highly effective enhance to our service. The expertise can present our valued clients like Etihad Cargo insights into the situations of their freight, give entry to detailed location info, facilitate ULD processing on the bottom, and thus additional enhance asset utilization,” stated Ram Krishnaswamy, Basic Supervisor Center East, Africa, & Indian Subcontinent at Jettainer. “Jettainer embraces innovation and digitalization, and that is precisely what we expertise with Descartes because the main technical supplier within the discipline of Bluetooth® Low Power monitoring options. Potential advantages will not be restricted to ULD processing; we additionally see worth in streamlining export, transit and import cargo processes and can discover this additional with our clients and companions.”
Descartes’ subsequent technology IoT Bluetooth® Low Power ULD monitoring makes use of Bluetooth® tags affixed to containers or pallets, cellular functions and mesh networks to automate end-to-end monitoring of property. Bluetooth® tags affixed to ULDs previous to loading allow quick access to real-time location info, shipment-level situation information, comparable to temperature, gentle, humidity and motion, and chain of custody element that signifies whose custody property are in at any given time. Tags may also be added to any floor service tools, like dollies, for full management over a service’s tools.
“We’re happy to assist Etihad Cargo optimize using its ULD fleet with richer visibility at each the asset and cargo stage,” stated Scott Sangster, Basic Supervisor, Logistics Service Suppliers at Descartes. “ULDs are the spine of the air cargo provide chain and, with protection in over 1,300 reader areas and 200 airports worldwide, Descartes’ improvements in IoT-based monitoring and superior community capabilities are serving to airways entry the standing of their ULDs anytime, anyplace—by any internet-enabled machine.”
About Etihad Cargo
Etihad Cargo is the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways. Since its institution in 2004, Etihad Cargo has grown quickly to change into one of many main air cargo carriers on the earth, providing clients a spread of cargo services to 5 main continents. Its hub in Abu Dhabi is strategically situated on the centre of the world’s busiest commerce lanes, offering an integral hyperlink between Asia, Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.
Along with normal cargo, Etihad Cargo provides a variety of specialty merchandise together with reside animals, harmful items, valuables and vulnerables, private results, in addition to its market main chilly chain merchandise (the latter holding IATA’s stringent Centre of Excellence for Impartial Validators certifications for each Pharmaceutical and Perishables Logistics, in addition to Reside Animals Logistics).
For extra info, please go to www.etihadcargo.com.
About Descartes
Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the worldwide chief in offering on-demand, software-as-a-service options centered on bettering the productiveness, safety and sustainability of logistics-intensive companies. Clients use our modular, software-as-a-service options to route, observe and assist enhance the security, efficiency and compliance of supply sources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; charge, audit and pay transportation invoices; entry international commerce information; file customs and safety paperwork for imports and exports; and full quite a few different logistics processes by taking part on the earth’s largest, collaborative multimodal logistics neighborhood. Our headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have now workplaces and companions around the globe. Be taught extra at www.descartes.com, and join with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
