Study: Ocean carrier ETAs are often inaccurate or missing completely

Many ocean carrier estimated time of arrival (ETA) estimates are not only inaccurate but frequently missing, according to an analysis of more than 500,000 shipments a year conducted by Tradlinx, a supply chain data platform based in South Korea.The report found that carriers left the ETA blank in 42,832 cases, or 8.43% of shipments, most often while cargo was waiting at a transshipment port. In fact, nearly three in four…

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