One of the industry’s biggest cloud-based providers of networked supply chains, E2Open has announced that it is acquiring INTTRA, a leading ocean shipping network, software and information provider.
Pending regulatory agencies approval, the combined E2open and INTTRA will create a combined efforts to strengthen the connections and streamline the information flow between manufacturers, suppliers, shipping service providers, ocean carriers and all the participants in global trade.
E2open features a complete portfolio of applications designed to enable complex supply chains to better plan, collaborate, and execute their end-to-end operations.
More than 70,000 partner companies and 200,000 users, many of the biggest brands and manufacturers across a range of industries, use the E2open network and platform to orchestrate their supply chains, creating efficiencies measured in the billions.
Founded in 2001 by the leading ocean carriers, INTTRA has created the world’s foremost and largest neutral multi-carrier network across 177 countries with more than 35,000 active shippers, 60 carriers and 150 integrations with transportation management and port system software partners.
In March 2017, INTTRA acquired Avantida to extend ocean movements into land-based activities and address container reuse and repositioning for ocean carriers, transport companies, terminals, depots, and others. Today, one out of every four ocean containers shipped globally is booked through the INTTRA platform.