Yusen Logistics Taps Into Route Master for Ocean Route Planning

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - May 17, 2017) - CargoSmart Limited, a global shipment management software solutions provider that leverages big data for greater visibility and benchmarking, today announced that Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd., a leading global supply chain logistics company, is using Route Master to gain insights to optimize its ocean route planning. Providing extensive information about 29 ocean carriers' available services, Route Master helps Yusen Logistics discover the best routing options to prepare for carrier contract negotiations, make shipment plan recommendations to its customers, and establish routing guides for its internal teams based on the insights.

Introduced in March 2017, Route Master is an unprecedented tool that helps Yusen Logistics visualize and optimize their ocean container shipping routes based on weighted parameters and improve its route planning process. It provides the company with exact port pair and service details to match its clients' needs and prepare for contracting with its carriers. It also provides valuable information to share with clients to demonstrate the options available and the basis for recommending specific services. Lastly, the insights help to build its routing guide to ensure that Yusen Logistics' teams book according to the plans that best meet their customers' needs.

"One of our company's missions is to use innovative technologies to make continuous business improvements to benefit our customers," said Chris Kwan, general manager of Yusen Logistics. "Leveraging Route Master's rich data and analytics power helps us to enhance the service we provide to our customers with intelligent tools for the global logistics industry."

Route Master is an ocean route optimization tool that helps shippers and logistics service providers visualize and compare carriers' new routes, transit times, vessel operators, and reliability. Route Master covers over 830 ports and 3,800 vessel services offered by 29 ocean carriers. Its scope includes proforma schedules from the past three months and through the future six months. Customers can discover new route possibilities by combining schedules available from multiple carriers and run simulations to compare and rank routes based on multiple dimensions.

Knowing all possible route scenarios and being able to easily compare them can help shippers and logistics service providers reduce risk and optimize performance. "Route Master provides the data and insights to support our customers' ocean route planning," said Lionel Louie, chief commercial officer of CargoSmart. "We are pleased that Yusen Logistics is able to extract insights to help it deliver more value-added services to its customers."

To learn more about Route Master, please visit www.routemaster.digital.

About Yusen Logistics

Yusen Logistics (www.yusen-logistics.com) is an award-winning global supply chain logistics company with 60 years of expertise in freight forwarding and transportation. With over 22,000 employees and 514 bases, we service Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and North America. Along with our global and domestic network, we are committed to deliver high performance supply chain and transportation solutions leading to value-added results. Specializing in all parts of the supply chain, Yusen Logistics offers thought leadership in industries such as retail, automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods.

About CargoSmart

CargoSmart Limited provides global shipment management software solutions that enable shippers, consignees, logistics service providers, NVOCCs, and ocean carriers to improve planning and on-time deliveries. With a growing network of container carriers and terminals, CargoSmart leverages big data sources and a cloud-based platform to offer award-winning sailing schedules, visibility, documentation, contract management, compliance, and benchmarking solutions. Launched in 2000, CargoSmart has helped over 160,000 transportation and logistics professionals to increase delivery reliability, lower transportation costs, and streamline operations. For more information, please visit www.cargosmart.com.