Track your containers, documents and costs

Keep your imports moving

Container milestone history, estimated dates, document handoffs, and recorded shipment charges and allocations — built for import businesses and the freight forwarders they work with.

• Importer Operations Overview An integrated dashboard for importers: summary cards for recorded shipment statuses and estimated dates, with an inline container spotlight that opens any shipment in place.
• Per-Shipment Freight-Forwarder Agent Assign a forwarder agent to each shipment, follow a progress and milestone timeline, and keep a fees ledger with record-payment entries so every charge and settlement is on the shipment.
• PO-Anchored Container Documents BOLs, packing lists, commercial invoices, and certificates attach to a container by purchase order and are shared with WMS inbound — the same document is visible in the portal and at receiving.
• Container Milestone Tracking Review recorded BOL, vessel, voyage, and status milestones for each container — booked, departed, in transit, arrived, customs, delivered — with timestamped updates. Estimated departure and arrival dates are planning fields for review, not live GPS positions, guaranteed arrival times, or guaranteed end-to-end tracking.
• Forwarder Workspace Tabs For freight forwarders: a workspace with containers, voyages, clients, an operations kanban, shipment document upload and review status, and recorded history for assigned shipping records.
• Role-Scoped Partner Portals Give forwarders and importer clients their own scoped view of only their shipments and documents — each partner login sees just its own shared records.
• Shipment Cost Allocation at Goods Receipt Record freight, duty, agent fees, and handling against the container and allocate captured amounts to received goods under configured allocation and accounting rules. Completeness depends on captured charges, final invoices, configuration, and human review.
• Shipment Document Upload & Review Upload files to a shipment record with a document type, keep them attached to the shipment, and track the importer's review status. Users create and maintain container and cost records separately from uploaded files.
• HS Codes & Origin Review OLT records HS codes and countries of origin, identifies missing values, and supports importer and freight-forwarder request and review workflows. OLT does not independently validate classifications, calculate duty, or file with customs authorities.

Shipping guides

• Who is the Shipping Portal built for?

  It is a shipping portal and ocean-freight operations workspace for importers and the freight forwarders who serve them. Importers get an Operations Overview with container milestones, estimated dates, PO-anchored documents, and recorded shipment charges and allocations; forwarders get a workspace with containers, voyages, clients, an operations kanban, document upload and review status, and history. It is not a parcel/multi-carrier label tool.

• How does ocean container tracking work — is there live GPS?

  Containers are tracked by BOL, vessel, and voyage through recorded status milestones — booked, departed, in transit, arrived, customs, and delivered — with a timestamped history at each checkpoint. Estimated departure and arrival dates are planning fields that can change and require review against available milestone updates; the portal does not provide live GPS positioning or guarantee arrival timing.

• What does the per-shipment freight-forwarder agent do?

  You assign a forwarder agent to a shipment, then follow a progress and milestone timeline and keep a fees ledger on that shipment. Charges are logged and settled with record-payment entries, so every fee and payment stays attached to the container it belongs to.

• How are documents shared with the warehouse?

  Container documents are anchored to the purchase order, and the PO is the shared key with WMS inbound. The same BOL, packing list, or commercial invoice you attach in the portal is visible at receiving — there is no separate upload or re-keying between the two.

• How are shipment costs allocated at goods receipt?

  Teams can record freight, duty, handling, and forwarder agent charges against a container and allocate captured amounts to received goods for inventory valuation. Completeness depends on capturing all applicable charges and final invoices, the configured allocation and accounting rules, and human review.

• How are HS codes and countries of origin handled?

  Users can upload shipment documents for importer review. OLT records HS codes and countries of origin, identifies missing values, and supports importer and freight-forwarder request and review workflows. OLT does not independently validate classifications, calculate duty, or file with customs authorities. Users create and maintain container and cost records separately from uploaded files.

Where to go next

Continue with the industry workflow closest to your operation, review the integrations OLT can connect, or contact us to discuss your project.