Hapag launches Live Position, first dry container tracking product

By being the first container shipping line to introduce a fleet-wide dry container tracking product, Hapag is demonstrating its commitment to deploying IoT technology in logistics on a large scale. More than two thirds of the dry container fleets have already been equipped with tracking devices. Installations continue globally to catch the last boxes during the summer.

The Live Position product will contribute to our service quality and increase the ease of doing business with us. It does close the blind spots of global logistics, enabling real-time decision-making and risk mitigation for our customers while allowing a more efficient steering of our fleet of boxes: Maximilian Rothkopf, Hapag-Lloyd

We are currently working on feeding the tracking data into the customers’ operational systems via API. Another milestone for advancing the product will be the estimated time of arrival (ETA) prediction: Henrik Schilling, Hapag-Lloyd

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