Swiss WorldCargo and Freightos Collaborate on Digital Freight Solutions
Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of SWISS, Switzerland’s leading air carrier, and Freightos Limited (NASDAQ: CRGO), a leading vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight, establish a collaboration with the shared intent to enhance their customers’ digital booking experience. Various Swiss WorldCargo’s products and services for selected markets in Europe, Asia and Americas are bookable on the air cargo booking platform WebCargo by Freightos.
This collaboration connects WebCargo by Freightos’ real-time rate comparisons and eBooking with Swiss WorldCargo’s robust long-haul connectivity – spanning Asia-Pacific and the Americas – alongside strong pan-European connections. In addition, it demonstrates Swiss WorldCargo’s commitment to provide its customers with a seamless digital booking experience.
Swiss WorldCargo is recognized worldwide for its expertise in transporting high-value, care-intensive, and temperature-sensitive shipments across a vast network of over 170 destinations globally. Thanks to high-quality procedures, a reliable trucking network, trusted partnerships, and swift turnaround times in Zurich and Geneva, the premium cargo carrier offers a guarantee of efficiency and safety in its services to freight forwarders worldwide.
The partnership between Swiss WorldCargo and WebCargo aims to provide forwarders with enhanced options for care-intensive and specialized shipments like pharmaceuticals. WebCargo by Freightos, one of the leading air cargo booking platforms, connects freight forwarders with real-time rates and capacity from more than 55 airlines, as well as some 370 air cargo carriers globally.
Through its new global partnership with WebCargo, Swiss WorldCargo intends to enhance its digital presence, connecting with a wide network of forwarders globally. Swiss WorldCargo’s modular product portfolio bookable on WebCargo for selected markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas includes SWISS General Cargo and SWISS Pharma and Healthcare. These products can be paired with the Celsius Passive transportation solution for temperature-sensitive shipments and the X-Presso option for expedited transportation.
Alain Chisari, Head of Swiss WorldCargo, comments: “We take pride in delivering Swiss-quality service and reliability across every aspect of our work. This commitment extends to our digital journey, ensuring a seamless and reliable experience for our customers. Partnering with the digital platform WebCargo allows us to elevate our customers’ digital booking experience while expanding our market presence onto future-looking digital solutions”.
Zvi Schreiber, founder and CEO of Freightos, said: “The integration of Swiss WorldCargo into WebCargo by Freightos marks another significant milestone in the Digital Air Cargo revolution. Swiss WorldCargo’s extensive network and premium service enable thousands of WebCargo freight forwarder customers to instantly book their air cargo needs, including specialized shipments like pharmaceuticals.”
BlueBox Systems expands tracking platform with new functions
BlueBox Systems, one of the leading developers of intelligent freight tracking solutions, has further developed its BlueBoxCargo tracking platform. The new features include the tracking of CO₂ emissions for sea freight, simplified shipment registration for smaller customers and extended analysis options that further optimize decision-making for customers. This includes, for example, a new routing function for air freight customers. The enhancements give customers access to even more precise and comprehensive data and make the platforms even easier and more flexible to use – even for smaller companies.
Thanks to the latest upgrades, BlueBox Systems’ customers now have access to detailed emission reports for sea freight on the BlueBoxCargo user interface (UI) and API. BlueBox Systems is working with a trusted partner who already provides the air cargo emissions data. The calculations include not only the main port-to-port route, but also the pre-carriage and on-carriage routes, as well as all stopovers, which are essential for a holistic view of emissions. The calculation also considers additional information, such as the type of vessel, which affects fuel efficiency. Customers receive emissions reports on a per-container basis and can also get a complete overview on dashboards.
In addition, BlueBoxCargo customers can now use a new routing feature to evaluate alternative flight routes in terms of transit time and CO2 emissions. This allows customers to plan their shipments in advance and select the optimal route and airline based on various criteria such as flight route, total travel time or CO2 emissions. The routing feature helps carriers plan more efficiently and reduce their carbon footprint.
BlueBoxCargo also now offers advanced reporting and analytics capabilities that allow customers to customize their dashboards. Users can combine the metrics that matter to them – such as CO₂ performance and on-time performance – into a single dashboard to gain deeper insight into their logistics operations. These self-service analytics provide a high degree of flexibility and help customers make data-driven decisions.
