Use case · Freight Forwarders
One reconciled status view across connected sources
Connected steamship-line and terminal sources, one screen. One reconciled view of where each managed container is and when it lands.
The job today
Your job: tell the customer where the box is and when it arrives. But you own no vessel, no chassis, no terminal. The status sits scattered across steamship-line and terminal portals. Each has its own login, its own layout, its own version of the ETA.
So the day becomes tab-hopping and copy-paste. Check the carrier. Check the terminal. Check the rail. Reconcile the conflicts by hand. Then hope the arrival you quoted this morning still holds this afternoon.
With Conterminal
Conterminal connects to supported sources and writes container and vessel status into one workspace. Less tab-hopping. One reconciled status view across the lines and terminals in your rollout.
When sources disagree on an ETA, a trust ladder decides which one to believe. The arrival time on your screen is the one worth quoting.
How it works
In practice.
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Conterminal does the logging in
Around the clock, the automated data engine signs into terminal, rail, and steamship-line systems and writes container and vessel status into your workspace. Each connected source stays visible beside the facts it produced. Exact coverage is confirmed for the lanes in your rollout.
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Conflicting ETAs get reconciled
When sources disagree, a trust ladder ranks them: carrier (SSL) published ETA over terminal ETA over berth schedule over raw AIS vessel signal over paper docs. Vessel identity is pinned by MMSI and IMO. Each container lands as a one-line verdict row like 'Arrives in 12h · tomorrow 4:00 AM · PNCT.'
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The whole board at login
One landing page shows the operation: at-risk containers, blocking holds, a vessel-arrival summary, appointment and deadline rollups. Color tracks physical state. Sky-blue at sea, amber waiting at the yard, fuchsia out with the customer, deep blue returned, red for overdue only. The board reads at a glance.
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Catch the drift before your customer calls
Day-over-day trend sparklines across the full lifecycle show what's moving and what's stuck. A slipping arrival or a stalled return surfaces on your screen, not in a customer's follow-up email. The update arrives before the phone call.
How it works in practice
The trust ladder stops stale next-voyage dates from outranking a plausible carrier or terminal arrival in the customer-facing record.
Get started
See it on your own freight.
Bring a handful of container numbers. We'll show you the arrivals, deadlines, and work Conterminal can resolve for your operation.