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Trade flows, vessels and containers

A price is only half of an import decision. The other half is whether the cargo arrives this week or next month — so we track the shipment as closely as we track the market.

What we cover in trade flows

Container tracking

Follow a container by number across carrier and terminal systems: current status, route events, port-by-port timing and the vessel leg it is riding on.

Vessel movements

Search by name, IMO or MMSI for position, voyage details, ETA and port calls — useful long before your cargo is discharged.

Terminal & port status

Karachi and Port Qasim terminal inquiries, including bill of lading and container status from the terminals your cargo actually clears through.

Import & export context

Trade-flow visibility that shows what is moving, where from and in what volume — the demand signal behind the price move.

Freight cost awareness

Ocean freight is a real line in your landed cost. Track it alongside the commodity so your quote reflects the whole delivered number.

Exception alerts

Get told when a shipment slips, a vessel diverts or a container sits longer than it should — before your customer calls to ask.

Why it matters

Landed cost, not headline price

Importers do not buy a benchmark; they buy a delivered tonne. When the commodity price, the freight and the arrival date live in three different systems, the real number never gets calculated until it is too late to act on it.

  • One view of price and cargo. The market data and the shipment status in the same platform.
  • Fewer status calls. Your team stops phoning the forwarder for an update that a screen can answer.
  • Demurrage avoided. Knowing arrival and free-time early is the cheapest risk control in the business.
  • Customer confidence. Answer "where is my order" with a timestamp instead of an estimate.
marketlens · shipment tracking
In transit18
At port6
Delayed2
MSKU••••231 — Shanghai → KarachiETA 12 dOn time
TGHU••••804 — Jebel Ali → QasimETA 3 dOn time
CAIU••••117 — Istanbul → KarachiETA 21 d+4 d delay
Vessel · MV example — dischargingBerth 4Alongside

Illustrative view. Live tracking is provisioned per client account.

Track the cargo, not just the market

See how price intelligence and shipment tracking work together on one screen.