To make the platform more attractive to smaller and proof-of-concept customers, BlueBox Systems now enables manual registration of shipments and containers. In addition to the previous API integration and upload via file transfer, customers can now register individual shipments directly via an online form in the application and update them at any time. This low-threshold solution helps companies without extensive IT infrastructure to gain initial experience with the platform and ensures maximum flexibility and accessibility.
“With BlueBoxCargo, we are helping companies around the world make their supply chains more transparent and efficient, and giving them the tools they need to make informed decisions. Especially for customers operating in Europe, transparency and sustainability are top priorities due to regulatory requirements. With our new features for CO₂ calculation, flexible onboarding and extended reporting options, we are responding to customer requests and offering them an even more comprehensive tracking solution,” says Martin Schulze, CEO of BlueBox Systems.
Delta Cargo and cargo.one partner to enhance digital sales capabilities
Delta Cargo, a leading U.S.-based air cargo carrier and a division of one of the world’s largest airlines, announced today it has entered into a long-term agreement with cargo.one, the leading digital air freight procurement platform. Freight forwarders worldwide will soon enjoy expanded digital access to Delta Cargo services using the industry’s go-to choice for instant air cargo bookings. This agreement enables Delta Cargo to expand its services and brand presence to more freight forwarding branches, while offering customers a world-class digital booking experience.
With a network spanning over 250 destinations worldwide, including hubs in major freight markets, Delta Cargo delivers reliable, efficient, and innovative cargo solutions to businesses around the globe. The carrier offers a wide range of services, tailored to meet the unique needs of its customers. Committed to operational excellence and leveraging cutting-edge technology, Delta Cargo plays a significant role in connecting businesses and communities worldwide.
The collaboration between the two air cargo industry leaders will significantly enhance the experience for freight forwarders managing thousands of air shipments. cargo.one will soon enable its global userbase of more than 20,000 forwarders to discover, quote, book and track Delta Cargo capacity in seconds, using the industry’s most user-friendly digital booking platform. The integration of Delta Cargo’s broad global network and premium services with cargo.one’s seamless procurement functionality will empower many forwarders to more efficiently offer competitive quotes and win shipments. Procuring Delta Cargo capacity through cargo.one equips agents with unique and innovative tools for winning and managing shipments effectively.
Peter Penseel, President of Delta Cargo, stated, “Ensuring that Delta Cargo services are readily accessible wherever freight forwarders prefer to book is essential. This collaboration with cargo.one, a truly global sales partner, is a natural extension of our digital offering, allowing us to connect with more forwarders in key markets. cargo.one shares our commitment to service excellence, delivering a convenient, efficient and seamless booking experience for every customer.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, added, “With Delta Cargo capacity at their fingertips, thousands of forwarders across our global footprint can look forward to winning even more shipments. As the industry’s leading procurement platform, we are delighted to support Delta Cargo in expanding its reach and enhancing the digital sales experience for customers. We look forward to working closely with the Delta Cargo team to maximize the many opportunities this exciting integration brings.”
Delta Cargo joins over 60 partner airlines globally that leverage high-quality direct integrations with cargo.one to enhance their digital sales presence. This collaboration allows the airline to expand into an established, high-performing digital marketplace, meeting clients’ demands for more visibility and control in the booking process. Through cargo.one’s platform, Delta Cargo can access data-driven insights to optimize its market fit for forwarders worldwide, thereby improving scale, efficiency, and market responsiveness.
Starting in spring of 2025, cargo.one will offer Delta Cargo capacity for general cargo bookings in select markets. Future plans include introducing additional Delta Cargo product types on the cargo.one platform.
China Airlines successfully integrates IBS Software’s iCargo solution into its strategic management infrastructure
China Airlines (CI), the leading Taiwanese carrier, has successfully implemented IBS Software’s iCargo solution into its strategic air cargo management infrastructure. By implementing the industry leading digital technology solution into its framework, China Airlines has taken a huge leap in its digital transformation journey, paving the way as one of the top 15 air cargo carriers globally.
IBS Software’s fully integrated digital platform solution will enable China Airlines to solidify its air cargo business management capabilities across sales and import/export operations. By embracing the digital technology capabilities presented by iCargo, this transition will future-proof China Airline’s core cargo platform with innovative management technology to optimise cargo operations and enhance customer satisfaction.
This technology transformation is integral to China Airline’s digital transformation plan, which sees the airline gradually minimising its dependency on legacy systems for cargo planning applications and moving towards an end-to-end digital solution for overall cargo management.
