A crucial part of managing supply chain efficiently is being regularly updated about the movement of all your international shipments. It is the visibility over your containers that can equip you to make quick and sound decisions in case of any disruptions.

Today, several online container tracking tools make it possible to track your shipment in real-time by offering you the exact, live location of your container at any given point in time.

The best kind of systems are those which give you automatic updates every time your container completes an essential milestone in its journey. This way, while the system auto-notifies you about the real-time location of your container by tracking and tracing your shipment in real-time , your team can focus on more critical tasks at hand.

Typically, the system notifies you when there is a status change or a delay due to some disruption. Some of the crucial status changes are as follows:

• When the container gets loaded onto the carrier
• When the carrier carrying the container leaves the place of loading
• When the carrier arrives at the transhipment place
• When the container is loaded onto another carrier at the transhipment place, and that carrier departs from the place
• When the carrier carrying container reaches the place of destination
• When the designated consignee receives the container