Northbound and Vizion have announced a formal partnership that aims to optimize container flow and improving visibility to lower operational costs. By combining Northbound's AI driven software with Vizion's real-time container tracking, this collaboration aims to provide businesses with high quality container visibility, cost transparency, and automated invoice verification, helping them prevent costly demurrage and detention (D&D) fees.

"Demurrage and detention costs are one of the biggest hidden drains in supply chains, accounting for up to 6% of total freight costs—yet most businesses lack the visibility to control them. Real-time insights and AI-driven overcharge detection are no longer optional; they’re essential", said Rahul Yadav, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Northbound. "Our partnership with Vizion combines Northbound’s deep expertise in D&D cost management and container planning with Vizion’s real-time freight visibility, empowering importers and exporters to prevent overcharges, streamline container flows, and take control of their supply chains with confidence."

By integrating Vizion's container tracking API with Northbound's automation tool, users gain real-time container milestones, without the need for complex integrations. This provides instant visibility into shipment progress, accurate D&D cost calculations tailored to individual shipments, and AI-powered invoice verification that detects discrepancies before payments are made, eliminating manual work.

The partnership represents a shared commitment to digital transformation in the logistics industry, helping ensure businesses never get overcharged. "The combination of AI-driven automation and accurate, real-time visibility is a game-changer for providing complete data at the container level. This partnership is a meaningful step forward, ensuring that customers have full transparency into their container operations, minimizing unexpected fees, and enabling smarter-decision making" - Kyle Henderson, CEO & Co-Founder, Vizion.

By integrating AI-driven cost intelligence with real-time freight visibility, Northbound AI and Vizion are ensuring businesses are never overcharged for avoidable costs. Businesses looking to reduce D&D costs and improve container flow efficiency can request a joint demo at: https://share.hsforms.com/1PRMi03sESB2nGZPRUkg0IQ56czk.

About Northbound:

Northbound helps businesses reduce demurrage and detention (D&D) costs with real-time cost transparency, automated alerts, and AI-driven invoice verification. By making hidden fees visible as they accumulate, the platform enables teams to act early - optimizing container flows, coordinating with partners, and preventing unnecessary charges. Northbound also provides deep insights into long-term D&D trends, enabling decision-makers to uncover cost-saving opportunities and renegotiate contracts with confidence. With advanced invoice verification, Northbound validates charges and flags discrepancies, enabling businesses to make data-driven decisions, reduce unnecessary fees, speed up container turnover, and optimize their overall container logistics. Learn more at getnorthbound.ai.

‍About Vizion: 

Vizion empowers companies to track and monitor individual containers during the container journey and has recently launched capabilities to actively monitor 60% of global trade. TradeView, a Global Trade Intelligence platform is designed to monitor, measure, and analyze the flows of global trade to identify risk and improve supply chain resilience. The platform provides live monitoring of over $7.5 trillion in goods through 130+ data sources. In addition, Vizion offers a container tracking API that pushes location updates and ETAs to existing ERP, TMS, or other software systems. To learn more visit vizionapi.com.

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