cargo.one has launched cargo.one pro which it describes as the air cargo industry's "biggest step forward to date" in equipping freight forwarders with seamless digital agent-to-agent bookings.
The booking platform, which gives access to real-time prices and available capacities of multiple airlines, said cargo.one pro would now enable importers to compare and book rates instantly with other verified forwarding partners 24/7 and all secured with global non-payment protection.
Before cargo.one pro, procuring rates from abroad took import agents hours or even days — a manual process made more inefficient by agents being located in different timezones, complicating communication.
The statement said cargo.one pro now offers a step-change experience with the opportunity to browse and book live airfreight and local charges from a wide range of verified export agents around the world.
It added that shipments can be booked day and night, with instant confirmation, routing and airway bill details.
The statement noted that export agents use cargo.one pro can offer a live digital booking to their international partners through the platform — and instead of having to answer hundreds of requests from overseas import agents, export agents now simply receive confirmed shipments as import agents browse and book digitally.
Moreover, cargo.one pro provides an unprecedented opportunity for export agents to make new connections and receive digital bookings from a community of thousands of verified import agents around the globe.
Prior to its official launch, export agents served over 6000 import shipment quote requests from 121 countries without the burden of manually replying to every request.
"cargo.one has always focused its innovation on increasing connectivity and making freight forwarders' lives easier. As an industry, transactions between import and export agents have been neglected and left on the digital sidelines," said Moritz Claussen, founder & co-CEO of cargo.one, adding that cargo.one pro is a "significant leap forward in empowering forwarders to collaborate globally."
Laying the foundation for a suite of products enabling hassle-free transactions, cargo.one is also launching cargo.one protect — a global non-payment protection program providing payment protection for cargo.one pro enabled import bookings.
Glyn Hughes, director-general at The International Air Cargo Association TIACA, said new service offerings facilitated by connected communities and marketplaces will "improve air cargo efficiency and will ease the business transactional process."
"Multilateral-based solutions will also open up new relationships with increased connectivity," he added.
In its announcement, cargo.one said interest in the booking has been "remarkably strong."
cargo.one offers digital air cargo bookings for any CASS registered freight agent in over 75 countries worldwide with over 40 airlines for free.
