The booking platform allows the forwarders to plan, book, confirm and manage shipments in real-time through an application programming interface (API) link via the CargoWise logistics platform.
The agreement gives DHL Global Forwarding and DSV visibility and access to Cathay Cargo’s schedules, capacity and booking within CargoWise.
Cathay Cargo’s API connection to CargoWise was designed by its innovation partner, Global Logistics System (HK) Company (GLS), which also designed Cathay Cargo’s Click & Ship booking platform and other digitalisation projects.
Scott McCorquodale, Head of Airline Connectivity at WiseTech Global, says, “CargoWise customers now have full visibility of Cathay Cargo’s schedules and flight availability with real time API connections to efficiently book and subsequently manage their shipments. More than just e-booking, the direct data integration enables research and booking, with the flexibility to subsequently modify bookings as needed.”
Max Sauberschwarz, Head of Global Air Freight at DHL Global Forwarding, says, “Aligned with our Strategy 2025, focused on ‘delivering excellence in a digital world’ within the DHL Group, we're intensifying our commitment to digital transformation. Implementing digital links like APIs improves data exchange and booking processes, making our services more convenient and efficient.”
Cathay Cargo will continue to work with forwarding partners to enhance digital services and it says forwarders interested in accessing the API connection will be able to do so via GLS’s API sandbox, which will be released in the first quarter of this year.