Descartes' products
and services are used by more than 2,500 customers in over 60
countries. For more information, visit www.

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Canadian National Railway Company (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI)

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Anita Ernesaks, a former CN vice-president of eBusiness and
graduate of CN's Railroad MBA program, has been appointed managing
director of the new enterprise. Louis, and Jackson, Miss.

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, (NASDAQ:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), a leading provider of
on-demand technology and services that help distribution and logistics
sensitive organizations deliver, announced today that Kuehne + Nagel,
one of the world's top freight forwarding and logistics groups, has
chosen Descartes as a preferred provider of global air cargo messaging
services. By
enabling companies to efficiently and effectively manage the delivery
of goods, Descartes' products and services help reduce costs, save
time and enhance customer satisfaction ., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo,
Chicago , Detroit, Duluth, Minn.

Also included in this category are industries
and companies engaged in importing and exporting, customs brokers, packing,
warehousing, and storage.

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About Kuehne + Nagel

With approximately 23,000 employees at 600 locations in 96
countries, the Kuehne + Nagel Group is one of the world's leading
logistics companies., with
connections to all points in North America.

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Descartes' market -leading air cargo messaging services assist Kuehne
+ Nagel in optimizing cargo management processes by linking the
company's air cargo transportation chain to the airlines.com

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CN WorldWide to offer international freight forwarding services

It will allow CN to offer shippers an integrated,
door-to-door freight service, and position us to drive new
containerized traffic through CN-served ports in North America.,
Minneapolis/St.

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Canadian National Railway Company spans Canada and mid-America,
from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving
the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.

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News Editors

MONTREAL----CN announced today the
formation of CN WorldWide, a wholly owned subsidiary that will offer
international freight forwarding services between Europe and North
America.

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Descartes is a preferred provider of global air cargo messaging
services between Kuehne + Nagel and the airlines it serves.

"We are seeing heightened adoption of Descartes' solutions by top
logistics providers like Kuehne + Nagel ," said Arthur Mesher, CEO of
Descartes./Superior, Wis.

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CN WorldWide, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands - the largest
container port in the world outside of Asia -- will commence
operations in May 2005.

CN WorldWide will focus initially on shipments between Europe and
Eastern Canada , including Ontario and Quebec, via the Port of
Halifax, and later the United States.

The Transportation and Logistics sector category includes
industries providing transportation of people, cargo, goods , merchandise
and products by land, air or sea.

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Its strong market position lies in the
seafreight , airfreight and contract logistics businesses, with a
clear focus on providing IT-based supply chain management services.

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It will schedule and manage the door-to-door
movement of international shipments, including rail, trucking,
maritime transportation and port handling, along with warehousing,
customs and billing.

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"Descartes supports us in better serving our customers by
improving efficiencies and reducing costs with electronic
communication of our house waybill documents to United States Customs
+ Border Security, enabling rapid access to status information from
the airlines and providing the ability to proactively send status
updates to customers," said Frank Vetter, Director Processes and
Systems at Kuehne + Nagel. "We are pleased that our air cargo messaging services help
Kuehne + Nagel streamline business processes and improve service
levels .

About Descartes

The Descartes Systems Group Inc. Foote, CN's executive vice-president , sales and
marketing, said: "CN WorldWide is an exciting new venture for the
company.

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Descartes delivers trading
partner connectivity and document exchange, rate management, route
planning, wireless dispatch, inventory and asset visibility,
transportation management and warehouse optimization solutions for
industries such as retail, consumer goods, manufacturing,
transportation, distribution and third-party logistics.C., Green Bay, Wis.cn.

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These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of Descartes to differ materially from
the anticipated results, performance or achievements implied by such
forward-looking statements.

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These
solutions help customers optimize and gain real -time control of their
inventory, logistics assets and mobile workforce.

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Such factors include, but are not limited
to, the factors discussed in the section entitled, "Risk Factors" in
documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions across
Canada.

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(Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is a
leading provider of on-demand technology and services that help
distribution and logistics sensitive organizations deliver.

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Kuehne + Nagel Chooses Descartes as a Preferred Provider of Global Air Cargo Messaging Services

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Business Editors/Transportation Writers/Technology Editors

WATERLOO, Ontario----The Descartes
Systems Group Inc.

This release contains forward-looking statements that relate to
Descartes ' product and service functionality and performance,
potential benefits derived therefrom, Descartes ' competitive position
and other matters that may constitute forward-looking statements.

"The new enterprise is a natural progression for CN, which has
the network capacity, operating discipline , rail and trucking
expertise and international partnerships to make this value-added
freight-forwarding product a success.