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Dubai-based terminal operator DP World has launched a plethora of online logistics tools and services enabling businesses to book shipments of cargo by any combination of sea, land, and air.<\/strong><\/p>\n The company said the roll-out of the platforms was sped up by the ongoing challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic to keeping the trade moving.<\/p>\n The initiative follows DP World’s acquisition of SeaRates.com, a digital platform that enables global cargo transport, along with LandRates.com and AirRates.com. <\/p>\n DP World has also created the Digital Freight Alliance which is an online association that brings freight forwarders globally onto one platform, giving them access to new tools, routes and services.<\/p>\n “The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that we must do all we can to make supply chains stronger to keep trade flowing, even in times of unprecedented challenges for the world,” <\/em> DP World Chief Operating Officer for Logistics and Technology, Mike Bhaskaran, <\/strong>said.<\/p>\n “DP World’s vision is to digitalize supply chains leveraging our worldwide infrastructure of ports, terminals, economics zones, and other assets.<\/em>“<\/p>\n The port operator’s global network of ports, terminals and economic zones covers more than 150 operations in over 50 countries.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post DP World rolls out digital platforms to facilitate global trade during COVID-19<\/a> appeared first on Offshore Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n world maritime news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dubai-based terminal operator DP World has launched a plethora of online logistics tools and services enabling businesses to book shipments of cargo by any combination of sea, land, and air. The company said the roll-out of the platforms was sped up by the ongoing challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic to keeping the trade moving. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[1154,1678,3535,1375,4446,2363,2221,1185],"class_list":["post-8516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-covid19","tag-digital","tag-facilitate","tag-global","tag-platforms","tag-rolls","tag-trade","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/8517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}