About Tropical
US Caribbean carrier founded 1963 in West Palm Beach, Florida, the largest tenant of the Port of Palm Beach. Tropical’s bread and butter is refrigerated food; groceries and perishables shipped from Florida and Canada to the islands.
Main trade areas: Caribbean, Latin America and Atlantic.
How to track a Tropical container
Every Tropical box carries an ISO 6346 number: four letters (the owner prefix), six digits and a check digit. Enter the container number, the bill of lading or the booking reference and Navo24 detects which one it is.
The tracker joins Tropical's own events (gate out, loaded, departed, transhipped, discharged) with the vessel's AIS position, so you see where the box is now, not where it was at the last port call.
Tropical schedules, rates and free time
Before booking, compare sailings on your lane by transit time and real on-time reliability across all carriers, Tropical included where it publishes schedules.
For the price, FreightRatesMCP shows market rates for 20GP, 40GP and 40HC on a port pair. After arrival, demurrage and detention start once Tropical's free time runs out, and Navo24 counts the days left on every box.