INTTRA-LINK Brings Connectivity Options to the Ocean Freight Transportation Industry
June 25, 2002
Shippers can now connect their existing systems to a single, standardized portal and gain rapid access to the world's leading carriers
Hong Kong, Copenhagen, and Parsippany, NJ USA - June 25, 2002 - INTTRA, Inc. (www.inttra.com), the leading provider of business-to-business ocean freight services, announced today the general availability of INTTRA-LINK, a solution which connects the commercial and proprietary business systems of shippers, forwarders, and consignees to the network of INTTRA carriers. Select shippers and forwarders have already installed and fully integrated INTTRA-LINK with their existing business processes. Together, INTTRA-LINK and INTTRA-ACT, the company's web-access solution, can deliver flexible solutions to the ocean shipping community quickly and easily. INTTRA leads the industry in the development and implementation of business process standards, and presently supports comprehensive connectivity to nearly half of the world's ocean container capacity.
"Although both INTTRA-LINK and INTTRA-ACT may be used independently for managing bookings and documentation, their usage may also be combined to deliver the flexibility that certain organizations require," says Jane Biddle, Chief Commercial Officer, INTTRA. "INTTRA can guide a customer through a process review in order to deliver a customized connectivity solution that meets the customer's needs. Then, customers can select how they wish to connect to INTTRA for each key business process."
INTTRA offers a standardized ocean logistics execution platform to shippers, consignees, and logistics providers around the world and is sponsored by many of the world's leading ocean carriers. INTTRA is utilized globally and has managed more than 280,000 bookings and 2.4 million container events since its inception.
About INTTRA
Incorporated in January 2001 and financially sponsored by a group of leading global carriers and logistics providers ( CMA CGM, Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Maersk Sealand, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., P&O Nedlloyd, and United Arab Shipping Company), INTTRA's mission is to drive efficiencies into the ocean transportation industry by streamlining and standardizing traditionally inefficient processes. INTTRA enables shippers, freight forwarders, third party logistics providers, brokers, importers, and industry portals to manage the booking and tracking of cargo across multiple shipping lines in a single integrated process. With headquarters in Parsippany, NJ U.S.A., and offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Hong Kong, China, INTTRA's Web-based portal meets today's demand for simplicity, transparency, neutrality, and confidentiality across the global supply chain, and is designed to deliver connectivity by establishing global shipping standards.