$1,600
One missed container. Four extra days at the terminal. Demurrage runs $150 to $400 per container per day the moment free time expires.
Container tracking automation
Your containers. Tracked around the clock. Demurrage avoided.
Portbound Ops monitors your containers and alerts your team as last free day approaches. No new software, no portal logins required.
- Fast setup
- No new portals
- No long-term contracts
$300+
avg. demurrage per container per day
Free
quote for your container volume →
0
new portals for your team to check
Mon
weekly summary in your inbox
The problem
The charges are running.
Right now.
5 portals
MSC, Maersk, Evergreen, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd. Your team checks them all every morning. One container slips. Then another. By the time the invoice arrives, there's nothing to dispute.
0 warning
Free days don't send a reminder. Container statuses don't update on a schedule. Without automated monitoring, your first alert is the invoice.
How it works
Simple to start.
Works where you do.
No integrations to build. No portals to share access to. We handle the setup.
Simple intake, zero manual work
Getting shipments into the system is effortless. No portal access needed, no copy-pasting container numbers. Just a quick action from whoever handles the booking.
Warned at 72, 48, and 24 hours
We flag containers at 72, 48, and 24 hours before last free day so dispatch has time to act before free time runs out.
Alerts where your team already works
Slack channel or email inbox, your choice. Overdue containers flagged in red. Available ones in green. No new dashboard to check every morning.
See your savings every Monday
A weekly summary hits your inbox: containers tracked, warnings sent, estimated charges avoided. A number you can show your team and your clients.
See it in action
This is what your team
sees every morning.
Container number, status, location, days left. Everything dispatch needs to act. Nothing they don't.
Slack
Live alerts in your team's Slack channel. Overdue containers in red, available ones in green. Your dispatch sees what needs attention without logging into anything.
Monday morning email
See what your week looked like.
Every Monday a short summary hits your inbox. Containers tracked, warnings sent, estimated charges avoided. A number your ops team can point to.
Get a free quote
Fewer surprises.
More control.
Who it's for
If demurrage is eating
your margin, this is for you.
Drayage operators
- Pulling containers across multiple ports for multiple shippers at once.
- Every extra day at the terminal costs driver time and cuts your margin. You need to know which boxes to pull first.
- Portbound flags your most time-sensitive containers so dispatch can prioritize before penalties kick in.
- Built for teams tracking 30 to 300+ containers at any given time.
Freight forwarders
- Juggling shipments across multiple carriers for clients who expect you to already know what's happening.
- When demurrage hits on the consignee side, it lands on you. Catching it early protects the relationship and your margin.
- Get set up once. We handle the tracking. You take the client call with answers ready.
- We work with the carriers your freight already moves on. If we don't cover one yet, let us know.
FAQ
Questions we get
before people sign up.
A short onboarding call is all it takes. We get your account configured, connect Slack if you want alerts there, and go over which carriers and ports you work with. Most customers are up and running within a couple of days.
No. Once you're set up, getting shipments into the system is straightforward. Alerts come back to you in Slack or email. No new software to learn, no portal to check every morning.
We support the major carriers. If you have active shipments we're not tracking yet, just reach out and we'll get them added. Need a carrier we don't support yet? We can typically get that sorted.
When a container is flagged before free time runs out and gets picked up in time, we count it as a potential avoided charge using standard industry rates. We keep the estimate conservative.
Pricing is based on your container volume and is designed to make sense relative to what demurrage is costing your operation. Get in touch and we'll put together a quote.
A short onboarding call and we handle the rest. Most customers are getting live alerts within a day or two. We take care of the setup on our end.
No long-term contracts. Email us and we'll offboard you cleanly. We'd rather keep you because it's working than because you're locked in.
Get started
See what it looks like
for your operation.
Two fields. We'll get back to you with pricing and a quick look at what monitoring would cover for your operation.
- Fast setup
- No long-term contracts
- No new portals or software