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Container Shipping Tracking

A logistics platform that tracks sea-to-land import shipments from the origin port to the final warehouse, with milestones, documents and alerts in one system.

Illustrated dashboard of the Container Shipping Tracking system showing container milestones and shipment status

The challenge

Imported containers pass through many stages, from ocean transit and port clearance to road transport and empty return. The team followed them across spreadsheets, emails and chats, so delays, missing documents and late container returns were hard to spot until they became costly. Each shipment involves a Bill of Lading, several containers and many people, and each of them shares updates in a different way. When one document is missing, the next step stalls, and every extra day a container stays out of its free period can add detention or demurrage charges. The company needed one place where everyone sees the same, current status, and where a shipment cannot quietly skip a step.

Our solution

We built a web platform that records every Bill of Lading and container and moves it through a clear milestone workflow. Each stage is gated on the required documents. Operators update ETAs daily, transporters see their assigned jobs, and the system watches container free-time deadlines and notifies the right people. Each Bill of Lading holds its containers, cargo details and documents in one record. A shipment moves through defined milestones, from vessel departure to the final warehouse and the return of the empty container, and the system checks that the documents for a stage are in place before it lets the shipment move on. Transporters sign in and see only the jobs assigned to them, while administrators manage users, roles and master data. Because the system counts down each container's free time, a late return becomes an early warning instead of a surprise charge.

Results

  • Every shipment and container tracked from vessel departure to empty return
  • Required documents checked at each stage before a shipment moves on
  • Container free-time deadlines tracked to help avoid detention and demurrage charges
  • Role-based access for administrators, operators and transporters
  • One shared, current view for the whole team instead of spreadsheets, emails and chats
  • Daily ETA updates kept in one place, with the right people notified
  • Transporters see only the jobs assigned to them

Technology

  • Next.js
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • Auth.js
  • Built with Claude (AI-assisted)

Companies using this system

  • Import India Ltd
  • SV Paper Products Ltd
  • H&M Investments Ltd
  • Bonus Industries Ltd

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