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How are Maersk and Altana Growing a Digital Trade Network?

Supplychaindigital · · 778 words · By Louise Collins
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Maersk and Altana have announced a partnership to create a digital trade network utilizing AI-powered 'Product Passports' for goods. This initiative aims to streamline customs compliance and increase transparency across global supply chains, specifically within the Gemini Cooperation framework.

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Maersk and Altana have announced a partnership to accelerate global commerce.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the partnership between Maersk and Altana to build a digital trade network.
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web search NEUTRAL — April 23, 2026 (Washington, DC) — Maersk and Altana today announced a partnership to build the first digital trade network within a major global logistics infrastructure.
https://altana.ai/resources/altana-and-maersk-partner-to-cre…
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web search NEUTRAL — – The Maersk/Altana solution addresses the challenge of obtaining reliable deep-tier supplier and facility data, and supports engagement with U.S. CBP. Florham Park, New Jersey – July 8, 2022 press re…
https://forwardermagazine.com/maersk-customs-services-partne…
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web search NEUTRAL — Global shipping group Maersk and technology firm Altana have announced a partnership to deploy AI-driven “Product Passports” across 12 international ports.
https://africasustainabilitymatters.com/maersk-and-altana-la…
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“The companies are developing a digital trade network – the first within a major global logistics infrastructure.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state the partnership is to develop a digital trade network, described as the first within a major global logistics infrastructure.
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web search NEUTRAL — April 23, 2026 (Washington, DC) — Maersk and Altana today announced a partnership to build the first digital trade network within a major global logistics infrastructure.
https://altana.ai/resources/altana-and-maersk-partner-to-cre…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk and Altana have announced a partnership to introduce an AI-powered system in order to build a digital trade network for global logistics.The companies are developing a digital trade network – t…
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/how-are-maersk-and-altan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk and Altana have partnered to create the first digital trade network embedded within a major global logistics infrastructure, transforming the Gemini Cooperation into an AI-powered ecosystem for…
https://readmagazine.com/industries/logistics-and-supply-cha…
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“Altana is an AI-powered network”
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Three separate sources, including Altana's own website and LinkedIn profile, describe Altana as an AI-powered network for trusted trade.
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web search NEUTRAL — An AI-powered network for managing your product value chains. Altana’s product network unites businesses, supply chain partners, and governments around a single, trusted source of product information.
https://altana.ai/?ref=himalayas.app&source=himalayas.app
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web search NEUTRAL — An AI-powered network for managing your product value chains. Altana’s product network unites businesses, supply chain partners, and governments around a single, trusted source of product information.
https://altana.ai/
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web search NEUTRAL — Altana is the network for trusted trade, empowering a new era of global commerce by uniting businesses and governments on an AI-powered platform to build a more resilient and secure global supply chai…
https://www.linkedin.com/company/altana-ai
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“Maersk, an integrated logistics company offering supply chain solutions for a range of businesses. It oversees port operation, warehousing and air freight, as well as supply chain management.”
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Wikipedia and official Maersk site confirm Maersk is an integrated logistics company managing port operations, warehousing, air freight, and supply chain management.
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk's business activities include port operation, supply chain management, warehousing and air freight. The company is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with subsidiaries and offices across 130 countri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk is an integrated logistics company that offers supply chain solutions for managing shipments and cargo. Learn how to register, book and find prices.
https://www.maersk.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk offers integrated container shipping and logistics services worldwide. Discover services, routes, and company insights.Maersk’s services span global ocean shipping, terminal operations, intermo…
https://www.gocomet.com/carriers/maersk
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“The Gemini Cooperation is a collaboration between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, launched in February 2025”
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The Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd is confirmed to have begun on February 1, 2025, by multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Meet Gemini, Google’s AI assistant. Get help with writing, planning, brainstorming, and more. Experience the power of generative AI.
https://gemini.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Gemini 3 seamlessly synthesizes information across text, images, video, audio, and even code to help you learn. Generate code for interactive flashcards, games and experiences to help you master new m…
https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn how Gemini works and discover groundbreaking features like Image Generation, Deep Research, Personalization, and more to supercharge your world.
https://gemini.google/us/about/?hl=en
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“resulting in a schedule performance in excess of 90% across 29 mainliner and 29 shuttle services across East-West trade routes.”
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Two independent sources confirm the schedule performance exceeding 90% across 29 mainliner and 29 shuttle services on East-West trade routes.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Gemini Cooperation is its first deployment at global network scale. Altana's passport manager enables government entities across the world to receive and act on Product Passports.
https://altana.ai/resources/altana-and-maersk-partner-to-cre…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Maersk, Gemini Cooperation achieved schedule performance exceeding 90% across 29 mainliner and 29 shuttle services on East-West trade routes. This reliability record provides a foundation…
https://procurementmag.com/news/streamlining-port-logistics
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web search NEUTRAL — The Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd began on 1 February 2025 with a network consisting of 29 shared mainline services and 29 shuttle services across East–West trade lanes.
https://mykn.kuehne-nagel.com/news/article/gemini-cooperatio…
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“introducing pre-cleared, product-level identity markers – also known as Product Passports.”
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Multiple sources confirm the partnership introduces AI-powered 'Product Passports' as identity markers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The partnership introduces an AI-powered "Product Passport" system across the Maersk Gemini Cooperation — the operational alliance covering ocean freight across 7 East-West trade routes.
https://altana.ai/resources/altana-and-maersk-partner-to-cre…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk and Altana partnership plans to introduce Product Passports across 12 international ports representing 70% of global trade.
https://procurementmag.com/news/streamlining-port-logistics
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web search NEUTRAL — Maersk and Altana have announced a partnership to introduce an AI-powered system in order to build a digital trade network for global logistics.
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/how-are-maersk-and-altan…
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“These will be understood by customs authorities across the 12 key international ports who make up 70% of global trade.”
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The specific detail about 12 international ports representing 70% of global trade is mentioned in one source (Procurement Magazine), but not corroborated by the others provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — "A global Product Passport for Goods is the innovation needed to elevate international trade towards an ecosystem of trust — connecting and transforming major trade routes into digital trade corridors…
https://altana.ai/resources/altana-and-maersk-partner-to-cre…
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web search NEUTRAL — Wenchang International Aerospace City. Part of Hainan Free Trade Port, this key park includes high-tech, launch, and tourism zones, with the 1,200-hectare high-tech zone serving as a pioneer and demon…
http://en.hnftp.gov.cn/
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web search NEUTRAL — In the next 12 months, the China Digital Product Passports (dpp) Market will create opportunities that current industry players are not yet prepared for. The organizations that act first will define t…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-digital-product-passpor…
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“Altana has already worked with global customs agencies to implement trade enforcement, having created a public-private model for end-to-end product traceability.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm Altana's specific public-private model for end-to-end product traceability with customs agencies.
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“Altana's new passport manager will power the partnership. This has recently launched in order to directly connect logistics providers and importers to customs authorities.”
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One source mentions that Altana's 'passport manager' enables government entities to receive and act on Product Passports, but the specific claim about it 'recently launching to directly connect logistics providers and importers' is not corroborated by multiple sources.
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“the passport manager utilises a federated data model as its framework”
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