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Forth Ports launches
box tracking service
U
K ports group Forth Ports Limited has
launched a new online, real-time,
container tracking system for customers.
The bespoke tracking system is available via the
Forth Ports website and gives customers the ability
to enquire in real-time about the status of their
containers passing through London Container
Terminal (Port of Tilbury) and Grangemouth, in
Scotland.
Forth Ports says the simple to use system has
been successfully delivered by the company’s in-
house IT team in conjunction with long-term port
system supplier TCS and has been designed to be
accessible without the need for a login or
password.
By simply using a container number or booking
reference, customers can locate up to 50
containers with status options ranging from exit
by vessel, exit by truck, in yard, and exit by rail.
These real-time, 24-7, accurate updates are aimed
at supporting and streamlining customer’s supply
chain processes by reducing the need to contact
the port to get the same information.
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Grangemouth is one of two ports to offer
the new web-based container tracking service
Commenting on the new system, Forth Ports
chief operating officer Stuart Wallace said: “Our
business is continually working hard to ensure
that our customers receive an efficient service
across our ports. Streamlining of logistics
processes and improved access to information are
important aspects for customers importing,
exporting or distributing their goods and we have
invested in this new container tracking system to
support this.”
For container customers in London and
Grangemouth this new system will help
businesses by providing self–service access to key
information, assist in reducing time within their
supply chain and manage just-in-time logistics by
providing accurate, real-time status information
about containers within the two ports.
“It is now very easy to find the answer to the
question ‘what is the status of my box’,” said
Wallace.
The container search system has been
introduced as part of an overall business strategy
for a more unified and consistent service across
the group. As part of the complementary IT
strategy, Forth Ports has also recently transitioned
its two container businesses onto a common and
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association with TCS.
The group also created a new website with a
comprehensive new solution providing a much
clearer and more unified perspective on Forth
Ports as a group, facilitating structured and easy
access to specifics on its various ports and
associated services.
Forth Ports owns and operates six ports in total.
Aside from Tilbury and Grangemouth, the group
runs four other ports in Scotland; Leith, Dundee,
Rosyth and Fife.
www.forthports.co.uk
(435) 754-7875
www.transchill.com
[email protected]
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