Ocean Container Tracking From Coyote & OpenTrack: What Shippers Need to Know
If you ship freight in an ocean container — that is a 20’, 40’ or 45’ international shipping container — tracking doesn’t need to leave you searching for answers.
We work with OpenTrack to provide greater visibility than ever to our intermodal customers who utilize ocean containers. From vessel to port to any rail terminal in the U.S., OpenTrack and can provide the latest info on your shipment’s whereabouts.
Want to know where your freight is on its voyage? Read on to find out how.
What Is OpenTrack?
OpenTrack is a data visibility platform that uses API integration with ocean carriers, rail carriers, and terminals to identify milestone events for ocean containers in transit. According to their website, more than 99% of global containerized shipments are covered by their network.
Data from these milestones — arrival and departure check-ins at terminals, exception alerts — is available to providers who work with OpenTrack as well as directly to the shippers who move freight with those providers.
That means if your intermodal shipment with Coyote uses a container that originated at an ocean port, OpenTrack can give you the most up-to-date location and status information about it possible.
How Do I Track My Freight With OpenTrack?
To view the latest updates for any ocean container freight you’ve shipped with Coyote, you’ll need to contact your rep who can activate login credentials for you with OpenTrack.
These credentials (which will use your own email address) will enable you to sign in at dashboard.opentrack.co where you will be able to access tracking milestones for each of your international container shipments with Coyote.
Note: OpenTrack only tracks international shipping containers. It cannot be used for domestic intermodal freight.
What Are the Benefits to Tracking With Coyote and OpenTrack?
Digital tracking has many benefits for shippers in any mode, but OpenTrack and Coyote provide some unique ones for container shippers. When you use OpenTrack for ocean container tracking, you’ll get:
- End-to-end visibility for inbound shipments from global suppliers as well as outbound shipments that utilize ocean containers.
- Time savings for your supply chain team when they don’t need to call carriers and terminals for updates.
- Improved on-time delivery metrics due to prompt drayage.
- Lower transportation costs when you’re able to avoid demurrage and detention.
Ask Us About Container Drayage
Container tracking through OpenTrack is just one of the many ways our drayage team helps find the right carrier at any port or rail terminal to get your container on the road or rail fast.
Learn more about our nationwide drayage offerings and talk to our shipping specialists about all the ways we can help you link your global freight to your domestic supply chain.