With the addition of air freight and trucking, Kontainers offers a complete e-commerce SaaS solution for global freight brands
Kontainers enables forwarders and carriers to offer a unique digital customer experience based on geography with the ability to customize their customer-facing sites in every country globally
Newcastle, UK, March 2, 2020 - Kontainers, an e-commerce software provider for freight brands, today announces the addition of full trucking and air freight to its flagship product, Enterprise, which is designed for large freight brands with heavy transactional volumes and the need to highly customize interfaces.
Kontainers Enterprise provides a complete digital experience for freight forwarders, ocean carriers and their customers including: self-service instant rates, booking, customs, air freight, trucking, FCL/LCL, global schedules, BOL (bill of lading), chat support, dashboard analytics, payment system and a full back office application.
"As we enter a new decade it is clear that a significant amount of freight will be purchased and transacted digitally. Kontainers Enterprise now offers a total digital freight buying and selling experience with this upgrade as even more modes of transport are possible with full trucking and air freight added to the existing ocean freight FCL and LCL capabilities," said Graham Parker, CEO of Kontainers.
"Furthermore, we are delighted to announce that new and existing Enterprise clients will now have the ability to offer a unique digital experience in every country by customising the platform on a per country level basis and testing new features in different geographies. Large carrier and forwarder customers will experience a different look, feel and set of experiences when logging in from every country in the world," Graham remarked. Kontainers Enterprise is now able to cater to both global and local demands as it powers the e-commerce needs of the world's largest freight brands.
Kontainers' vision is to be the pioneer for modern e-commerce in freight. As the global shipping industry accelerates digital adoption and innovation these significant product updates support the needs of large freight brands as they rapidly expand their e-commerce capabilities and market agility. Kontainers powers e-commerce platforms for more than 25% of the world's top 20 freight brands.
Kontainers offers three digital, customer-facing freight execution platforms for global shipping brands: Enterprise for large brands, Edge for mid-size logistics and freight forwarding businesses and Essential for small forwarders. All are designed to help firms accelerate their digital adoption and future-proof their business.