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Vizion launches intermodal tracking tool for greater supply chain transparency

Visibility solutions provider offers tracking with no letter of authorization

Vizion has launched an intermodal rail tracking solution. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Supply chain visibility solutions provider Vizion on Wednesday launched its latest feature, Intermodal Rail Tracking, a supportive tool for the company’s fundamental container tracking product.

With the aim of providing full supply chain transparency, often overlooked is the movement of containers from vessels to their inland destinations. The new feature will give shippers and logistics service providers insight into events, including last free dates and available pickup dates, to avoid access charges.

Most Class I railways of North America — Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, BNSF, Norfolk Southern and CN — are participating in the solution.

“End-to-end supply chain visibility is an elusive goal for all shippers and logistics service providers. With rail tracking now complementing our existing ocean tracking solution, Vizion users can draw closer to that goal in a way that is seamless and easy to integrate,” said Kyle Henderson, Vizion co-founder and chief executive officer, in the news release.


The tracking solution also offers a unique feature that allows Vizion users to receive all tracking updates for all containers across both ocean and rail without the need to supply a letter of authorization. The traditional process asks all those not listed on a waybill to provide letters for each container to be tracked.

With a single log in, Vizion’s Intermodal Rail Tracking tool will push events to shippers and logistics providers’ internal transportation management systems, giving instant visibility. Systems available for the integration include SAP, Oracle, Descartes and Magaya. 

Vizion executives will be showcasing the application programming interfaces and other solutions Wednesday at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland. 


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Grace Sharkey

Grace Sharkey is a professional in the logistics and transportation industry with experience in journalism, digital content creation and decision-making roles in the third-party logistics space. Prior to joining FreightWaves, Grace led a startup brokerage to more than $80 million in revenue, holding roles of increasing responsibility, including director of sales, vice president of business development and chief strategy officer. She is currently a staff writer, podcast producer and SiriusXM radio host for FreightWaves, a leading provider of news, data and analytics for the logistics industry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Michigan State University. You can contact her at gsharkey@freightwaves.com.