Klearnow Releases Platform to Speed up the Drayage Process With More Transparency

KlearNow Drayage, a cloud-based marketplace that allows importers and drayage partners to negotiate and close drayage business on a single platform, was launched today by KlearNow, a smart Logistics as a Service (LaaS) technology firm. The AI-powered, digitalized infrastructure allows for near-real-time container tracking from point of origin to point of destination, increasing shipment visibility and data connectivity.

Companies across industries are keen to speed up and streamline the movement of goods to market as global supply chain issues persist. KlearNow is the only LaaS firm to include drayage fulfillment and visibility into its existing customs platform, providing exporters and importers with unprecedented shipping transparency. KlearNow bridges the gap between customs clearance and drayage, providing supply chain stakeholders with complete control over the final mile.

Shipping lines, ports, terminal operators, truckers, warehouses, and cargo owners must all communicate in order for commodities to flow. While these various companies have begun to digitize their internal operations, information is not easily transferred as cargo goes through the supply chain, causing costs to rise, confusion to arise, shipments to be delayed, and customer relationships to be jeopardized.

International shipments must cross customs at each border along the way, using documents such as invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, arrival notices, and more. Document management and data entry have always been laborious, manual tasks for the customs brokerage team. KlearNow Customs, the company's first marketplace, uses AI and machine learning to digitize papers and extract all the necessary information, sending correct, validated data to customs brokers for clearance.

Drayage and trucking businesses lack clear carrier and port visibility once a shipment arrives at a port, making it difficult to plan pick-up timing and keep drivers waiting, unpaid, and accruing demurrage penalties.