How it works

Container transport, run by an AI agent — step by step.

The whole journey of a container move, and what your AI agent does at every step.

New to AI agents? Here's the simplest picture: a back-office clerk that works your entire container transport day. Follow one move, from posting to payment — and see the agent working at every step.

The workflow

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Post it — or just drop the document

A forwarder or shipper posts the move: port, addresses, dates, containers. Or drops a booking, arrival notice or delivery order — as text or a PDF.

AI agentThe agent reads the document and fills the whole order — containers, refs, multi-stop addresses and dates — and checks every address.
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Matched truckers quote

Vetted transporters at that port see the job in their pool and price it, per container.

AI agentThe agent surfaces the job in each trucker's cockpit and can auto-quote within their own rules — day and night.
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Bargain, then award

Both sides can bargain — send a target price back and forth — then the order-giver awards, guided by each company's live score.

AI agentThe agent flags every open bargain to act on, and recalls what you usually charge at that port.
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Digital pick-up release

The trucker sends their pick-up code — Antwerp CPU/SCR, Rotterdam Portbase, Hamburg DAKOSY — to the order-giver, who releases the box in the port system.

AI agentThe agent writes the exact release request for the right port system, ready to send.
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Dispatch — planned to the minute

The customer wants the box at a set time. The dispatcher plans backwards: road distance, a 45-min break after every 4.5h of driving, and the driver who has the hours.

AI agentThe agent computes the real truck road route, inserts the legal breaks, and tells you exactly when the driver must leave.
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Live ETA — answer instantly

Every truck is tracked. When a customer asks “when will it arrive?”, the answer is one tap away.

AI agentThe agent routes from the truck's live GPS to the address and hands you a ready-to-send arrival time.
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Demurrage & detention — guarded for the cargo owner

Free time, detention and the port cut-off run on every container — and those penalties fall on the shipper or forwarder.

AI agentThe agent watches every demurrage, detention and cut-off clock and warns the order-giver before a penalty hits — so the cargo never racks up charges.
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Invoice, terms & get paid on time

The trucker invoices; the order-giver accepts it as correct and agrees a payment term (Net 15/30/45). Paying by the due date counts as on-time — and builds your score.

AI agentThe agent reads the invoice, checks it matches the deal, tracks the due date, and records on-time payment.

One agent. Every step.

From the first order to the final payment, your AI agent reads the documents, plans the runs, guards the clocks and remembers every job — so you move boxes, not paperwork. And it briefs you every morning: what's at risk, what to quote, what to invoice.

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How it works — ContainerTransport by Freightain