Best-in Class Ocean Shipment Visibility

Learn How Freight Forwarders & Custom Brokers Are Connecting to 70+ Carriers & 500+ Ports & Terminals with Descartes Advanced Ocean Tracking™

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Why Are Freight Forwarders & Customs Brokers Using Descartes Advanced Ocean Tracking™?

Reduce Labor to Track Containers
Simple setup of a container number and Bill of Lading (BoL) will power updates for 90 days
Consolidate Carrier
& Port Data
Receive all status information in one centralized portal without individual carrier set-up
Integrate with Back-office Systems
Drive the shipment workflow with data feeding directly into existing platforms
Reduce Detention & Demurrage Fees
Date-stamped in-gating status can help reduce carrier fees
Achieve Visibility to Any Bill of Lading (BoL)
Realize full visibility without being mentioned on a BOL
Provide Customer-facing Visibility
Offer customers with shipment status & locations as well as customs manifest status updates

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Advanced Ocean Tracking Buyer's Guide

In order to help you evaluate Descartes Advanced Ocean Tracking, we developed a Buyer’s Guide to not only cover what the solution does, but also to explain how each of its features can benefit you, help you determine if the technology is the right match for your business, provide a clear overview of how our purchasing process works, and how the solution can help you elevate operations.

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Why Is Descartes Different vs. Other Technology Providers?

The Broadest Connectivity
The solution connects to the broadest range of carriers, ports, and terminals available
Our Deep Expertise
We have have comprehensive industry expertise to ensure that you get live quickly & stay successful
Long Term Industry Presence
Descartes has been working to connect ocean freight stakeholders for 30+ years

Connect to the Most Carriers, Ports, Terminals & Ramps

How Do We Do It? Through Continuous Innovation, Deep Industry Knowledge, and Customer Feedback.

Descartes Advanced Ocean Tracking can add value to Forwarder Back-office Systems by extending and automating connectivity to and from stakeholders across the ocean supply chain. It enables you to make informed business decisions, reduces the time and effort required to track shipments, minimizes demurrage fees, and helps you provide customers with accurate shipment status information. The solution does this by collecting a comprehensive data set of ocean shipment status information from 70+ carriers, 500+ ports/terminals/ramps as well as the top co-loaders.

With U.S. Ocean Automated Manifest System (AMS) security filing status information also available as part of the Descartes Advanced Ocean Tracking data set, the technology offers one of the most complete and accurate sources of actionable ocean status data available from one technology provider. Our long-term industry experience and dedicated expert implementation and technical support teams means you'll be live quickly and get the most out of the solution.

“Being able to use Descartes Advanced Ocean Tracking within our forwarder back-office system is a plus for our operational efficiency. With Descartes, we can continue on our growth journey and provide the highest level of personalized customer service for which we are known."

Noe Chavez
Co-founder & Managing Member
Accelerated Global Logistics, LLC

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