Eddy Liu, Senior Vice President of China Airlines comments – “China Airlines is taking active measures towards being a world-leading cargo carrier. Transitioning to a cloud-based SaaS solution and consolidating our existing platforms with IBS Software will streamline our current processes and boost efficiency. We look forward to working together to transform the air cargo industry.”
“China Airlines has long dominated the air cargo market as a leader in executing complex cargo transportation requirements across the globe,” said Ashok Rajan, Senior Vice President & Head of Cargo & Logistics Solutions at IBS Software. “This agreement reinforces IBS Software’s key objective to digitise airline carrier systems by creating innovative and efficient solutions to streamline processes. We anticipate a long and healthy working relationship with China Airlines as partners in leading cargo operations.”
airBaltic Cargo partners with cargo.one to accelerate and enhance its digital sales
airBaltic Cargo, the cargo division of the Latvian national airline, has joined forces with cargo.one to soon offer its services upon the air freight industry’s go-to procurement platform. airBaltic Cargo is partnering with cargo.one as part of plans to expand its market presence globally and boost revenues. cargo.one will offer airBaltic Cargo customers the most convenient and user-friendly booking method, and will enable the airline to market its services to a footprint of freight forwarders across 134 countries.
Headquartered in Riga, Latvia, airBaltic Cargo offers freight forwarders modern and flexible belly capacity on more than 100 routes throughout Baltics, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasus. Leveraging its main hub in Riga and additional bases in Tallinn, Vilnius, Tampere, and seasonally Gran Canaria, airBaltic Cargo flies into many shorter runway destinations that other airlines often do not. airBaltic Cargo also boasts one of the youngest and most efficient fleets in the world, consisting of 49 Airbus A220-300 aircraft, and planned to expand to 100 aircraft by 2030.
The partnership coincides with airBaltic Cargo’s exciting program of expansion, having recently invested in The Baltic Cargo Hub – soon to be the largest dedicated air cargo handling center in the Baltics, and will further enhance airBaltic Cargo’s import, export and transit capabilities at RIX Riga Airport. cargo.one will soon deliver thousands of forwarders a step-change in access to airBaltic Cargo capacity for its entire network – with the ability to discover, quote, book and track its capacity in seconds. The addition of airBaltic Cargo is the latest example of cargo.one’s uniquely strong depth and diversity of global supply options.
Iļja Seļiverstovs, VP Cargo at airBaltic, commented, “Digital sales is a vital driver of our cargo growth plans. It makes every sense to leverage cargo.one to expand our market reach and sales, and ensure airBaltic Cargo services remain front of mind with thousands of forwarders using the platform daily. Working alongside cargo.one, we will ensure that every customer receives the best possible end-to-end experience.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, added, “We are thrilled to enable airBaltic Cargo to take its digital sales strategy to the next level, and our collaboration will capitalize upon its strengths in relevant markets. Forwarders rely upon cargo.one’s comprehensive global market view to discover, quote and book their air shipments, and the addition of airBaltic Cargo capacities will provide a strong option for many.”
Accelerating its digital distribution with cargo.one allows airBaltic Cargo to better scale sales across a truly global footprint, build its brand presence within thousands of forwarding branches, lower its cost of sale, and boost sales efficiency and market responsiveness. cargo.one is the industry leader for optimizing the digital distribution progress of all sizes of airline.
airBaltic Cargo’s partnership with cargo.one strengthens the airline’s digitalization program, ensuring that a greater proportion of customers benefit from digital speeds, accuracy and convenience. Booking on cargo.one also equips airBaltic Cargo customers with cutting-edge tools for winning and processing air shipments.
From Winter 2024, freight forwarders using cargo.one will be able to book airBaltic Cargo capacity for general cargo, perishables and temperature sensitive pharma shipments, across its entire network.
New Carbon Calculator to Enhance Supply Chain Sustainability
Tower Cold Chain has introduced its own Carbon Calculator to help customers improve the sustainability of their logistics operations.
The new Carbon Calculator was co-developed with Cardiff University’s Business School as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) and is accessible by contacting a local Tower sales representative, with information on how it works available within Tower’s new Sustainability Hub on its website.
By offering valuable data on the carbon footprint of each shipment, the tool can provide clear, actionable insights that enable customers to make informed decisions about their environmental impact. It also helps identify areas for improvement within not only Tower’s operations but across the wider supply chain industry.
