How to Track Shipping Lines
Shipping and receiving packages, mailers and large cargo containers is part and parcel of running a business or maintaining commerce. When valuable packages and cargo is in transit it helps to know the estimated arrival time. Tracking these packages during the trips provides this information. You can use the information to wait at the docks, the office door or wherever the package is set to arrive.
Most expediting and shipping lines, from FedEx and UPS to larger marine shipping lines have methods of tracking packages in transit.
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Instructions
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Large Freight and Cargo
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Keep all your paperwork, contracts and shipping agreements in a central location along with the cargo shipping number. If the company you use has a tracking website, log onto the site and enter in the tracking number information.
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Go to the shipping screen to see where the cargo or freight was checked in, where it cleared customs and where it is in the journey toward the given destination.
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Log onto websites such as Track-Trace if trying to trace multiple cargo containers through multiple carriers, as this acts as a consolidator for shipping agents and tracking (see Resources).
Small Packages and Continental Tracking
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Request a tracking number from the shipping line agency when dropping off the package or when the shipping agent arrives to pick up the package.
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Log onto the company's website and locate the tracking link. Companies like FedEx and UPS provide online tracking sites where all you need is a tracking number to get tracking information.
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Enter in the tracking number for your package and check the onscreen information for where it has been checked in, been shipped from and its current location in the delivery process.
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