Actions of the ShipsGo Team and Tracking System

Recent events in the Red Sea made many vessels change their routes (reroute) and even stopped them. Accordingly, ShipsGo teams and tracking algorithm immediately identify disruptions in ship routes and provide a double-check of each disruption for +800 ships where the shipments of ShipsGo users are carried.

Access Rerouted Shipments From Your Dashboard

So far, we have detected route changes of almost 823 ships. Our team added a section where you can easily check the shipments that have changed their routes from the Suez Canal. You can get information about your affected (rerouted) shipments through the ShipsGo user dashboard by clicking on the “rerouted shipment” heading on the left panel. Rest assured that when any significant changes occur ShipsGo tracking system and related teams will send notifications to your inbox as they occur.

Complete and Updated List of Ships Affected by Suez Canal and Red Sea

ShipsGo teams and tracking algorithms instantly detect disruptions in ship routes, check carrier, ship, and transportation information regularly throughout the week, and share updated information. In the list you will see below, we are sharing the list of all ships affected by the Red Sea events and had to change course, created by our tracking algorithm and our team. If you want to regularly check your shipments and provide a personalized experience about the process, the ShipsGo Tracking system is here for you.

***For more information about the affected vessels, please register and contact us at support@shipsgo.com

What Happened in the Red Sea?

Due to recent events at the Red Sea route, major shipping companies did not pass through the Suez Canal. In their latest statement, they announced that they would only pass the canal to the east and west once the Red Sea passage had been made safe. The world is paying attention to the ongoing conflict between Israel, Palestine, and other countries, which has led to a war. The war’s effects spread throughout the region and even had global implications. 

Some interventions against container vessels in the Red Sea route were among the ongoing events. The drone attack on the Maersk ship caused widespread concern. The number of interventions increased, and trade along the route was almost impossible.

Updates from the carriers

Here are the shipping firms that avoid the Suez Canal as Red Sea attacks:

• HAPAG LLOYD  announced that the Red Sea and Suez Canal will not be used until the problems are resolved. The company will use the Cape of Good Hope.
• CMA-CGM stopped its vessels heading to the Suez Canal.
• COSCO – OOCL stopped their voyages to the Israeli region.
• MSC announced that it will operate many of its voyages via the Cape of Good Hope. And they updated its sailing schedules.
• MAERSK  announced that it will stop all ships going to the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden. Due to the increased security situation in the region. Container Shipping process takes place via the Cape of Good Hope.

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So what can we do, and what tools can we use to manage and optimize our supply chain more effectively?

Improve Supply Chain Visibility with Container Tracking Service

The container tracking service helps you with so many points in managing your supply chain and the visibility of your shipments.

Let’s take a look at these points. ▼

Time Management and Savings

Shipment tracking service makes it possible to easily and quickly track all your international shipments on one dashboard.

We seem to hear what you’re saying. So how can I track my containers?

• Simply visit the ShipsGo homepage for container tracking.
• Select a carrier of shipment.
• Enter the Container / Booking / Bill of Lading number.
• And track shipments easily.

Increasing Operational Efficiency

Using the Container Tracking service will be very beneficial for your operational processes. It saves you extra paperwork. Efficiency will increase as it saves time. Your area of control will expand, and you will have more power over your supply chain.
With ShipsGo API Integration, you can automate your processes and save more time.

Sub-Account Management

ShipsGo users can create Sub-Accounts for their associates and co-workers. Sub-Accounts can use the main features of the account, such as container tracking, user dashboard, and notification emails. The main account can access all shipping data and all settings of the account. Sub-Accounts will have different access levels depending on the role they’re assigned. For more details, check out the Sub-Accounts section of your ShipsGo dashboard.

Live Map for Supply Chain Visibility

ShipsGo offers its clients the ability to check the actual location of their shipments on a Live Map thanks to satellite data. This Live Map solution is visible for every shipment on the My Shipments page of your dashboard and on the tracking notifications. The live map option has been created to increase the transparency of transportation and supply chain visibility. In addition, our clients are able to integrate this solution into their websites to increase website traffic and provide tracking services to their clients.

Avoid Demurrage Cost and Detention Pay

Problems in terms of time may lead to additional costs such as demurrage and detention. Periodic operational intensities, limited time, and natural errors can cause these costs. If you want to be protected from costs such as detention and demurrage, ShipsGo Container Tracking Service will help you with this by following the release situation of your containers and providing alerts for not released or released ones.

For more information about detention pay and demurrage cost ▼

• Detention Pay
• Demurrage Cost

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SEGEA (frozen food exporter) was established in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2010, and the company’s trade are mainly based on frozen foods. They successfully export frozen food containers to 14 countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo Algeria, Armenia, Israël, Georgia, Haïti, Hong-Kong, and Viet-Nam. In order to create easy, cost-effective, and efficient transportation, SEGEA started to use a cold store, near the port of Antwerp to offer better service to its clients. The company has a steady volume of about 15 000 TEU that exports per year.

Approach: ShipsGo BCO Package

SEGEA became the user of ShipsGo container tracking service in 2018 and the company has been gained a lot of advantages from the service since that year. For instance, before using container tracking service SEGEA the frozen food exporter had to call the freight forwarders or carriers in order to reach the information related to their container/s on a specific voyage. The company could not reach the gate-out date of their containers or was not able to check the transit ports arrival and departure date before using ShipsGo so the company had to contact carriers and forwarders again. Because of that, the supply chain department was losing time for tracking and the resources were not used efficiently. After using ShipsGo, they have been getting all the information they need with a simple mail format in a few minutes. As a result, SEGEA can use its resources to focus on planning and customer satisfaction rather than container tracking.

ShipsGo shipments statistics feature also provided the company great options for reporting. For instance, before, the statistics of the total number of containers on the way and the monthly, yearly, import, export, country, shipping line-based shipment statistics were made by using excel sheets. Fortunately, Shipsgo shipments statistics offered SEGEA the all statistics automatically. In this way, no extra effort is needed for reporting anymore. Last but not least, thanks to ShipsGo SEGEA can also analyze the carrier performance as well.

After all, SEGEA owner Geoffrey Serrurier says “There has been a reduction in the number of people and time required to keep the information related to our container shipments. The container notification emails, which we have been receiving from ShipsGo, affected our decision of the carrier selection for the next shipment and has had a positive impact on our shipment process”.

Outcomes: Measurable and Solid Outcomes

Get rid of unnecessary calls for container tracking.

Minimizing time and human effort for tracking a container.

Receiving shipment statistics reports automatically.

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