USA: Association of American Railroads subsidiary Railinc’s Transmetriq business has launched a tool designed to eliminate the ‘fragmented and error-prone’ processes shippers can face when moving containerised goods between ships and North American railways.
This integrates GPS-based vessel data, AI-driven arrival time modelling and centralised event reporting from more than 41 shipping lines, 6 000 ports and over 600 railways.
Solving operational problems
‘Shippers are tired of chasing data across systems, comparing inconsistent statuses and relying on outdated estimates’, said Danny Dever, Senior Product Manager at Transmetriq. ‘With our seamless ocean and rail visibility solution you can track by vessel or container, spot delays in real time and trust your ETA, with accuracy improvements of up to 75% compared to typical industry estimates.’
The development of the tool ‘reflects our commitment to solving the real operational problems our customers face daily’, said VP for Product Management Mika Majapuro. ‘International shippers need a complete, trustworthy picture of where their freight is regardless of transportation mode — down to the coordinates, route and predicted arrival time.’
