The challenge
Established Miami-based Caribbean freight forwarder needed a modern public site to replace a decade-old WordPress build. Critical requirement: their printed sailing schedule PDF needed to render as a searchable table on the website without manual data entry every week.
The approach
Custom static site with a client-side PDF parser built on PDF.js. The schedule PDF gets uploaded, parsed in the browser, and rendered as a sortable, filterable table — zero server. Service pages for FCL, LCL, refrigerated, project cargo. Lead form for rate quotes. Real photos of the actual fleet.
The result
Schedule page is now the most-visited page on the site. Customer-service team reports a 50% drop in "when does the next vessel leave for [port]?" emails — because customers can self-serve from the table.
The smart move with legacy data is rarely "build a CMS." Sometimes it's "make the existing PDF render itself." Cheaper, faster, and the client's workflow doesn't change.
Stack + timeline
- Stack: Static HTML/CSS/JS · PDF.js · GoDaddy cPanel · Cloudflare DNS
- Timeline: 3 weeks
- Live: hydeshipping.com
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