FOR SHIPPING LINES, NVOCC & FEEDER OPERATORS
Built for operators who issue the B/L.
When you are the carrier — a regional line, an NVOCC, a feeder or slot operator — the software has to run what forwarder systems never touch: your tariffs, your equipment, your space, your bills of lading, your D&D revenue and your agency network. WHIZCargo runs the full carrier stack on one data model, in production since 2002.
For container operators
Own-B/L
Carrier documentation
Live
Equipment inventory
D&D
Revenue, auto-invoiced
EDIFACT
Full carrier messaging
THE CARRIER REALITY
A carrier's P&L is space, boxes and days.
A container operator makes money on three perishable assets: vessel space that sails whether sold or not, equipment that earns nothing standing idle in the wrong port, and free days that quietly become demurrage revenue — if anyone is counting. Around those assets sits a network: agents booking in a dozen countries, depots holding your boxes, terminals loading your slots, and customs regimes at both ends.
Most operators run this on a forwarder system stretched past its design, plus spreadsheets for equipment and D&D. WHIZCargo runs it as what it is — a carrier business — with space, equipment, documentation, revenue and the agency network on one platform.
ONE SERVICE, ONE CYCLE
From published tariff to voyage P&L.
1 · Tariff & Service
Rates, surcharges, free days and service schedules published to the network.
2 · Booking & Space
Direct and agent bookings against slot allocation per voyage.
3 · Equipment
Box assignment, depot release, interchange and tracking.
4 · B/L & Manifest
Own-BL issue, manifests, stowage and customs filings by EDI.
5 · D&D Revenue
Free-day tracking, per-diem accrual and automatic invoicing.
6 · Settlement & P&L
Agency commissions, slot costs, port calls — voyage-level P&L.
THE MODULES
Every module a container operator needs.
Tariff & Rate Management
Published tariffs, contract and spot rates, surcharges (BAF/CAF/PSS), free-day rules per customer, trade and equipment type.
Booking & Space Control
Slot allocation per voyage and port pair, overbooking rules, roll management, direct and agent-channel bookings with live space visibility.
Equipment / Container Control
Own and leased fleets, on/off-hire, live inventory by location, idle and repositioning analysis, depot CODECO feeds, M&R exposure.
Own-B/L Documentation
MBL/HBL issue as carrier, sea waybills, switch B/Ls, manifests, delivery orders — with rate and charge integrity checks before release.
Feeder & Slot Operations
Schedules and rotations, slot purchase/charter settlement, connection management for transhipment, voyage-level utilisation and P&L.
Carrier EDI
COPRAR, COARRI, BAPLIE, CODECO, booking EDIFACT, customs CUSCAR/CUSDEC and port community systems — native, no middleware.
Demurrage & Detention Revenue
Event-driven free-day clocks per container, per-diem accrual, automatic invoicing, dispute workflow and customer portal visibility.
Agency Network Management
Agent portal for schedules, space and tariffs; booking intake; commission computation and periodic settlement per agency agreement.
Depot & Terminal Links
Your depot network reports gate moves by CODECO into equipment control; terminal load/discharge confirmations close the voyage record.
Finance & Voyage P&L
Freight and D&D revenue, slot and port costs, equipment cost centres, agency settlements — one multi-currency ledger, voyage-level P&L.
EVERY OPERATOR MODEL
From own-BL NVOCC to feeder and regional line.
NVOCC
Own bills of lading, bought space, SOC/COC boxes, agent network.
Feeder Operators
Short-sea rotations, transhipment connections, slot sales to mainlines.
Slot Charterers
Purchased allocations, utilisation control and slot settlement.
Regional Lines
Owned/chartered tonnage on regional trades with agency networks.
LCL Consolidators
Console-box operators graduating to own-BL carriage.
RoRo & Project Operators
Unit cargo, lane metres and breakbulk on carrier terms.
WHY OPERATORS CHOOSE WHIZTEC
Carrier software, not a stretched forwarder system.
Equipment is a first-class citizen
Live box inventory, idle-day cost and repositioning analytics — not a spreadsheet bolted to a forwarding system.
D&D as revenue, automated
Free-day clocks run on gate and terminal events; invoices raise themselves. Operators recover revenue manual tracking loses.
Both sides of the agency table
WHIZCargo runs agencies and principals — so principal-agent settlement, portals and EDI work out of the box in either direction.
One platform with depot, customs, forwarding
Many operators also run depots, clearance or forwarding arms — same customer master, same ledger, one group view.
AI-AUGMENTED
A carrier that fills space and repositions smarter.
WHIZAI works the carrier's own numbers: it forecasts booking demand per voyage so space is priced and released intelligently, flags equipment building idle days in the wrong ports before repositioning gets expensive, predicts which shipments will roll or misconnect, and surfaces unbilled D&D before it ages — protecting both utilisation and revenue. Explore WHIZAI →
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Software for container operators, answered.
What software do shipping lines and NVOCC operators use?
Container operators — regional lines, NVOCCs, feeder and slot operators — use carrier operations software covering tariffs and rates, bookings and space control, equipment/container management, own-BL documentation (HBL/MBL), manifests, carrier EDI (COPRAR, COARRI, BAPLIE, CODECO), demurrage & detention revenue, transhipment and agency-network settlement. WHIZCargo covers this carrier stack end to end, in production since 2002.
How is an NVOCC different from a freight forwarder in software terms?
An NVOCC is a carrier: it issues its own bills of lading, publishes its own tariffs, controls equipment (own or leased boxes) and sells space it has bought from vessel operators. That means the software must run carrier-side processes a forwarder system does not need: equipment control and repositioning, slot/allocation management, D&D as revenue (not cost), and settlement with a network of agents who book against your service.
Can WHIZCargo manage container equipment control?
Yes. Full equipment lifecycle: own and leased fleets, on-hire/off-hire, live inventory by depot/port/vessel, idle-day and repositioning analysis, interchange (EIR) history and M&R exposure. Depot stock reports flow in automatically via CODECO from your depot network.
How does demurrage and detention work on the carrier side?
As revenue. The platform tracks free days per tariff/contract, computes D&D per container per day at gate and terminal events, generates invoices automatically, and gives customers a portal view of accruing charges. Operators typically recover revenue that manual tracking was silently losing.
Does it support feeder and slot operations?
Yes. Vessel schedules and port rotations, slot allocation and utilisation per voyage, connection management for transhipment cargo, and slot-purchase/charter settlement. Feeder operators run voyage-level P&L per sailing.
How do agents around the world work with the system?
Your agency network books against your services through the agent portal or EDI: they see schedules, space and tariffs; you see their bookings, manifests and receivables. Agency commission and port-cost settlement is computed per agreement — the same engine WHIZCargo offers agencies themselves, from the principal's side.
Which EDI standards are supported?
UN/EDIFACT carrier messaging natively: COPRAR/COARRI (load/discharge), BAPLIE (stowage), CODECO (depot gate moves), IFTMBF/IFTMBC (booking), customs CUSCAR/CUSDEC, plus REST APIs and port community system integrations per country.
Can it consolidate finance across voyages, equipment and agencies?
Yes. Voyage P&L (freight, slot costs, port calls, equipment), equipment cost centres, agency settlements and D&D revenue all post to one multi-currency ledger with consolidated group reporting — the same integrated finance used across WHIZCargo.
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