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has been hard at work dreaming up, creating, testing, piloting, tweaking, marketing, and now beginning to sell access to our Track and Trace Platform. The Track and Trace system is the platform that we’ve promised all along and we couldn’t be more pleased about its functionality. Pictured: John Monarch, CEO ShipChain.
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Yes, even if cargo makes it to the port, it could still get rolled due to port closure, if the shipment lacks the right documentation, or the port has a high volume of activity. Ocean Insights’ Container Track & Trace Service captures the original and then compares it against the real-time progress of your containers.
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The first paperless, instantly financed and fully door-to-door tracked container has made its way from Korea to the warehouse of Samsung SDS in Tilburg via Port of Rotterdam on Blockchain-based platform DELIVER. As cargo recipient, we benefitted from real time information and advance availability of digitized cargo documentation.
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