Built by people who have worked the freight desk.
FreightTrace is an independent maritime software company based in Bristol. We build one shared workspace for the people coordinating freight across the UK and Europe, from the first vessel check of the morning to the last handover of the night.
We started in 2021 because the information needed to run a shipment lived in a vessel tracker, a spreadsheet, a booking system and a long email thread. We still build every feature around that same desk.
From one desk in Bristol to 140 freight teams.
Founded in Bristol
Freight teams on the platform
Vessels followed every day
People, all in Bristol
Founded in Bristol
A forwarding operations lead and a maritime data engineer start FreightTrace in a shared office on Bristol’s harbourside.
First freight desks live
Forwarders in Bristol and Felixstowe swap three trackers and a spreadsheet for one shared vessel and shipment view.
Arrival predictions
Predicted arrivals launch alongside reported ETAs, with every revision kept on the shipment.
Open to every system
The REST API and webhooks arrive, and coverage extends to Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg.
Performance reporting
On-time rates and dwell times by carrier, route and customer, built from the arrivals teams already track.
140 freight teams
Forwarders, importers and port teams across the UK and Europe now run their day on FreightTrace.
Based in Bristol. Trusted across Europe.
Our product, engineering and customer teams all work from our office on Bristol’s harbourside. Every customer gets a named contact during onboarding and a clear route to support afterwards.
Your shipment data is held in the UK and EU, protected to the standards freight and finance teams expect.
