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Descartes MacroPoint is a global real-time freight visibility platform connecting carriers, shippers, and 3PLs to track shipments and improve supply chain performance.

Overview

Descartes MacroPoint provides a global, real-time visibility solution for freight logistics, connecting shippers, carriers, brokers and 3PLs to monitor shipments, locate loads, and forecast delays. The platform draws on a worldwide carrier network and data feeds to deliver timely updates, actionable insights, and risk-management capabilities. Its audience ranges from shippers and freight brokers to carriers seeking to optimize operations, improve on-time performance, reduce costs, and strengthen collaboration across North America, Europe and beyond.

Mission statement

To deliver real-time visibility and actionable insights across the supply chain, helping shippers, brokers, and carriers collaborate more efficiently and reduce risk.

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What we offer

Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

Achieve comprehensive visibility and proactive management of shipments with the Descartes MacroPoint Platform.

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Who do we serve

Global Multimodal Shippers And Retailers

Global manufacturers and retailers needing end-to-end multimodal visibility.

ManufacturingRetailLogistics

Geography: Global

How we help: Provides real-time visibility and AI-driven actions across ocean, air, and parcel shipments to improve delivery accuracy and reduce costs.

Third Party Logistics Providers And Freight Forwarders

3PLs coordinating multi-carrier networks and client SLAs across regions.

LogisticsTransportationThird-Party Logistics

Geography: Global

How we help: Enables multi-carrier orchestration and automated actions to improve service levels and reduce costs across client networks.

Retail Distribution And Store Networks

Retailers with distributed stores needing store-to-store visibility.

RetailConsumer Goods

Geography: North America, Europe

How we help: Optimizes store-to-store fulfillment with dynamic ETAs, enabling better labor planning and on-time deliveries.

Ocean Freight Carriers And Port Operators

Ocean carriers and port operators needing real-time ocean visibility and AIS integration.

ShippingMaritimeLogistics

Geography: Global

How we help: Delivers reliable ocean visibility with live signals and AI-driven actions to improve transit reliability and port coordination.

Market segments

Market size by segment

Growth potential (CAGR)

Freight visibility and tracking

3.5 Billion USD13.5% CAGR

Real-time shipment tracking and reporting that provide operational visibility, ETA updates and status reporting across the shipment lifecycle for proactive exception management.

Products: Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

Freight procurement and tendering

3 Billion USD12% CAGR

Applications for sourcing, tendering, contract management and spot bidding to optimize freight procurement and carrier selection.

Products: Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

Yard management and gate automation

4 Billion USD9.8% CAGR

Features that automate gate check‑in, pre‑check passes, dock assignment, and yard workflows to reduce congestion and speed turn times.

Products: Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

Cold chain monitoring and visibility

8.31 Billion USD13.5% CAGR

Real-time temperature and condition monitoring, analytics, and integrated connectivity for temperature-sensitive shipments and refrigerated transport.

Products: Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

Location-based fraud detection

2.5 Billion USD16% CAGR

Capabilities that determine user location accuracy, detect location spoofing and device tampering, and apply location-driven risk scoring to prevent fraud and enforce regulated access.

Products: Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

More information about our offering

Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform

Descartes MacroPoint Real-Time Visibility Platform is a cloud-based freight visibility platform that delivers a single, real-time view of shipments across multimodal networks. It connects shippers, carriers, brokers, and 3PLs via a global carrier network to provide live location data, precise ETAs, and early exception alerts. The platform supports truckload, LTL, ocean, air, rail, and parcel modes. It includes AI-driven automation (OpsForce AI), fraud detection (FraudGuard), analytics, dock scheduling, temperature tracking, store visibility, POD/workflow automation, and capacity sourcing. It enables proactive management of shipments, reduces disruptions, and provides actionable insights across North America, Europe, and beyond.

  • Automates Key Workflows
    Reduces friction in logistics operations, enhancing efficiency through automation of common tasks.
  • Provides Live Shipment Data
    Empowers proactive decision-making with up-to-date information on shipment status and location.
  • Enhances Operational Insight
    Translates data into strategies that enhance supply chain performance and mitigate risks.
  • Enhances Compliance and Security
    Proactively identifies and mitigates fraud risks, ensuring safer operations.
  • Optimizes In-store Logistics
    Facilitates better management of inventory and operations inside retail locations for enhanced efficiency.
  • Streamlines Dock Scheduling
    Maximizes use of dock doors while minimizing delays and associated costs for freight operations.
  • Safeguards Sensitive Shipments
    Ensures compliance with critical temperature requirements, preserving product integrity across transport.
  • Optimizes Carrier Options
    Facilitates efficient pairing of shipment needs with available carrier capacity, enhancing logistics efficiency.
  • Streamlines Delivery Documentation
    Facilitates quick confirmation of delivery statuses, enhancing workflow efficiency.

Sources

Methodology and sourcing behind the figures and links shown above.

Freight visibility and tracking

Used published market reports in the search results. Meticulous Research estimates the logistics/visibility platforms market at USD 3.50B (2026) with a 13.5% CAGR (2026–2036). GrowthMarketReports gives a smaller 2024 base (USD 1.85B) and a higher CAGR (18.7%); variance reflects different segment definitions and forecast windows. I selected the Meticulous Research 3.5B / 13.5% as the conservative, recent estimate for freight visibility and tracking.

Freight procurement and tendering

Search results show strong demand drivers (rate volatility, frequent disruptions, shift to dynamic sourcing, and vendor offerings from Xeneta, Freightos, Trimble, project44, DAT and others) but contain no explicit market-size figures. Using those qualitative signals plus industry context (freight procurement/tendering is a subset of transportation-management and logistics-software spend), I estimate the current global freight procurement & tendering applications market at roughly $3.0B. Rationale: procurement/tendering tools likely represent a mid-single-digit to low-teens percentage of the broader TMS/logistics software market (multiple- billions), and adoption is accelerating as shippers digitize sourcing; projected CAGR ~12% reflects strong SaaS penetration, continued volatility driving demand for procurement tooling, and analogous growth rates seen in adjacent logistics software segments.

Yard management and gate automation

Multiple industry reports in the search results place the dock/yard management and gate automation market in the mid‑single‑billion USD range for 2025–2026 (roughly USD 2.7–5.0B) with projected CAGRs spanning ~7%–12.5% through the early‑to‑mid 2030s. I used these sources to derive a consensus midpoint estimate of about USD 4.0 billion (mid‑2020s) and a blended growth potential of ~9.8% CAGR as a representative forecast between the reported ranges.

Cold chain monitoring and visibility

Multiple industry reports in the provided search results estimate the global cold‑chain monitoring/tracking market at roughly $7.6–8.6 billion in 2025. I used MarketsandMarkets (USD 8.31B in 2025) as the primary baseline and derived a consensus growth potential of ~13.5% CAGR, which reflects the reported CAGR range across sources (approx. 9.0%–14.9%), with most recent forecasts clustering around 12–14%.

Location-based fraud detection

Estimated location-based fraud detection as a niche subset of the broader fraud detection & prevention market and the online payment fraud detection market. Used reported global FDP market sizes and CAGRs (Fortune Business Insights, MarketDataForecast) and the online payment fraud detection market size/CAGR (Persistence Market Research) to scale a plausible share for geolocation-driven solutions (specialized capability used across payments, fintech, regulated-access use cases). Assumed location-based detection represents a low-single-digit percent of the global FDP market (roughly 4–6%) and grows near overall FDP rates but slightly moderated for deployment/integration constraints, yielding ~USD 2.5B and ~16% CAGR.

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