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Port appointment and container release automation for drayage operators and freight forwarders

Agent-native system that books port appointments, manages container holds, and automates yard operations for drayage companies currently hiring staff or doing manual slot-hunting.

The problem

Drayage operators and freight forwarders spend hundreds of staff-hours monthly securing port appointment slots, managing container release holds, and coordinating yard operations—currently done via manual calls, email threads, and fragmented port-operator systems with no integration or real-time visibility.

Who has it: Drayage operators and freight forwarders with 50–500 weekly port moves, currently employing 2–5 staff solely for appointment and yard coordination.

Why now: Port congestion, appointment scarcity, and multi-terminal operations are worsening; autonomous agent infrastructure and port API maturity now enable programmatic appointment booking, hold management, and cost-per-slot optimization that human staff cannot match in speed or consistency.

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