MatchLog partners with Maersk for landside equipment optimisation

MatchLog Solutions, a container reuse platform, announced on Wednesday its collaboration with the global shipping firm Maersk for the latter’s operations in India. This partnership aims to revolutionise equipment optimisation across India—a market with a throughput of 20 million TEUs annually.

The collaboration addresses critical challenges in the logistics ecosystem by enhancing container turnaround, improving asset yields for shipping lines, and reducing India’s overall logistics cost index. For the transport ecosystem, this initiative ensures better asset utilisation by facilitating two-way laden movements.

Container optimisation is a niche, yet vital, space requiring robust process management. MatchLog’s innovative solution includes automated StreetTurn yards in key industrial clusters, enabling container surveying, minor repairs, and cleaning to ensure export readiness. Its digital platform provides real-time visibility and automated container matching, streamlining operations for efficiency.

In the past few months, the company has been in talks with global shipping lines such as Maersk, Hapag Lloyd, MSC, Cosco, etc., for their container reuse platform. He pointed out that these conversations indicated that the industry understands that if you want to reuse a container, this is the SOP to be done.

The partnership underscores the growing importance of container equipment optimisation in driving logistical efficiencies and reducing costs, reaffirming India’s position as a critical player in the global shipping and logistics sector.