Beyond Carrier Portals: The Multi-Carrier Tracking Advantage Managing global supply chains across multiple ocean carriers - like Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM, and Hapag-Lloyd - often leads to fragmented visibility. Manual status checks consume valuable operational hours and...
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How to Create and Reuse Custom Equipment on Pier2Pier
FAQ Question: Can I create my own custom equipment (like specialized containers or trucks)? Yes! You can easily create, save, and manage your own custom equipment sizes for future load calculations. Note: Custom user-defined pallets are currently in development and...

Introduction to the Swiss Army Knife of Logistics – Pier2Pier.com
Managing global supply chains in today's fast-paced freight environment requires more than just standard tracking links. While individual shipping line portals get the job done for a single container, logistics coordinators, export teams, and freight forwarders...

Guide to 3D Load Calculator
Ordering freight equipment based on guesswork is one of the most expensive habits in logistics. Whether shipping via ocean containers, trailers, or air freight ULDs, underutilizing available space directly inflates your transport cost per unit. Conversely,...

Loading non-dangerous and dangerous goods in the same container – best practices and rules
Introduction: Can dangerous and non-dangerous cargo be mixed? Transporting dangerous goods (DG) together with non-dangerous cargo in the same container is legally permitted-but only under tightly regulated conditions. This setup often appeals to logistics teams...

The Growing Complexity of Supply Chain Tech
What Is a Supply Chain Tech Stack? A supply chain tech stack is the set of digital systems that companies use to manage logistics and trade. At its core, it combines tools that handle planning, movement, storage, and customer delivery. The most common systems include:...

From Shipping Insider to the Multi-Carrier “Swiss Army Knife” of Logistics
Two decades ago, while working within some of the world’s largest logistics companies, Erik Efland - our founder, noticed a persistent, frustrating reality: global transport was severely limited by data silos. Tracking a single shipment meant jumping between multiple...

The Ultimate Guide to Container Optimization: Are You Paying to Ship Air Around the World?
Why pay too much for shipments simply because they aren’t packed optimally? This is a question many logistics managers should ask themselves more often. Freight rates fluctuate wildly, and the pressure on supply chains has never been greater; therefore, efficient...

Beginner’s guide to container track and trace
Why container visibility matters from day one Global trade moves at an enormous scale. Every year, more than 250 million shipping containers travel across oceans, and ports such as Shanghai in China, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and Los Angeles in the United States...