GT Nexus Shipper Council

The Power of Community

The GT Nexus Shipper Council leverages the collective power of a business community to benefit the participants, as well as the broader GT Nexus customer community.

• Participation by major companies:
  • Across industry verticals
  • Over $1 trillion in collective revenue
  • Over 5 million TEUs of ocean freight volume
  • Key 3PL customers also participate
• Quarterly meetings plus action groups focused on key issues:
  • Data Quality
  • Partner Relations
  • Marketing
  • SAP

Any GT Nexus customer can join the GT Nexus Shipper Council. To learn more about the Shipper Council, click here.

GT Nexus Shipper Council in the News

• 01

  Oct 2011

  Logistics Management

  Top 30 Ocean Carriers: New Era of Collaboration?

  "One of the biggest stories to unfold this fall in the ocean carrier arena was when The GT Nexus Shipper Council announced the challenge for the Top 30 players to make good on their promise to collaborate."

• 12

  Sep 2011

  Journal of Commerce

  Navigating a Sea Change

  Logistics managers are answering calls for change with some of their own details on how to overhaul a frayed shipping business model.

• 31

  Aug 2011

  Journal of Commerce

  Big Shippers Respond to Maersk's Call for Change

  GT Nexus Shipper Council aims to use technology to improve reliability.

• 31

  Aug 2011

  Shipper Council Press Release

  GT Nexus Shipper Council Takes Action to Support Maersk Line's Call for Radical Change in the Ocean Shipping Industry

  A customer community of the world's biggest importers and exporters today announced that it has engaged Maersk Line in response to the ocean carrier's recently announced "Manifesto."

• 02

  Mar 2011

  GT Nexus Press Release

  GT Nexus Shipper Council Members to Present at TPM Conference

  Executives from Cargill, Kraft Foods, Williams Sonoma and Rhodia discussing steps being taken to improve shipper carrier relations.

• 01

  Dec 2010

  American Shipper

  Leveraging IT User Groups

  "By working collectively, the [GT Nexus Shipper Council] has improved their data quality levels from below 65 percent to more than 95 percent."

• 25

  May 2010

  GT Nexus Press Release

  Hapag-Lloyd Recognized for Superior IT Performance by GT Nexus Shipper Council

  Customer group honors ocean carrier for data quality performance.