New freight technology sees inventory tracking and forwarder partner platform
Another day, and more technological innovations are announced, and today’s sample is interesting: a portable ...
Ever increasing levels of visibility are being brought to the container shipping market and this week it was the turn of iContainers to announce the latest development, a real-time notification system.
The online freight forwarder’s solution provides detailed, automatic, and instant notifications via email providing “precise” information on the cargo shipment throughout its journey.
According to iContainers, these emails are sent out automatically as the cargo crosses voyage “milestones”, including loading, drop-off, vessel departure and arrival.
Co-founder and president of iContainers Ivan Tintore said ...
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