Ship Angel and Chemicals

Compliance

Compliance is a key challenge for chemical shippers due to strict regulations on handling, labeling, and transporting hazardous materials. Non-compliance risks fines, delays, and safety concerns, requiring accurate documentation and real-time shipmentmonitoring.

Fluctuating Rates

Fluctuating freight rates challenge chemical shippers by disrupting budget predictability, with volatility driven by market demand, fuel costs, and global events. This unpredictability complicates financial planning and cost control

Environmental Issues

Chemical shippers face significant environmental challenges, including strict regulations on emissions and hazardous materials, which increase costs and necessitate the adoption of greener practices.

Lack of Visibility

Lack of visibility is a challenge for chemical shippers due to the complexity and risks involved in transporting hazardous materials. Limited real-time tracking and insufficient data on shipment locations can lead to inefficiencies, delays, and increased costs, particularly when navigating port congestion or meeting stringent regulatory requirements.

Highlights

How Ship Angel Helps

Rigid Security

Ship Angel helps chemical shippers tackle compliance challenges with features like flexible user permissions, ensuring that each team member accesses only the relevant data they need to ensure a high standard of security. Additionally, the Amendment Guard scans contracts to instantly flag amendments or errors, helping shippers avoid costly compliance breaches.

Market Benchmarks

To address fluctuating rates, Ship Angel provides average market benchmarks for chemical shippers, giving them real-time insight into the market rate averages. This enables chemical shippers to compare their rates and ensure they are not overpaying, especially in an environment where volatile costs can complicate budget planning.

CO2 Reporting

To combat environmental issues, Ship Angel provides CO2 emissions data for each rate, allowing chemical shippers to select the most environmentally friendly shipping options. This transparency helps shippers make informed decisions, balancing cost and sustainability in their transportation choices.

Access to All Rates

To address the challenge of lack of visibility, Ship Angel offers a platform that serves as a single source of truth for all shipping rates. Chemical shippers can easily search through a comprehensive set of rates using a wide range of intuitive filters, ensuring they have full visibility and control over their shipping data in one centralized location.

Step 1

Challenge

A Ship Angel chemical customer faced challenges meeting sustainability goals, managing fluctuating shipping costs, and tracking CO2 emissions—all while lacking clear visibility into the environmental impact of their logistics operations.

Step 2

Solution

Ship Angel provided real-time CO2 emissions data for each rate, allowing the customer to compare and choose the most environmentally-friendly shipping options without compromising on cost or efficiency.

Step 3

Results

The customer successfully minimized their carbon footprint by choosing greener shipping options, seamlessly aligning their transportation practices with sustainability goals—all while keeping costs under control.