CIFFA Selects 2023 Canadian Young Logistics Professionals Award Winner
Forwarder Online February 09, 2023
Every year, CIFFA offers an award to a young freight forwarder who best demonstrates industry knowledge and skills to become a true international freight forwarding professional in the future. After a review process of industry experience and a written dissertation demonstrating technical knowledge, CIFFA is pleased to announce that Viktoriia Rudyk of DSV Air & […]
Forwarders are under the gun from all sides to digitize processes and communication
Forwarder Online February 09, 2023
By Ian Putzger Vancouver International Airport has initiated a project for proof of concept for a cargo community system (CCS). It will involve a handful of ground handlers, forwarders and trucking firms. The program kicks off with truck slot booking functionality and will subsequently be expanded to other features, according to Amar More, CEO of […]
Month in Review – January 2023
Monthly Review February 08, 2023
Maritime MSC Online Invoice Dispute Tool If you receive an invoice from MSC Canada that you believe requires a change before you make a payment, you can request a change to one or multiple invoices at the same time through MSC’s online invoice dispute tool. December 29: Egypt’s Currency Crisis is Creating a Massive Port […]
Another data standard? No need!
Forwarder Online February 06, 2023
We already have a proven one—the Canada Border Services Agency By Bryn Heimbeck, President and Co-Founder, Trade Tech, Inc. There have been lot of suggestions around how to manage port congestion in the past two years. The suggestion has been made to focus on a better flow of data in order to achieve the efficiency […]
Canadian Freight Forwarders and Third Party Software Providers
Forwarder Online January 31, 2023
How third-party software has become critical to succeed in freight forwarding and CHB. The following is a contributed article by Cris Arens, Managing Partner, Logisyn When I started my logistics career in the late 1980s, telex machines and typewriters were prominent in freight forwarding. Fax machines were almost magical when I was traveling around the […]
CIFFA’s Input Towards Canada’s National Cyber Security Strategy
Forwarder Online January 24, 2023
The Government of Canada launched the National Cyber Security Strategy Consultation this summer, requesting feedback to the changing digital landscape and the exposure to cyber threats and cybercrime. An eight-week public consultation ran until August 19, 2022, with contribution from a broad range of Canadians. Canada’s National Cyber Security Strategy was initially launched in 2018. […]