When the competition in shipping market is becoming increasingly fierce, E-commerce’s strengths of eliminating information asymmetry and reducing cost is more and more important in shipping industry. As an important way of customer service, e-commerce has already become an important engine for shipping enterprises to participate in market competition.

So far, there are three main public information platforms in the global shipping logistics industry, namely INTTRA, Cargo and GT Nexus Smart. The three platforms involve almost all of the large liner companies, with high coverage of routes and huge shipping space, which attract a lot of paying customers.

INTTRA

INTTRA is the largest shipping e-commerce platform for multiple carriers, which specializes in providing the basic connections between shippers, intermediaries and carriers. Through the service of providing ocean shipping schedule, electronic booking system, shipping instruction, tracking bill of lading, electronic invoice and report etc., the operational efficiency of the shippers, freight forwarders and liner companies is enhanced, operating cost is reduced and liner companies’ performance is improved.

  

The chairman of INTTRA Ken Bloom said, while customers from both sides of the platform are looking for E-commerce solutions, INTTRA can meet customers’ demand for standardized shipping process and facilitate the penetration of e-commerce through cooperation.

Cargo Smart

    

CargoSmart is trying to improve whole shipping process and puts its emphasis on intermediaries. Cargosmart provides software solutions for global shipping management, helps consignors, consignees, logistics service providers, non-vessel operation carriers and ocean carriers to optimize their supply chain planning and improves delivery on time rate. Since it was founded in 2000, CargoSmart has successfully helped more than 130,000 professionals in transportation and logistics industry to improve freight reliability, reduce transportation cost and simplify operation process.

 

GT Nexus

        

GTNexus is committed to improve the overall performance of supply chain and to provide services of cost control and operation monitoring in shipping process. GTNexus is largest cloud business network and execution platform in the world for trade and supply chain management.