PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--INTTRA, the world’s largest, multi-carrier network for ocean shipping, has entered into a multi-year agreement with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) to further extend the service benefits of INTTRA’s standardized e-commerce network to UASC customers. The new agreement will also support UASC in achieving its aggressive growth plans in the Middle East and globally.
Since UASC joined the INTTRA network in 2002, the two companies have built a strong relationship with goals of better servicing shipping customers and achieving greater efficiency in the container shipping process by driving e-commerce adoption across UASC’s global network. Moving forward, UASC and INTTRA will collaborate to deliver innovative e-commerce solutions and create new opportunities for network growth.
“Ten years ago we recognized the value of automating and standardizing the ocean shipping process through the INTTRA network for our customers and the entire global shipping community. Today, we continue to be enthusiastic about the benefits of working with industry standards that improve operational efficiency and deliver time and cost savings to our valued customers,” said John Musk, E-Commerce Manager, UASC. “Through this new agreement, INTTRA and UASC will work closely to build UASC’s e-commerce strategy and deliver advanced solutions, including INTTRA eInvoice that add value and strengthen our customer relationships.”
“UASC enriches the market coverage of our multi-carrier network in the Middle East region and worldwide. We’re delighted to play a strategic role in UASC’s e-commerce vision and to work side by side to advance the shipment management solutions the company delivers to its customers,” said Michael Schutt Nielsen, SVP Carrier Account Management, INTTRA.
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About UASC
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) was founded in 1976 jointly by the six Shareholding States of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with offices in more than 20 countries around the world.
UASC is a major container shipping player in the Middle East region and adjacent markets, covering over 200 ports and destinations worldwide. UASC offers containerized and conventional cargo transportation, temperature controlled cargo and value added services to a diversified global client-base, covering the Middle East, Europe, Mediterranean, Indian Sub-continent, Far East, Australia, West Africa and The Americas.
For more information please visit: www.uasc.net.
About INTTRA
INTTRA is the world’s largest, multi-carrier e-commerce network for the ocean shipping industry. INTTRA professionals work with 40 leading carriers and NVOCCs, 109 software alliance partners, as well as their customers, to streamline and standardize their shipping processes worldwide through a network of more than 200,000 shipping professionals. Over 525,000 container orders are initiated on the INTTRA platform each week, representing more than 18 percent of global ocean container trade.
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