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David Chen

Stuttgart

Former IT director at a major European retailer, David built carrier integrations for 200+ transport partners. Now consults on API migrations and EDI modernization.

How to Integrate GEODIS Shipment and Zoom APIs

A step-by-step guide to connecting GEODIS's Shipment and Zoom APIs for bookings, labels and tracking, plus the service-code error that breaks EU shipments.

Shopify Stops Auto-Adding Carrier Rates in API 2026-10

Shopify's API 2026-10 no longer auto-adds carrier services to shipping profiles. Learn what breaks and how to fix carrier-calculated rates before checkout fails.

X12 vs EDIFACT: What European Shippers Need to Know

X12 vs EDIFACT explained for freight EDI: how the two standards differ, which carriers use which, and how to map IFTMIN to EDI 204.

UPS Opens Carrier Tracking to AI Agents via MCP

UPS shipped an open-source MCP server for AI agents. Learn what it does today, what it skips, and how to govern agent access to carrier APIs.

CMA CGM Relaunches Its API Developer Portal

CMA CGM's new API portal goes live in late October 2026. Here's what shippers must check in bookings, tracking and credentials now.

How to Integrate Kuehne+Nagel's BookingRoad API

Step-by-step guide to connecting your TMS to Kuehne+Nagel's BookingRoad API: prerequisites, auth, booking payloads, and error handling.

EU Product Identifiers Become Mandatory Nov. 1

EU Product Identifiers Become Mandatory Nov. 1

EU Product Identifiers are mandatory on B2C customs declarations from Nov. 1, 2026. See the exact field names to add in FedEx, UPS, and DHL API calls.