A 3PL moving 5,000 containers a year can bleed about $120,000 in avoidable detention and demurrage. Tyler Hughes says the fix is not another pretty dashboard. It is cleaner data, better reconciliation, and fewer blind spots when the container hits drayage.

In this episode

• Why ocean visibility still breaks even when everyone says they have data
• How Vizion cleans carrier, vessel, terminal, rail, and truck events into something usable
• Why standards matter less than the ugly backend work of mapping bad source data
• The real cost of dirty ETA data, including avoidable detention and demurrage
• What Tyler sees in the 2026 container trade outlook, from China to Southeast Asia
• Why drayage is still the biggest black box in end-to-end visibility
• How predictive ETA helps teams move from reactive updates to proactive planning

Watch the episode on YouTube

Links

• Learn more about Vizion: https://www.vizionapi.com/
• Follow Tyler Hughes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerlh/

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