LINER AGENCY · REPRESENT THE LINE · AI-AUGMENTED

Represent a shipping line — end to end, in your market.

The commercial and documentary platform for liner agents: bookings, bills of lading, manifests and EDI, container control, demurrage and detention, freight billing and principal reporting — everything a carrier needs done in a country where it has no office of its own. Built on WHIZCargo, augmented by WHIZAI.

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At a glance
Booking→billing
One agency workflow
EDI
To line, port & customs
Container
Control & D&D
23
Countries in production
SEE THE PRODUCT

The agency desk, at a glance.

The liner agency desk — voyages, bookings, B/L issue and commission per principal, segregated and settled. Representative interface, sample data.
WHAT IT IS

What is liner agency software?

Liner agency software runs the commercial and documentary work an agent performs for a shipping line — the principal — in a market: accepting bookings, issuing bills of lading, building and filing manifests, controlling container equipment, collecting freight and local charges, and reporting everything back to the line.

WHIZTEC delivers it on the WHIZCargo platform, so a liner agent runs bookings through documentation, container control and billing on one data model — and exchanges the full EDI stack (BAPLIE, COPRAR/COARRI, CUSCAR, freight settlement) with the line, terminals and customs.

WHO IT'S FOR

For everyone who acts for a carrier.

Liner Agents
Represent a container line commercially — bookings, documentation, billing and reporting — in your country or port.
NVOCCs & Consolidators
Run agency alongside consolidation, with house/master reconciliation on one platform.
Agency Networks
Coordinate multiple ports and offices for one or many principals with consolidated reporting.
Combined Liner & Ship Agents
Run the commercial (liner) and vessel (ship) agency sides together — see Ship Agency Software.
Feeder Operators
Manage slot allocations, bookings and manifests for the feeder leg to and from hub ports.
Principals
Get accurate, timely booking, equipment and freight reporting from every agent in the network.
ONE AGENCY WORKFLOW

From booking to principal statement.

Every function a liner agent runs — on one data model, no re-keying.

Bookings
Accept, confirm and manage bookings against the line's services and space.
Bills of Lading
Issue and manage house and master B/Ls, releases and switch bills.
Manifests & EDI
Import/export manifests, CUSCAR to customs, BAPLIE/COPRAR/COARRI with terminals.
Container Control
Equipment allocation, gate moves, empty returns and demurrage & detention.
Freight & Charges
Ocean freight and local-charge billing, collection and outstanding control.
Principal Reporting
Statements, remittances and reconciled reporting back to the line.
WHY PURPOSE-BUILT

A generic system doesn't speak agency.

BUILT FOR THE PRINCIPAL RELATIONSHIP
Bookings, bills, boxes and billing — reconciled to the line.

A liner agent stands between the market and the carrier, and every booking, container move and dollar has to reconcile back to the principal. Generic ERPs and spreadsheets cannot track equipment, calculate D&D, exchange BAPLIE and CUSCAR, or produce principal statements. WHIZCargo does — on one system, with the EDI built in.

  • Native bill of lading, manifest and container-control workflows
  • Full EDI to line, terminals and customs (EDIFACT & more)
  • Demurrage & detention protecting the principal's equipment revenue
  • Reconciled principal statements and remittances
One market, reconciled to the line
AI-AUGMENTED

Agency that protects revenue and reconciles itself.

WHIZAI reads and matches manifests and freight documents, predicts demurrage & detention exposure per container, flags unreconciled charges before the principal statement, and surfaces exceptions — so agents protect equipment revenue and close the books faster. Explore WHIZAI →

FAQ

Liner agency questions

What is liner agency software?

Liner agency software runs the commercial and documentary work an agent performs on behalf of a shipping line (the principal) in a country or port: accepting bookings, issuing bills of lading, building and filing manifests, controlling container equipment, collecting freight and local charges, and reporting everything back to the line. It is the system that lets an agent represent a carrier end to end without the carrier having its own office in every market.

How is liner agency different from ship agency?

Liner agency is the cargo and commercial side — bookings, documentation, container control, freight billing and principal reporting for a container line. Ship agency is the vessel and port side — attending the ship in port, arranging pilotage, towage and berth, handling disbursements and crew. Many agents do both; WHIZTEC covers both on one platform.

Does it handle manifests and EDI to the principal?

Yes. It builds import and export manifests, files customs cargo reports (CUSCAR) where required, and exchanges the full EDI stack with the line and terminals — bookings, BAPLIE, COPRAR/COARRI and freight settlement — so the agent and principal stay reconciled automatically.

Can it manage container equipment and detention?

Yes. It tracks the line's container inventory in the market — allocation, release, gate-out/in, empty returns — and calculates demurrage and detention against free time, protecting the principal's equipment revenue and availability.

Does it reconcile freight and local charges for the principal?

Yes. It bills ocean freight and local charges, collects them, and produces the principal statements and remittances the line requires — with disbursement and outstanding tracking so nothing leaks between the agent and the carrier.

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