With this transparent view, customers can better understand the environmental impact of their logistics choices and explore opportunities to reduce emissions. The calculator leverages comprehensive datasets from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero and follows established industry frameworks, ensuring the data is both accurate and aligned with recognised standards.
A key feature of the tool is its ability to compare Tower’s solutions against alternative market options. This tailored analysis of carbon emissions takes into account factors such as container type and quantity, temperatures, transport mode, distance travelled, and total payload weight. This holistic approach provides an accurate estimate of emissions based on the specific logistics solution used.
When Tower’s representatives calculate the shipment’s carbon footprint, customers receive a detailed, user-friendly report. This report facilitates direct comparisons between Tower’s containers and other available options, clearly illustrating the potential CO2 savings achieved through optimised solutions.
Niall Balfour, Chief Executive Officer of Tower Cold Chain, said: “Launching the Carbon Calculator marks a significant step in helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals. This tool is designed not only to support our clients but also to push for greater sustainability practices across the entire industry.”
Specialized Logistics for Cloud Infrastructure Unveiled
Drawing on its experience of delivering logistics solutions for server and data centre customers, Kuehne+Nagel announces the global launch of a specialised logistics solution for the growing cloud infrastructure industry. The strong growth of this sector has further accelerated with the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). Gartner forecasts that spending on public cloud services will grow by 20.4% in 2024 and by 22.1% in 2025 due to AI growth.
“Customers of cloud infrastructure demand reliable, secure, and scalable solutions that cater to the specific needs of their industry and enhance the resilience of their supply chains. The introduction of this dedicated solution underscores our commitment to supporting the global expansion of customers in this rapidly growing sector,” states Yngve Ruud, Member of the Management Board of Kuehne+Nagel International AG, responsible for Air Logistics.
The comprehensive solution addresses the specific needs of an industry that demands reliability, predictability, security, and visibility throughout the entire supply chain. It offers access to Kuehne+Nagel’s extensive global air logistics network with continuous pickup and delivery services, including last-mile white glove road transport solutions. A worldwide network of certified logistics experts is trained to deliver sensitive and oversized servers to data centres with consistent quality and security.
The solution offers real-time visibility of essential shipment information, enabling customers to make quick and informed decisions. Digital tools reduce risks and identify optimal shipping routes suited to operational needs. GPS capabilities track and monitor shipment movements in real time, offering detailed data reports to verify temperature, light exposure, and chain of custody at all touchpoints.
Kuehne+Nagel further offers a breadth of sustainable transport solutions to complement the service, which reduces shipment emissions and contributes to reaching environmental targets.
Freightos and e2open Enhance Real-Time Air Cargo Bookings
Freightos Limited (NASDAQ: CRGO), a leading vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight, today announced the official launch of its integration with e2open (NYSE: ETWO), a top provider of connected supply chain software. This integration, which follows a successful beta phase, embeds WebCargo by Freightos air cargo eBooking into e2open’s Transportation Management System (TMS) application.
In an industry where speed and accuracy are critical, this partnership offers forwarders instant access to dynamic air freight rates and bookings without context switching and error-prone manual processes. As a result, top global logistics providers like Crane Worldwide Logistics and others, will be able to easily and rapidly compare rates, book air cargo and manage shipments directly within e2open.
One of the companies currently testing the efficiencies this introduces is Crane Worldwide Logistics, a global leader in supply chain solutions. Megan Kelley, VP of Enterprise Applications at Crane, shared, “The integration between Freightos and e2open will be a game changer for us. It will cut down on manual entry and give our team real-time access to rates and bookings within the TMS, helping us respond faster to client needs and eliminate the back-and-forth that used to slow us down. This collaboration between WebCargo and e2open makes the tech side of logistics extremely easy and user friendly for all supply chain companies.”
Pawan Joshi, EVP, Products and Strategy at e2open, said, “Integrating the WebCargo by Freightos platform into our TMS helps forwarders to work smarter. With real-time access to dynamic rates and the ability to instantly book air cargo, they can focus on what matters most—getting shipments to customers on time, without the hassle.”
“Partnering with e2open realizes another aspect of Freightos’ mission to bring international shipping into the 21st century, using digitalization to make it faster, more cost-effective, and more transparent for the organizations that literally move the world,” said Zvi Schreiber, founder and CEO of Freightos. “We’re proud to deliver better cargo pricing and booking to our global forwarders wherever they work, whether it’s through our APIs for their own systems, with integrations to third party solutions, or on our platform,” he continued. “We’re proud to partner with e2open, expanding our mutual reach to make cargo booking more seamless.”
