European container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has announced that more than 1.5 tracking device-equipped containers now have HERE Technologies’ location service integrated. The partnership’s financial details were not disclosed.
Hapag-Lloyd, which offers its smart container tracking solution Live Position, has leveraged their known expertise in sea freight to offer a multi-modal solution, said Amol Naik, senior product manager at HERE Technologies. The company offers containers for rail, barge and truck transportation networks.
“While we already know where each container is at any moment, our collaboration with HERE allows us to predict where it will be across any transport mode, in any country. This capability significantly boosts our operational planning and supports our customers,” said Patrick Briest, Hapag-Lloyd’s head of network and operations IT products, in a statement.
HERE Tracking, which is deployed on 90 percent of Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet and will be on all company containers by next year, enables organizations to track the location of goods and time-critical shipments, the company said. “Logistics companies and fleet owners benefit by acquiring this information and distributing it timely to shippers and carriers,” Naik said. “Increasingly, companies are also gathering estimated time of arrival (ETA) predictions, milestones such as pick-ups and drop-offs, delays due to traffic incidences, and even calculating emission footprints.”
In other HERE Technologies news, Maxar Intelligence has expanded its partnership with the mapping giant to enhance the company’s mapmaking process through the integration of Maxar’s geospatial products. HERE has used Maxar’s satellite imagery and geospatial content products for more than 15 years, the company said.
As part of a multiyear deal, HERE has subscribed to Maxar’s Geospatial Platform Pro for access to high-resolution imagery collected by the Maxar constellation. This includes Maxar’s Vivid imagery basemaps.
