A.P. Moller Group multi-trade carrier Safmarine has enhanced its user-friendly web site
www.safmarine.com
with a number of new and exclusive features.
For the first time, shippers and freight forwarders are able to plan the delivery of their export containers to the port of shipment by accessing up to date information on stack opening and cut off times, from a single web site. Jan Van Dooren, Safmarine's e-commerce executive, explained:
"The Safmarine web-site has, for some months, served our on-line customers with:
* e-bookings
* Schedule enquiries
* Track & trace
* Vessel/voyage exchange rates
* Web Bill of Lading
And we are now proud to announce that access to reliable stack dates information is easily sourced from our user-friendly web site. "In addition, and in response to our customers' requests, we have simplified our e-bookings module, added door-to-door routings to our voyage enquiry window and enhanced track & trace information with state of the art technology linked to our internal information systems."
Suzette Smith, Logistics and Planning Manager of South African shipper, Sch"umann-Sasol, stated:
"It is a first web-bill for Safmarine and also for Sch"umann-Sasol (and the Sasol Group of companies); not only in South Africa, but globally.
Going hand in hand with this are also the freight invoices being received electronically, which speed up the whole process by approximately three weeks. This would not have been possible without the support from my team, who never questioned the change nor showed any resistance, but took the challenge head one, and of course Safmarine's staff who showed total commitment and dedication towards the project. The are the success. As soon as we have the whole chain operational we should be able to calculate the cost saving, but indications are that it will be significant."
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