Stop Trusting One Number: Why the Smartest Ocean Freight Teams Now Watch a Gap, Not an ETA

For as long as ocean freight has existed, teams have asked the same question: which number do I trust? It’s the wrong question. Every shipment carries at least two arrival estimates. The carrier’s ETA, the official schedule teams plan around. And, increasingly, a predictive signal like SeaVantage’s Predicted Time of Arrival, PTA, built from a vessel’s live position, speed, historical routing pattern and congestion data.