Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?The global pandemic has caused a ruckus in the economy but logistics has risen as an efficient place of access for consumers with doorstep deliveries and minimum human interaction. The scenario and challenges faced by logistical corporations globally are generally common except Middle East countries, which have uncommon issues such as imprecise locations.The level of complexity of the existing trade network in the Gulf is beyond any imagination. The UAE has been a major logistics provider in the region, but due to the increase in the e-commerce business,…

Onboard All Your Team Members on Shipsy!

Onboard all your teams on Shipsy! With Shipsy’s team management tool, enable your teams to work independently with data being accessed only by the respective team members Access Right on Shipment and InquiresYou can define public (organisation level), private or team access permission for shipments and inquiries while creation, ensuring that information is only shared with the intended people in the organisation, maintaining complete data privacyAssign POC for Your ShipperYou can also map a POC team and lead for your shipper/ FF/ customer or supplier organisations so that inquiries are sent or responded only by the teams managing the particular…

Get Rid of Your Excels for Managing Shipments with Shipsy

Shipsy's technology platform will not only help you digitize your entire shipment operations from PO / SO to Delivery, so that you can get rid of all your excel sheets, but we will also help with the following 3 things Automate Data Flow From Shipping LinesAll the various fields in the excel can be maintained on Shipsy. Around 30% of these fields are related to Shipping Line events. Shipsy captures over 50+ different events through integrations with liners to automate this data flow.Automate Data Movement To and From Your ERPAllow all the other data for a shipment such as product…

Track Products Within A Container through Shipsy

Shipsy’s Container Tracking software automatically tracks container movements across 40+ shipping lines. Now, you can add products inside a container and track the movement at a product level too! The platform is now enabled to add shipments and send updates through APIs! This ensures complete automation and real time sync with your ERP. Maintain Product Master Product codes along with description can be maintained in the setup section of the tool. These can also be synced automatically from your ERP system. Add Products To Container While adding Container Numbers, you can also add product codes and quantity in the same…

Blank Sailings Due to Corona Virus-Increasing Shipping Costs

What is Blank Sailing?  A blank sailing (avoid sailing) is a sailing that has been cancelled by the carrier. A blank sailing could mean a vessel is skipping one port, or that the entire journey is cancelled. Why is it Happening Right Now?  With container exports from China reduced drastically, Shipping lines were losing millions of dollars sailing as per committed schedule but with ships partially filled.  The only way to sail with good volume so that the journey is profitable for the shipping line is to reduce the total sailings between a pair of ports.  This will mean that…

Understand How ‘Blank Sailings’ Due to Corona Virus are Increasing Port Congestion

The spread of the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 is affecting the shipping industry in unprecedented ways. As all countries are taking measures to restrict the outbreak, the shipping industry has been majorly impacted. Large number of containers have been stuck in transshipment and the rise of 'Blank Sailings' by shipping lines has lead to a shortage of 'Empty Containers'.   Containers Stuck in Transshipment Across Major Ports in the World Trade restrictions across major ports of the world, to prevent the Corona Virus outbreak have lead to containers being stuck in Transshipment. This is affecting the profitability of shippers on…

Avoid Hidden Charges on International Shipments

We at Shipsy are always striving to improve our platform by learning from and responding to the Industry needs! Shipsy’s rate procurement software comes powered with intelligence around local charges, intelligent reference rates and multiple dashboards around cost saving and vendor participation. These help you remain proactive and finalize rates in a more transparent and efficient manner.   Pre-Loaded Local Charges While local charges are public information, shippers are often quoted incorrect rates due to manual errors. Shipsy maintains a sync with all shipping lines and ensures local charges are updated on actuals. Customize Your Charge Master Be in control…

Use ‘Transshipment Ageing’ to raise ‘Hot Load’ Requests.

We at Shipsy are always striving to improve our platform by learning from and responding to the Industry needs!In an attempt to bring in more visibility and analytics, we have introduced a new section to our Shipment Tracking Dashboard Insights- Transhipment Ageing. Shipsy’s Container Tracking software comes powered with a Insights dashboard which keeps track of your Transshipment Ageing. This helps you remain proactive and raise 'Hot Load' requests in a much efficient manner  Bulk Upload' ContainersShipsy's dashboard allows you to upload BL/Container numbers easily using an excel sheet. Once uploaded, Shipsy provides real-time tracking of all them, which keeps getting updated…