Approach: ShipsGo BCO Package

Evyap logistics team needs the details of every shipment information, such as the name of the port of loading and discharging, date of loading, name, and dates of transit ports, and total transit time. They used to get that information from their freight forwarders by phone and had problems reaching accurate information. After using, the ShipsGo container tracking service, they no longer need to have exhausting calls with forwarders to receive the information. The team now follows the location of their cargo by using an interactive map and dashboard.

Only in 3 months has there been a decrease in the time and human effort required to track a container. In addition to decreasing phone calls and mail traffics, thanks to the ShipsGo notification e-mails, Evyap could avoid unaccepted costs like dispatch, demurrage, and customer losses. ShipsGo delay notification e-mails also affected the carrier decision of Evyap for their next shipments. If a carrier doesn’t discharge your container at the promised date, why should you choose that carrier again should?

ShipsGo shipment statistics also provide benefits to Evyap. After tracking their container, Evyap shipments directly turned out monthly, and annual statistics report the basis of TEU, carriers, export, and import countries. They could see how many containers were on route or arrive on time. Besides, Evyap directly receives the reports of the number of containers carried in the last months and what is the proportion of each carrier in their shipment. Before ShipsGo, they couldn’t keep such kinds of statistics or were trying to keep them manually.

Outcomes:  Measurable and Solid Outcomes

Location of their shipment on a live map

Get rid of using freight forwarders for container tracking

Avoid unaccepted costs such as demurrage, dispatch, and customer lose

Assistance for carrier choosing decision

Minimizing time and human effort for tracking a container

Getting shipment statistics reports which  they couldn’t have

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Demurrage cost is levied to the BCO (Shipper) in cases where they do not take the container out of the port/terminal area for unpacking within the allowed free time. Although the Demurrage fee is designed to discourage the use of terminals for long-term storage, and to improve equipment utilization, it can be a big cost for a BCO. When the free time of the port ends, daily costs range from $75 to $150 starts to charge per container per day; however, charges do increase the longer the cargo stays on the port/terminal. Suppose; you have five days of free time. After that, a charge of $100 per day applies for five days. From 4 to 10 days, the fee rises to $250 and finally to $350 for any day exceeding ten days. If picking up your container was delayed for 14 working days, your cost would be according to the calculations of Shapiro:

14 days – 3 days free time = 11 days of demurrage

($100 x 3 days =$300) + ($250 x 6 days = $1,500) + ($350 x 2 days = $700) = $2,500 per container

You have to pay these fees in advance to recover your cargo. If you have five containers in that shipment, your cost would be $2,500 x 5 containers or $12,500!

SOLUTION:

ShipsGo “release alert” and “gate out notification” are innovative services that our customers benefit and to reduce their demurrage costs. ShipsGo users get a message if their container is not released from the port within free time days. In addition to that, they receive “Gate Out” notification of their discharged containers.

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