Air freight capacity at the push of a button: DB Schenker establishes digital connection to more than 50 airlines with cargo.one
- Built-up multitude of direct booking availabilities expanded by new partnership with cargo.one
- Global air freight planning now even faster
Essen, August 14, 2024 – Ahead of the expected annual peak season in air transport, DB Schenker has chosen cargo.one to digitally connect with dozens more airlines from across the globe. The collaboration enhances the global logistics service provider’s portfolio of live capacity access from nine originally to over 50 airlines in total. From now on, DB Schenker can better identify suitable capacities and fitting rates for ad-hoc shipments of its customers.
Thorsten Meincke, Global Board Member for Air & Ocean Freight, DB Schenker: “We continue to digitalize transportation by establishing solutions that are highly demanded on the market. By boosting our access to available airline capacities, we save time for our customers and make processes faster, smoother, and more efficient for them. cargo.one is the perfect fit for this endeavor as they bring profound expertise in managing the massive amount of real-time data to the game.”
Christa Koenen, Global Board Member for Information Technology and Digitalization (CIO/CDO), DB Schenker: “Every day we strive to lead the digitalization of the freight forwarding industry. With more than 150 years of business expertise, we aim to choose the ideal external providers to build up new options based on innovation and technology. Efficiency gains accomplished through IT help to make the entire logistics industry more resource efficient. The more carriers DB Schenker connects to digitally, and thus automates and optimizes processes, the better the final choice for our customers will be. The concept is comparable with automated last-minute deals from airlines or travel agents.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder and Co-CEO, cargo.one: “DB Schenker has chosen cargo.one to further speed up its path to powerful digital transformation. We are thrilled to provide a state-of-the-art air freight procurement platform that boosts efficiency, accuracy, and user-friendliness for our new partner. With cargo.one’s top-tier infrastructure, DB Schenker can elevate customer satisfaction and sharpen its competitive edge.”
The demand for rapid short-dated sourcing of air freight capacities and market prices has grown in relevance as global supply chain disruptions have become a normality and e-commerce demand for air transport keeps rising. Therefore, since 2022, DB Schenker has established direct API interfaces with nine airlines from Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Asia.
Scaling up capabilities to maximize efficiencies
Now DB Schenker has decided to partner with cargo.one, a market-leading air freight procurement technology provider. It acts as a digital connector between airlines and freight forwarders. With the new collaboration, DB Schenker receives access to seamlessly book with over 50 airlines in total and will benefit from cargo.one’s continuous carrier growth.
DB Schenker’s digital infrastructure for air freight draws on an integrated landscape of six systems. For customers, all processes are bundled in DB SCHENKER connect to receive rate offers and see the latest status updates of their shipments. The new additional choice of spot capacities and trade lanes is available immediately and without any changes to the familiar customer interface.
With around 72,700 employees at more than 1,850 locations in over 130 countries, DB Schenker is one of the world’s leading logistics service providers. The company operates land, air, and ocean transportation services, and it also offers comprehensive logistics and global supply chain management solutions from a single source. Aiming for a sustainable future of the logistics industry, DB Schenker continuously invests in innovative transport solutions, renewable energies, and low-emission products for its customers.
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Founded in 2017, cargo.one (Cargo One GmbH) is a platform for booking and marketing air freight capacity. Trusted by over 20,000 freight forwarders in 121 countries, cargo.one offers instant booking for airline and forwarders’ rates across more than 60 airlines, and was the first platform of its kind.
cargo.one pro equips forwarders to compare, book and track shipments, leveraging thousands of live and static rates, while importers can book instantly using other verified forwarding partners 24/7. cargo.one for enterprise offers an extensive range of API suites, delivering the strongest quality real-time market content through one endpoint. Leading forwarders worldwide rely upon cargo.one’s enterprise-ready solutions for instant customer quoting, pricing, and sales.
cargo.one has raised significant funding from internationally prominent investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Creandum, Next 47, Point Nine Capital and Lufthansa Cargo.
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