We import and distribute natural stone slabs, wholesale. A major part of that is import and logistics. It's a problem we have, so I'm building this to solve our own issues.
I've talked to other distributors and depending on how large they are, they handle this by either a spreadsheet or an EDI server. This seems either underkill or overkill to me.
> transport
Talking ship and train. This data is freely available and these two are currently relevant to us.
You can track containers on railroad websites. Some require a company login, which they manually approve. Others don't. Some require you to be a 'Notify Party', others don't.
The trains aren't being tracked. Containers are. And not real time. Rather it's a snapshot every 12-18 hours.
Maybe what you're thinking of applies to the trains themselves? Or specific types of railcars?
As a first question, what motivated you to make this? Second question, are we talking by ship, train or truck? Or all three?