Upgrading to the new service, which starts at €99 a month per branch, enables importers to compare and book rates instantly with other verified forwarding partners and export agents can win new business from import agents.
The upgrade means users can browse and book live airfreight and local charges from a wide range of verified export agents.
Shipments can be booked day and night with instant confirmation, routing and air waybill details.
Tennesa Chetty from Swift Worldwide Logistics in South Africa has booked numerous import shipments and says, “We often approach three agents and two agents come back the following day. There’s a clear advantage for an agent on cargo.one pro because they are basically the best to meet our turnaround time for quotations. That’s why we do lots of bookings with them.”
For export agents, cargo.one pro means they can offer live digital booking to their international partners through the platform and receive confirmed shipments as import agents browse and book digitally.
Hauke Langert, CEO of Airfreight at Germany based freight agent Skyline Express International, says, “By using cargo.one pro on both the import and export sides, instead of sending an email to a partner in Asia for example, we are now able to send quotes to clients or to agents within seconds. Since listing our rates on cargo.one pro, we’ve been amazed by the number of our quotes being shared and accepted - it’s a game-changer.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder and Co-CEO of cargo.one, says, “As an industry, transactions between import and export agents have been neglected and left on the digital sidelines. cargo.one pro is a significant leap forward in empowering forwarders to collaborate globally, with world class digital tools. With cargo.one pro, forwarders are already finding trusted partners and winning new business within hours of signing-up.”
To overcome trust issues due to concerns over non-payment, cargo.one has also launched cargo.one protect, a non-payment protection programme for import bookings on cargo.one pro.