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Ocean freight e-commerce platform INTTRA has announced that the volume of container orders during the first-half of 2009 grew 22 per cent to hit an average of nearly 300,000 per week.

According to the group, the increase was driven by a 20 per cent jump in new users joining the INTTRA network, and by existing users increasing their volume by taking greater advantage of available tools.

'The global recession that has gripped the industry has caused carriers and shippers to re-evaluate their business processes with an immediate goal of removing costs to protect margins and to create better performance, said Ken Bloom, INTTRA's CEO.

The group estimates that replacing manual processes for managing ocean shipment initiation with electronic processes could save the industry at least US$5bn per year by 2013.

'Good trends, such as the adoption of electronic processes, accelerate in bad markets,' Mr Bloom added. 'By getting a head start now, the industry will find it is eliminating costs and when the recovery begins, the industry-wide network will create even greater savings.'