As ShipsGo, we understand the importance of the concept of sustainability. We include the concepts of offsetting and sustainability in our plans. Our active service, “Carbon Offsetting” has served our customers for a while.

About our ShipsGo Talks content, we periodically welcome guests from the industry, academia, and our company and chat about the industry. Our live broadcasts are on Youtube, Linkedin, and Twitter simultaneously. ShipsGo Co-Founder Okan Tuna moderates the live-streams. Our third episode took place about Carbon Offsetting and Sustainability in Shipping Industry.

In the third episode of Talks, our guests were the Product Manager of Climateware Duygu Dunbay, and the Sales Team Leader of ShipsGo Müge Mutluoğlu.

Our esteemed guests gave information and advice about sustainability and offset for the industry’s future.

Sustainable Shipping Industry and ShipsGo

The efforts and innovations made by the shipping sector actors prove the sector’s sustainability target. Despite a challenging journey, the shipping industry has taken significant environmental and operational steps.

This live stream evaluated the industry’s current state, focusing on emerging trends that have gained importance in recent years and are shaping the path ahead. In addition, we listened to the developments and future predictions about how this transformation is shaped by Climateware Product Manager Duygu Dunbay. And then ShipsGo Sales Team Leader Müge Mutluoğlu explained our Carbon Offset service and its use for the industry.

You can find more detailed information by watching the live broadcast replay on Youtube. Don’t forget to follow and subscribe to our channels on Youtube, Linkedin, and Twitter to follow the rest of the live streams!

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We should know that with the increase in maritime trade, the effect of CO₂ emissions has also started to be of great importance. In the last few months, we have all very much perceived the importance of the shipping industry to the global economy, with commercial ships transporting 90% of global trade.

The changing world and the impact of CO₂ emissions

We can say that the shipping industry has become the main vein of world trade with the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic; with the onset of the pandemic, humanity started a new era of online shopping. While imports and exports inevitably expanded around the globe, we have witnessed many crises like insufficient space, traffic in the ports, and scarcity of resources.

Well, while world commerce has increased so vastly and shipping companies are producing more and more vessels every day and releasing them into the water, have you thought about the impact of this situation on the world? This article will underline the sustainability in the shipping industry and ShipsGo‘s attitude on the matter.

Transport and logistics emit 3.5 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year. Transitioning to a net-zero economy by eliminating emissions in the sector has become the priority of the world shipping giants trying to reach the 7th and 13th goals of the United Nations “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDG’s).

ShipsGo will indicate CO₂ emissions

ShipsGo has stepped into a new study to raise awareness of all our users on the sustainable shipping industry. In the ShipsGo Academy’s “Environmental Sensitivity For Container Transportation” study, we examined the importance of being environmentally sensitive in carrier company selection. We concluded that for most BCOs and Forwarders, this criterion is of great importance. In other words, we observed that the people related to the industry attach importance to sustainability and the environment, so we worked for a development where they can see the environmental impact of the voyage they are tracking. All of our users will be able to monitor how much carbon is released during the container’s voyage they tracked. We have updated the beneficial notification emails they always receive and included the carbon emission during transportation.

• Visit ShipsGo’s CO₂ Emission Calculation Methodology Page
• About ShipsGo container tracking system

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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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We look forward to John’s insight and contribution to the fast-growing ShipsGo business which is now serving customers in 160 countries and continues to go from strength to strength.

Welcome to the ShipsGo family John.

About Shipsgo

ShipsGo’s vision is to make people happy with the information. Since the beginning of our journey in the container transportation business, we have been trying to organize the shipping industry’s information and make it accessible universally. We have developed our well-known two products in the digital container transportation market; container tracking and route finder. These two products were developed for “visibility” in container transport. We provide information on the current position of containers and carriers’ route performances (transit time and reliability). We have reached 5,000 daily searches on our website from 70+ countries and plan to reach 30,000 daily searches worldwide.

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Let’s remember again what happened with Petya cyber attack!

Petya ransomware began with hacking the system of a Ukrainian Company while they are updating their financing app. The virus that started spreading to Europe and then to the US after Ukraine and Russia, many small and big companies have trouble getting into their databases. Petya cyber attack sabotaged the operational activities of many big and small companies, including Maersk and TNT. These cyber-attacks, particularly those that made large corporations unable to handle their international trading abilities, have caused huge losses for companies like Maersk and TNT. The cyberattack has neutralized Maersk’s booking service and corporate databases. Many ports belonging to Maersk had become unable to work. It’s been a month since the date of the cyber attack, However, the effects are still not completely eliminated.

If you want, you can read the “Maersk Still Feeling Effects Of Cyber Attack“.

All the facilities of the digital age are disappearing and people are experiencing the stone age again.

