Ecotact Introduces TraceIQ for Green Coffee Shipment Tracking

Trace IQ is a real-time environmental and location monitoring device for green coffee during shipment. It attaches to the interior wall of a shipping container near the door using a double-sided sticker. The device tracks temperature and humidity and records the container’s exact location throughout the journey. Readings are uploaded every 30 minutes to a cloud-based dashboard. Automated reports are generated during transit, and the data belongs to the user. The device is designed to run for up to three months, supporting longer shipping disruptions. It is positioned as purpose-built for green coffee and useful for large importers managing thousands of containers per year to build internal databases and support future shipping decisions and insurance leverage.

"The Trace IQ attaches directly to the interior wall of a shipping container - secured with a double-sided sticker near the door - and tracks temperature, humidity and location throughout a shipment's journey, uploading readings every 30 minutes to a cloud-based dashboard. Automated reports are generated throughout transit, and the data belongs to the user, the company told DCN in San Diego."

""It's a tracker of the important parameters of coffee during its journey from origin to destination," Ecotact Founder and CEO Hanuman Jain told Daily Coffee News. "You have real-time humidity levels of the shipping container. You have temperature levels. You have the exact location as to where these containers are.""

"Similar shipment-monitoring tools are already used across food, pharmaceuticals, electronics and other temperature-sensitive goods industries, with devices from companies such as Tive, Sensitech and Roambee. Yet Ecotact described Trace IQ as the first to be purpose-built for the green coffee industry."

"The Ecotact Trace IQ is designed to run for up to three months, a timeline that Jain said responds to increased disruptions in global shipping routes due to factors such as war or container shortages. Jain described the product as particularly useful for larger companies that may be trading many containers of green coffee in a given year, allowing them to build their own databases to inform future shipping decisions."

Read at Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine