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Your Coordination Platform for the Container Last Mile.

Existing platforms track the ship; we connect the partners who move the container. FollowTheBox is the neutral platform linking Shippers, Forwarders, and Hauliers to streamline the port-to-door journey. Replace endless emails with automated workflows and give your team the tools to manage a modern logistics operation.

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"FollowTheBox has transformed our operations, reducing the need for constant calls and emails, and making it easier to engage the younger workforce. It's streamlined our processes and prepared us for the future, marking a significant turning point for our company."

Alexander van Eeden Petersman

CEO, Vepco

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The End of the 'Where's My Container?' Phone Call

The container's final road journey is often a communication black hole. FollowTheBox connects Shippers, Forwarders, and Hauliers on one platform, providing a single, shared source of truth for truck ETAs and status updates. Turn the last-mile blind spot into a coordinated, predictable operation

A Coordination Platform Built for Action

Automated order creation from any document.

End Manual Data Entry

Let our AI turn messy PDFs and emails into clean, error-free transport orders in seconds.

Automated green light for container pickup.

Automate the Pickup 'Green Light'

Stop refreshing websites. We monitor the container release 24/7 and send an instant 'green light' the moment it's cleared, allowing your team to be first in line to book the best timeslot.

Find profitable reloads to increase margin.

Turn Empty Miles into Revenue

Boost the profitability of every trip. Our platform confidentially finds paying reloads for your empty container legs.

Hauliers & Owners

A Tool to Keep Your Best People

The best transport planners are leaving the industry, overwhelmed by constant emails and manual updates. Automate the repetitive work and transform their stressful job into a position of control. Invest in your people, not just your trucks.

Investing in tools to retain top transport planners.
Forwarders

Coordinate Hauliers with Confidence

Stop managing by spreadsheet and gut feel. Our platform centralizes haulier performance data so you can assign every job to the right partner, preventing costly failures and protecting your reputation.

Assigning orders to the best performing haulier.
Shippers

Prevent Costly Last-Mile Fees

Our platform is your automated early-warning system. We flag missing documents, vessel delays, and other issues before they escalate into demurrage, detention, or waiting fees at the terminal.

Automated alerts preventing terminal fees.
Forwarders

More Orders, Less Overhead

Our AI automates manual data entry from any document. Scale your order volume and reduce errors to zero, without needing to grow your back-office team.

AI processing orders to scale operations.

The Outcome: A Scalable Last-Mile Operation

By connecting your partners and automating the manual work you've seen above, FollowTheBox delivers a clear business outcome: the ability to handle significantly more volume with the same expert team. You're not just buying software; you're investing in a more efficient, resilient, and scalable operation.

Your Last-Mile Command Center

The coordination platform connecting Shippers, Forwarders, and Hauliers. Automate order intake and turn emails into executed jobs.

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About Us

At FollowTheBox, our foundation is built on firsthand experience in platform development and managing a transport company. We recognized a significant gap in technology and user experience within the logistics sector compared to other industries. Many processes in shipping and transport still rely heavily on manual work, lagging far behind the automation and efficiencies seen elsewhere. Our mission is to bridge this gap, bringing advanced, user-friendly technology to logistics to streamline operations, enhance transparency, and prepare the sector for future innovations.

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Ready to Coordinate Your Last Mile?

Replace endless emails with a single platform connecting you, your forwarders, and your hauliers. Automate workflows, create a single source of truth, and give your team the tools to manage a modern logistics operation.