Container tracking systems have become the lifeline of all shipping companies that deal in goods both within the country and abroad. So far, a lot of innovations and technologies have been devised to keep track of valuable containers and goods inside them. There was a time when the roles of container tracking solutions were strictly limited only to containing tracking but now vessel tracking systems are playing a great role in streamlining the entire supply chain including offering immediate information on container dwell time and container delivery time.
Shippers are now more empowered and capacitated
These new-age container tracking solutions have empowered the shippers to send and receive goods on a more precise timeline while keeping the operational costs lower with shipments of more products. Apart from offering services on regular container tracking, the new-age container tracking provides the following to the shipping companies:
- Analytics reports on container dwell time and container delivery time that not only offer real-time container movement but also help in imbibing a growth spiral.
- Dwell time of Ports, CFSs, and ICDs while helping in identifying operational inefficiencies.
- The system also creates compliance across the system while bridging the crucial data gap to streamline the coordination between stakeholders.
- The congestion analysis reports generated by the system offer detailed information to help identify road/rail congestion and the situation nearby Ports, CFSs and ICDs.
- The system also helps the shippers to focus on export/import operations so that they can have a check on poor planning to avoid congestion in nearby areas.
Improvement in key performance indicators with an effective and efficient container tracking system:
- 15% improvement in container dwell time and container delivery time
- 86% improvement in Dwell time of Import bound Containers
- Dwell time of ICDs & CFSs in the western corridor has improved by 26.7%.
- Reduction in the transit time between Ports to CFS by around 12%.
Concluding Note
NICDC Logistics Data Services (NLDS), formerly DMICDC Logistics Data Services (DLDS) deployment of Logistics Databank System (LDB) is the most efficient container tracking system in India that offers comprehensive reports on container dwell time and container delivery time. LDB covers India 100% container volume.