Emirates Shipping Line Selects GT Nexus

Ocean carrier to use trade and logistics portal as industry eCommerce gateway

Oakland, CA and Hong Kong, November 11, 2009 —

GT Nexus today announced that it has been selected by Emirates Shipping Line to provide transactional e-commerce services for the carrier’s global customers. The ocean carrier will integrate its back office systems with the portal to enable Web-based paperless business transactions with shipper and forwarder customers around the world.

“We recognize that our customers put a premium on advanced technology,” said Romi Kaushal, CEO of Emirates Shipping Line. “We selected GT Nexus because they are one of the key technology standards for the ocean industry. This will help us better serve our customers, many of whom have already standardized on GT Nexus for ocean freight management.”

“Emirates Shipping Line is committed to helping customers simplify transactions through automation,” said John Urban, GT Nexus president. “We welcome them to the growing community of ocean carriers that have standardized on GT Nexus. Our customers place a premium on their carrier’s ability to interact with them through technology.”

The GT Nexus trade and logistics portal combines two things – strategic business applications and a network of importers, exporters, carriers, 3PLs, and banks. All capabilities are delivered via the software as a service (SaaS) model, which allows customers to get up and running quickly and cost effectively. Carriers integrate to the GT Nexus portal once and then use that single standardized interface to exchange business information with thousands of global customers.

About Emirates Shipping Line

Emirates Shipping Line DMCEST, is registered in Dubai Maritime City of UAE and commercially headquartered in Dubai and Hong Kong, two of the busiest commercial hubs in the world. Operated by a team rich in experience of managing maritime trade, the company has a focused goal of attaining superior service quality and customer intimacy. To learn more visit http://www.emiratesline.com/.

About GT Nexus

GT Nexus offers a cloud-based platform that the world's biggest companies use to drive efficiency and agility across the global supply chain. Leaders in manufacturing, retail and logistics services all share GT Nexus as their standard, multi-enterprise collaboration platform. Users operate against a core set of information across multiple supply chain functions to optimize the flow of goods and trade information, from order point to final payment. Customers include Xerox, Williams-Sonoma, Nestlé, DHL, Sears, Caterpillar, Kraft Foods and The Home Depot. For information, visit www.gtnexus.com.

Contact

Greg Kefer
Director, Corporate Marketing
GT Nexus
Office: +1 510 808 2229
E-mail: keferg@gtnexus.com

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