We have made a number of improvements this week to our services and products, especially with the design elements and have already received positive feedback from users.
If you missed last week’s update post, you can find it here.
Updated design for the first page and site elements
Our designers continue to work on new layouts and themes for our website to make it convenient for users and improve the experience.
Check out the updated grey theme on our website.
SeaRates’ current data and news can now be viewed on the main page.
You can also get acquainted with all our tools and have direct access to them from the main page.
Tracking System
This week, we’ve made improvements to the way we work with shipping lines such as Hapag Lloyd, PIL, CMA-CGM, Hyundai.
Check our Tracking System here.
We have added support for twelve more shipping lines:
- Atlantic Container Line (ACL),
- Admiral Container Lines,
- Heung-A Shipping,
- Ignazio Messina,
- Australia National Line (ANL),
- Pacific Direct Line (PDL),
- Crowley Maritime,
- Ethiopian Shipping Line,
- Pan Asia Line,
- Pan Continental Shipping,
- Marguisa Shipping Lines,
- SETH Shipping
Our improved data transmission algorithms expands coverage and improves the accuracy of cargo tracking, allowing you to quickly determine ship locations. We are in the process of negotiating with other shipping lines to expand coverage.
If you want to add a search for a specific line, please contact us at [email protected].
Virtual Office
Our Virtual Office is a universal workspace that can be used conveniently by our users. It includes features for managing logistics or trading business.
In this release we have restructured the Virtual Office to provide 3 profile types:
- Vendor - free account for carriers.
- Carrier - account for DFA members.
- Shipper.
This ensures that you are working with reliable freight forwarders.
We have added the DFA Networks tab. You can now watch and subscribe to other DFA members or Vendors.
Your profile indicates the number of valid rates for you and your partners. We also added priority services for each company - land, sea, air.
Book your freight on SeaRates and use the tools for free
Great news for our users. Book any quote on SeaRates to ship your goods and get access to premium functionality of three tools for free, for the entire period of delivery:
- Load Calculator
- Cargo Wizard
- Container Tracking
Privacy Policy page
We have updated our Privacy Policy and the information can be found here.
Terms of Service page
Our updated service terms and conditions can be found here.
Digital Freight Alliance development
The DF Alliance now has 444 members from 174 countries. New members were added this week from Russia, Hong Kong and Israel.
We continue to get positive feedback from new members as they start their journey with DFA.
Read more about it here from the latest case study with our DFA member, Chinese Brothers Ltd.
Stay tuned for DFA updates on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Upcoming updates
Load Calculator
Our new Load Calculator app is under development and will soon be available to our users.
We encourage you to join our open group on Telegram for updates in international logistics. Subscribe to our Telegram channel for news on the latest innovations and trends.