With e2open’s global customer base now having access to Freightos’ real-time booking and visibility tools, forwarders can expect faster workflows, increased productivity, and fewer complexities in freight management.
Kale Logistics Joins Cargo iQ as Strategic Partner
Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale) has joined Cargo iQ as a new strategic associate partner, specialising in digitalisation and supporting digital reporting capabilities.
The Partnership will further Cargo iQ’s ambitions to ensure air cargo quality standards are met and continuously improved through data reporting and collaboration.
As a Strategic Associate member, Kale will be offering insight to help members optimise their digital capabilities and improve stakeholders’ communication, in line with Cargo iQ quality standards.
“As facilitators of collaboration and drivers of digitilisation for the global air cargo industry, it is great to work with Kale as a strategic partner,” said Marie Seco-Köppen, Executive Director, Cargo iQ.
“Their proven expertise in helping logistics export/import stakeholders achieve better coordination, visibility, resource optimisation, and rapid information exchange, will enable more industry stakeholders to improve process quality across their operations.”
Kale has been recognised twice by the United Nations for trade facilitation and reducing cargo’s impact on the environment.
“We are proud to work with Cargo iQ, to help improve the air cargo industry through collaboration and bring more digital solutions to the community,” said Amar More, CEO, Kale Logistics Solutions.
“Our team is excited to work with Cargo iQ especially with our cargo community systems and expertise in digital harmonisation that support the quality standards Cargo iQ continuously improving.”
Cargo iQ currently has nearly 70 members, which incorporate major cargo airlines, freight forwarders, ground handlers, SME intermediaries, IT companies and industry bodies among other air cargo sector providers.
New GEODIS Integration Module Offers Self-Service Access to Middleware Data
GEODIS, a leading global logistics provider, today announced it will be providing enhanced visibility to its proprietary middleware solutions as part of its GEODIS Visibility platform.
The middleware is used for the data exchange between GEODIS customers and its Warehouse Management System (WMS) and plays a critical role in the order and inventory lifecycle.
By introducing the new integration module, GEODIS is now offering its customers real-time visibility into the middleware layer for added transparency and a seamless flow of data to enhance daily operations.
GEODIS Visibility offers users a 360-degree view of data across multiple facets of the supply chain, bringing information together in a single view for customers to allow for better decision making, smarter use of resources, and more efficient and productive operations.
Thanks to the new integration capability, GEODIS customers have real-time visibility into middleware translation. Now, customers can access all individual middleware orders and inventory transactions independently, including when a document was received, translated and delivered to the recipient. The self-service option not only allows the customer to see the data flow interactions related to their orders via GEODIS Visibility, but also provides the ability to download the documents themselves.
By enabling greater visibility into the middleware layer, customers can validate that orders were loaded into the WMS successfully and increase speed to resolution on orders with missing data to troubleshoot with retailers or trading partners, for example. Users can filter within GEODIS Visibility to find the information they are interested in, such as sender, receiver, document type, status, date and time range, and more. Commonly used filters can be saved for future use for quick access. Customers can then download documents directly, including 997s for EDI X12, rather than issuing a request to GEODIS’ support team for greater speed to resolution. Results can be easily extracted to Excel or other common file types.
“Since introducing GEODIS Visibility in 2020, we have continuously worked to enhance the platform to best meet our clients’ needs,” said Pal Narayanan, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at GEODIS in Americas. “Our new middleware integration meets common customer requests for a self-service option to research transmissions and look for verifications themselves on the platform. Now, our clients have access to more information about the integration of their data inside GEODIS at their fingertips. Ultimately, this will offer our customers additional transparency, enhanced confidence in their operations and greater flexibility to troubleshoot order issues with their vendors more efficiently.”
There are several examples of how accessing middleware data is beneficial to GEODIS clients. For instance, this new capability allows customers to locate important documents via GEODIS Visibility themselves to avoid or dispute inaccurate retailer fines, such as with Advanced Shipping Notices. As another example, GEODIS customers can now make changes to their enterprise resource planning and validate data is flowing and translating to GEODIS successfully following the updates. Additionally, the module can be used if a customer has an urgent order and wants peace of mind it has passed through the integration successfully without needing to contact GEODIS customer support to confirm.
The new middleware integration solution is now available on the GEODIS Visibility platform and accessible to its contract logistics and transportation management customers in the Americas region.
