Global ocean shipping electronic platform INTTRA has seen a 17% increase in container volume for the first half of 2016 over the same period in 2015 as the number of container orders on its core transaction platform grew to record levels.
This against a background of less than 4% growth in overall market container volume year over year through May 2016, according to container trade statistics.
INTTRA’s container volume excludes volumes processed through the INTTRA eVGM Service that transmits messages from more than a thousand shippers to 47 ocean carriers in order to facilitate compliance with new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) container weight requirements, which went into effect on July 1.
"The global shipping industry has reached a tipping point where digital shipping management is now a competitive necessity and INTTRA’s comprehensive platform is meeting their needs," said CEO John Fay.
The company has seen strong growth of electronic booking and shipping instructions with the 18.4 million containers processed by INTTRA in the first half of 2016. To assist customers with better visibility of their cargo, INTTRA sends more than 180 million unique container status events worldwide annually.
