CARGOSMART, the shipment management software provider owned by Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), has introduced the SSM+, its new sailing schedules application for Android and iPhone.
"For the first time, shippers and logistics service providers can view schedule reliability rankings in a schedule search results so that they can quickly compare services," said a CargoSmart statement.
SSM+ accesses the latest sailing schedules and schedule reliability information in a free mobile app, which includes information for 27 ocean carriers and schedule reliability information for the top 30 ports.
Over 250 port pairs are covered, as well as 20 leading ocean carriers, more than 12,000 vessel schedules, and over 200 services each month along four major trade lanes including Asia-Europe, intra-Europe, transatlantic and transpacific.
CargoSmart's schedule reliability data is updated weekly and schedules that are the best fit for supply chain planning are selected, said the company.
Ocean carriers have previewed the sailing schedule application's search results and rankings and praise the application for its data quality and ranking methodology, said the company statement.
"When on-time performance is paramount, CargoSmart's application empowers customers to select the services that best meet their needs," said Coscon managing director Wan Min.
"We are impressed with CargoSmart's sailing schedules and the schedule reliability results that reflect the on-time historical performance of our vessels," said Mr Wan.
Said CargoSmart design chief Angela Tsang: "The new schedule reliability methodology measures carriers' operations, enabling customers to save time managing big data to have a clearer view of carrier performance."
The free SSM+ application for Android and iPhone is available to download from Google Play and the App StoreSM. Currently, users can look up sailing schedules with schedule reliability results for one port of origin or destination of their choice.
WORLD SHIPPING
21 June 2014 - 07:55
OOCL's CargoSmart launches next gen sailing schedule mobile app
CARGOSMART, the shipment management software provider owned by Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), has introduced the SSM+, its new sailing schedules application for Android and iPhone.
WORLD SHIPPING
21 June 2014 - 07:55
OOCL's CargoSmart launches next gen sailing schedule mobile app
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