Coastal International Logistics Selects MercuryGate TMS
Cary, NC (January 8, 2006) - MercuryGate International, Inc. announced today that Coastal International Logistics, a full-service logistics company, has selected MercuryGate's web native, end-to-end transportation management solution (TMS).
Coastal International Logistics, headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, provides every aspect of the logistics supply chain including:
- LTL, TL & Intermodal Transportation Management
- Drayage
- Consolidation & Deconsolidation Services
- Cross Docking & Transfer Services
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
- Over-dimensional Cargoes and Specialized Hauling
- Ocean Transportation Management
- US Customs Clearance
With the MercuryGate TMS's planning and execution capabilities, Coastal can receive daily orders and shipping requirements from customers via the internet and ensure optimal freight moves by utilizing the right mode with the right carrier and at the right service level to meet its customers' needs. MercuryGate's web-based solution allows real-time information to flow to customers and their associated supply chain partners via the internet.
Whether contracted rates, brokering loads to multiple carriers, or a combination of contracted rates with brokerage services, MercuryGate provides a single system and consistent process for carrier determination. MercuryGate receives orders and/or shipping requests electronically or manually, selects the optimal carriers and modes for shipments, tracks and monitors shipments, pays carriers and provides master billing invoices along with carrier and customer performance reports and other shipment function analyses. MercuryGate also provides Web-based visibility and proactive notification of transactions and issues that arise during planning and transit.
MercuryGate continues to be a TMS of choice for many logistic providers due to its creative pricing model; state-of-the-art, internet technology; minimal cost training; secure, internet-hosted solution; and rapid implementation methodology.
About MercuryGate International Inc.
MercuryGate's TMS allows easy, secure integration with a company's existing technology environment and provides quick, simple and friendly access for authorized users to a wide range of logistics functions and services. Our TMS provides Shippers, Carriers, Freight Forwarders and 3PLs significant benefits in operational improvements in supply-chain execution. This TMS is an operational engine that initiates and manages logistics transactions, and enables companies to leverage the Internet. Users share a common execution platform with the capability to see the same data, at the same time, in the same format in a true operations level, collaborative environment. For more information, visit www.mercurygate.com.