We had a very fruitful year in 2019 as ShipsGo. We have created remarkable improvements and innovations in our products. We were always loyal to our mission “Organize the container shipping industry’s information through our algorithms and make it universally accessible and useful to all parties in the container shipping industry”. The valuable feedback from our users and partners has undoubtedly made the most significant contribution to our developments. We do always appreciate their invaluable input.

 As we are approaching the end of 2019, ShipsGo has reached over 100 customers in 25 different countries. We have also tracked over 140K containers (over 225K TEUs) and updated more than 1 million routes.

What We Accomplished in 2019?

 In 2019, we have launched our “one page only” interface. This “one page” is the “search & visibility” engine of ShipsGo. “Search Route” engine allows users to search for all routes by using the POL (Port of Loading) and POD (Port of Discharge) options. Users have the benefit of comparing transit times of all container carriers. Users can also observe the alternative ports in selected routes. The second engine of ShipsGo interface is the “Track Shipment” that allows the users to track their containers for the sake of visibility.

 We have also introduced our “Grow with ShipsGo” feature to our users”. “Grow with ShipsGo” is designed to communicate the benefits of our digital platform in terms of operational efficiency and cost reduction. This tool is a simple page sharing the stories of the current customers and how to use the Professional services of the ShipsGo platform.

This year we have confirmed the validity of one of our fundamental principles. “Even the smallest of assets can change the course of the future.” The youngest friends who joined our team always made incredible contributions to us.

What made us most happy in 2019 is that we have started to understand the importance of data in container movements. In this journey, we are quite aware that we are still at the beginning of the road. In the first quarter of 2020, we are planning to share this excitement with our partners and users. We call it ShipsGo’s “Analytics 360”. First-quarter of 2020, our users and partners will be able to enhance their decision-making process by using “Analytics 360”.

 The container and its movements tell us many things. We believe that we can see and understand the value of container movements only with our partners and users. Our goal has been to develop new services that significantly improve the lives of as many people as possible in the container shipping industry. We still stick to this principle. As ShipsGo family, we send our best new year wishes to everyone.

Happy “New Year” to all.

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In our world where digitalization is accelerating, the container transport industry is also in a position to find a way for itself. The world’s major carrier companies are starting to make different experiments with the world’s leading technology companies. This can also be defined as taking part in order to exist in the future. The container shipping industry is not easy for technology companies to understand because of the unique dynamics of the sector and its variable structure. Many startups have pulled some important investments. We have to say that each one has chosen a different path for themselves and they are trying to move on that path.

Which path is the best: Pricing? Networking? Data Providing?

Some online platforms have chosen one of them only. Such platforms, however, are far away to meet expectations. Indeed, some of them already define themselves as “online freight forwarders.”

On the carrier’s side, Maersk & IBM are working on blockchain technology, OOCL and Microsoft are collaborating for digitalization. Such collaborations show that the expectations rule the choice. 

As ShipsGo, we do choose the analysis of the user data which can bring up

the solutions to the problem of the container shipping industry. We believe that following

Google will be the best way for the industry. Google has achieved the greatest leap in recent years and still continues doing so by collecting user data, determining user requirements, analyzing them, and finding the right people at the right time.

We believe that there will be a master platform in the future in which all the systems will be integrated and that this platform will make the operations much easier and safer for the industry. In this master platform;  importers, exporters, banks, customs brokers, freight forwarders, inland transport companies, ports…etc all will be integrated. The platform will be safe and transparent. The competition will always continue depending on the quality of service provided by these companies. The platform will provide benefits to all the firms involved in the system. Each new data will be analyzed, made more useful and shared with the users again.

The freight forwarder companies that organize mutual shipments from country A to Country B will be aware of one another for a while. A shipping line carrying between the two ports will be able to suggest a shorter route with less cost. An export company that has a shipment route including 2 x transshipments port

from the port, A to port C will be able to get an alternative route alert which includes less transshipment port and fewer transit times.

These samples above are just a few of the benefits the platform will provide to the users in the future. There is a very large field waiting to be discovered. The world container shipping industry is still waiting to be discovered and some companies are already on the way.

As ShipsGo we are ready to contribute to creating a better industry for all of us. 

One of our biggest advantages as ShipsGo is that; we are so small and can not

be noticed in this big digital world when we are compared to companies like IBM, Microsoft.

Some people believe that only great power can change the future. But that is not what we have found out. We’ve found out that even the smallest thing can change the course of the future.

The world is changed.

We feel it in the ocean.

We feel it in the land.

We smell it in the air.

It began with the building of the great Container Vessels. 

714 were given to the Maersk Line 

The oldest in maritime, the most experienced elegant Vikings.

514 to the MSC,

Excited, proud and warm Mediterranean people. 

And 508 vessels were gifted to CMA CGM, 

Who believes in the power of shipping the future. 

For within these container vessels was bound the strength 

And the will to control the world sea transportation

But they were, all of them, deceived;

For another digital shipping was made. 

Deep in the land of Silicon Valley,

In the keyboards of intelligent computers

The Digital Lord forged a master platform

And into this platform, he poured his data, his algorithm

and his artificial intelligence to dominate all vessels.

One platform to manage all shipping lines.

One by one, the free lines of world fell to the power of Digitalisation, 

but there were some who resisted.

A last alliance of Maersk, MSC, Cma- Cgm 

and other major carriers merged against the power of Digitalisation. 

They launched Inttra. 

The victory was near, but the power of Digitalization could not be undone…

In the light of the lord of Rings opening monologue; 

Ship Together, Go Better!

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