Neurored TMS & SCM has enhanced its Ocean eBooking module through a collaboration with Coneksion, to enable electronic messaging across ocean freight workflows, including bookings, Shipping Instructions (SI), and Verified Gross Mass (VGM) submissions, within the Salesforce-native Transportation Management System (TMS).
The release consolidates three previously separate workflows: booking requests (including amendments and cancellations), shipping instructions for the Bill of Lading (BoL), and Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) mandated VGM certifications.
The system also manages specialised cargo types such as reefer, out-of-gauge, and dangerous goods classified by United Nations (UN) numbers and International Maritime Organisation (IMO) classes.
“When we mapped how ocean operators actually work, we saw the same pattern again and again: the booking starts in one system, shipping instructions get retyped into a carrier portal, and VGM is often handled separately as the cut-off approaches,” said Ricardo Urech, Product Owner for 3PL, Freight Forwarders, & WMS at Neurored.
“Every handoff creates room for data to drift, deadlines to slip, and teams to lose visibility. This release brings those workflows into one Salesforce-native record, so booking, shipping instructions, and VGM submissions move against the same data, with the same status visibility and audit trail.”
For forwarders and shippers, the integration should reduce manual handoffs and provide live status updates, including terminal deadlines and documentation cut-offs. While the process is digital, the platform allows for the generation of dynamic PDF documents for internal records and audit trails.
“Ocean carrier connectivity is still largely built on one-to-one integrations, where each carrier requires its own setup, ongoing maintenance, and updates whenever something changes,” said Geesche Laksola, Chief Product Officer at Coneksion.
“With Coneksion, Neurored’s TMS can access multiple carriers at once through a single API-driven connection, reducing the need for operators to manage separate integrations carrier by carrier. Bookings, SIs, VGM submissions, across the carriers they already work with, handled in one place.”
“That’s what the integration is actually for. Not another system to manage, but one less thing to think about.”