In the beginning, these cyberattacks were made with a sense of action and self-satisfaction, unfortunately, it is a profitable bonanza and has become a sector quickly now. As the ransom obtained from the cyber-attacks increases, new cyber attacks are fired and it is obvious that this type of cyber attack will be repeated over and over again.

How are we going to provide cyber security? What should we do for our cyber security? What should we avoid using? What should we pay attention to what should we care about?

Let’s review and highlight the proper responses to the above questions.

1) Do not use the same devices in your business and personal life for cybersecurity

Many company employees use the same device in their work and personal lives, and they enter the company’s database with personal devices. This increases the risk area rather than keeping the risk in the center, ie, in one place and makes your company more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. It is very important to warn our employees not to enter their company database with personal devices. All devices connected to company networks must be protected. The failure to set up the necessary safety rules means that cybercriminals can access this information from anywhere. This is something that should not be missed.

2) Be careful when opening the email that comes to you for cybersecurity

Think you are a very big company, you spend thousands of dollars a year on cyber security. But your employee is opening an uncertain e-mail from where it comes is not known and the thousands of dollars you spend on your cyber security are garbage on the fly. We do not want this to happen, do we?

The golden rule, Do not open emails if you don’t know where they come from.

If you do have to open such, do not open it without scanning with the antivirus program. Let’s say you received an email with a shrank Url containing t.co, bit.ly, etc. If you open the mail and click on the link, you will not know what you will come across..   a user has no idea where the link is going, what’s behind that link, or what kind of benevolent or conversely malicious payload is going to load in the default browser. So do not click on the unseen URLs.

3) Backup your files for cybersecurity

Backup is one of the most basic and most important aspects of ensuring security. Your backups will always save lives in case you are attacked. Of course, securing your backup area may require you to make additional effort or budget. It’s a good idea to take backups on resources that you will have not trouble with restoring while backing up. Otherwise, returning from the backup may take a certain period of time, and various troubles may disrupt your business. The area you have backed up must be an area that is not be physically damaged.

4) Create your cyber security policy!

With the cyber security policy, all the staff should know what to do in case if cyber attack, Screen in detail how this process should be governed.

How to act in the possible ransom negotiation and what kind of privileges will be given? You should prepare plans to respond to such questions.

5) Improve your cyber security systems constantly.

Cybersecurity is a process that needs to be regularly monitored and constantly updated in order to be effective. Test your developed cyber security systems and prepare the correct reports. So you will be able to determine where the cyber security vulnerability originated. You can easily develop weaker parts in your cyber security.

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The 86th Izmir International Fair was held on August 18-27. The fair theme, which made the closing on Sunday, August 27th, was Innovation and Energy. While Muğla province was chosen as honor guest, Russia became partner country of the fair. CNTRACKING also was in Participants Hall 2 between August 19-25. We introduced our digital solutions to other companies and participants who are interested in innovation and digital ideas in the maritime and logistics fields. We also talked about the future of the Russian market and negotiated for possible cooperation with Tamansky Ferry Terminal in our B2B meeting. 

Companies, municipalities, and make-up workshops were able to introduce themselves on the fair campus where 409 booths spread over open and closed areas.  In addition, the enterprises have held B2B business meetings in accordance with their respective fields with the Russian Companies.

We thank you very much for your interest in our stand. In hopes of meeting at new fairs. 

More than CNTRACKING – We are ShipsGo Now!

CNTRCKING continues to serve with its new brand and image, namely ShipsGo, by developing its products. ShipsGo’s vision is to make people happy with the information. Since the beginning of our journey in the container transportation business, we have been trying to organize the shipping industry’s information and make it accessible universally. We have developed our well-known two products in the digital container transportation market; container tracking and route finder. These two products were developed for “visibility” in container transport. We provide information on the current position of containers and carriers’ route performances (transit time and reliability).

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ShipsGo-Izmir International Fair Details

We hereby sincerely invite you to visit our booth at the 86th Izmir International Exhibition from Aug 20th to 25th, 2017. 
ShipsGo Booth No: Hall 2 No 247 Izmir International Fair,  Izmir/Turkey

It would be a great pleasure to meet you at the exhibition. We expect to establish long-term business relation with your company.

about Shipsgo

ShipsGo’s vision is to make people happy with the information. Since the beginning of our journey in the container transportation business, we have been trying to organize the shipping industry’s information and make it accessible universally. We have developed well-known two products in the digital container transportation market; container tracking and route finder. These two products were developed for “visibility” in container transport. We provide information on the current position of containers and carriers’ route performances (transit time and reliability). We have reached 5,000 daily searches on our website from 70+ countries and plan to reach 30,000 daily searches worldwide.

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