Container tracking, done for you
We chase your factory, forwarder and the port so you don't have to. Every container, document, deadline and cost in one calm place, from factory to delivery.
Illustrative dataShipment overview
PI-DEMO-024 Shanghai to Felixstowe
From the factory floor to your warehouse door
Your container, clearly in view.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Industry figures from the sources cited. They describe global shipping and trade, not Portside's own usage.
of the volume of world merchandise trade is carried by sea
of containers handled in ports worldwide in 2024
of world port container traffic in 2024 was handled in ports in developing economies of Asia
of UK goods imports from China in the four quarters to end Q1 2026 — the UK's 2nd-largest source of imported goods
ports of call on MSC's network alone, across 300 trade routes
container vessels deployed by Maersk, operating in around 130 countries
From start to finish
Every shipment moves through the same milestones, so everyone knows where things stand and what happens next.
Illustrative Asia – North Europe lane via Suez. Map: Natural Earth.
Stage 1 of 8
In production
Production dates and deposits in view before anything ships.
Production dates and deposits in view before anything ships.
Know the moment goods are ready, and what is still to pay.
Real photos from the factory as your container is loaded, sealed and sent off.
Departure confirmed with the B/L and ETD.
A live ETA countdown, and every slip in its history.
The free-time clock starts at discharge.
Documents ticked off before they hold up clearance.
Delivered, with the true landed cost per unit.
New to importing?
How a container gets from a factory in China to your door, what the jargon means, what it really costs, and what happens when plans change.
Built for the details
Follow the movement, watch the money and give everyone the right view of what's next. Try them: these are the real rules, with illustrative figures.
Landed cost
Freight and duty allocated across invoice lines, by value, quantity or equally, converted to pounds. Move the rate or the freight and watch each unit cost update.
FX moves
Open USD invoices are flagged when the GBP cost moves 2% or £250 since invoicing.
+£192 (+2.0%)
Alert: review before paying
USD 12,000 balance invoiceDemurrage & detention
The clock starts at discharge. Amber three days out, red once charges start.
5 free days left
Supplier scorecard
On-time readiness, document quality and full shipments, supplier by supplier.
Client portals
You see every client. Each client company sees only its own shipments, enforced in the database.
Review queue
Structured updates wait for your approval before they touch live data. Email and PDF extraction is not connected yet.
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Friday digest
The week's arrivals, payments and gaps in one preview. It is not emailed.
Also in view: payment tracking, packing-list mismatch checks and an estimated route map (based on dates, not live vessel tracking). See it with your data
Pricing
We do the chasing, you get the answers. Avoiding a few days of demurrage, or catching one FX move before you pay, can cover it. Every plan includes every feature.
For occasional shipments. No subscription, no commitment.
£280/containerPer container, tracked from factory to delivery
Book a demoFor regular importers. Better value than pay as you go from 3 containers a month.
£750/month5 containers a month included (£150 each), then £150 per extra container
Book a demoFor importers regularly moving 10 or more containers a month.
CustomVolume pricing tailored to you
Talk to usIncluded in every plan
Prices in GBP, excluding VAT. Client companies you invite never pay: their portal is part of your plan.
Let's talk imports
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