Connecting intelligence about vessel operations
Over the last three months, 20 ocean carriers' schedules collectively had nearly 22.5 million sailing schedule changes, underscoring the challenges of shipment planning. The latest solutions allow customers to improve import and export shipment management with up-to-date vessel schedule information and historical schedule reliability insight. "We are pleased to offer new solutions for shippers and logistics service providers to make better shipment planning decisions for time-critical shipments," said Angela Tsang, head of product design and marketing of CargoSmart. "CargoSmart is connecting intelligence about vessel operations with shipment details to provide tools that help shippers optimize their time and resources."
Using automated software, CargoSmart analyzes global vessel operations as well as ocean carriers' published schedules to continuously improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of the sailing schedule data that is at the foundation of its shipment planning solutions. CargoSmart monitors factors that can impact vessel schedules such as route deviations, port operations, weather, and vessel speeds to verify schedules with carriers and deliver high-quality sailing schedule data.
CargoSmart's latest solutions for shippers and logistics service providers to optimize shipment planning include:
Private Label Sailing Schedules -- Allows NVOCCs and forwarders to provide ocean carriers' sailing schedules through their own branded websites. NVOCCs and forwarders may now tailor the schedules available through their website to help their shipper customers plan, customize the schedules with additional fields such as shipping instructions cut-off times and container freight station closing times, and send special promotions to their customers.