The transport and logistics services that support e-commerce transactions involve the carriage of products and goods for which some or most transactions (e.g. advertising, ordering, billing, purchasing and payment) can be completed electronically. The physical deliveries along the supply chain still require the use of transport facilities and trade-supporting services, including international shipments and cross-border trade facilitation.
B2C and B2B exchanges, smaller shipments, and other requirements of E-Commerce generate opportunities for trade logistics providers and contribute to reconfigure the transportation patterns.
The new requirements of E-Ccommerce in terms of speed, scale, frequency, reliability, transparency, shipment tracking and ICT integration, to name but a few, can pose additional challenges to the international transport of goods and cross-border operations.
The impact of regulatory challenges relating to among others, the transport documents, clearance procedures, Customs clearance, standards, security, product safety, revenue collection, etc., often associated with cross-border E-Commerce, can make or break the e-commerce sector.
In this context, the session will consider the new challenges E-Commerce poses for traders and transport/trade logistics service providers, from both the public and private sectors, including the need for ever more efficient international transport and trade facilitation.
Opening remarks: Ms. Maria Ceccarelli, Chief, Trade Facilitation Section, UNECE
Moderator: Mr. John Manners-Bell, Chief Executive, Transport Intelligence Ltd
Speakers:
- Ms. Kati Suominen, Founder and CEO, Nextrade Group, LLC
- Ms. Dabney Shall-Holma, Managing Director, Hub Maritime services, representing Nigerian shippers /cargo interests
- Mr. Philippe Isler, Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, World Economic Forum
- Ms. Marianne Rowden, President & CEO, American Association of Exporters and Importers
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