CargoSphere: eSUDS for Ocean Carriers

CargoSphere announced eSUDS (electronic - Smart Upload and Diagnostics Solution), designed to allow ocean carriers, through an automated, digital framework, to systematize the process of distributing freight rates to customers online in real-time.

With eSUDS, CargoSphere has created a 100% digital infrastructure, a single platform, for ocean rate and tariff distribution.  It serves all parties involved with global, containerized transportation: carriers, BCO shippers, freight forwarders, NVOs and logistics service providers.   This confidential, collaborative process immediately provides customers with visibility to new or amended rates thus delivering a more efficient and timely process for this traditionally complex, time consuming and costly aspect of ocean shipping.

1. Ocean carrier updates: confidential contracts, rate sheets, and/or global tariffs (surcharges) in its internal system
2. Carrier's rate system triggers creation of an export file containing new or updated rates and sends it to the  CargoSphere system via sftp
3. eSUDS detects the new carrier rate file and initiates the diagnostics process
4. eSUDS reads the carrier file, converts carrier codes and data structures into CargoSphere Rate Mesh standards
5. eSUDS inserts updated rates into carrier's CargoSphere cloud system; including intelligently checking whether the rates are new or amendments and processing accordingly
6. Updated rates are automatically shared via the CargoSphere Rate Mesh in either the customer's CargoSphere system or they can be made available on the carrier's website
7. Customers gain immediate visibility to updated rates: base rates and/or tariffs; bottom-line rates are available if the carrier is distributing both base and tariff rates