The shipment consisted of Marins M3 which helps to meet the demands of the navy by enabling stealth autonomous navigation for submarines
Teknik Movers, Conqueror member in Sialkot, Pakistan, recently handled a sensitive shipment consisting of Marins M3 naval inertial navigation systems. They moved the cargo via air freight from Karachi to Paris. Additionally, the cargo is designed to meet the demands of the navy for the highest-performance INS (inertial navigation system).
Mr. Arif Nadeem Mohammed, the CEO of Teknik Movers explains that the cargo offers advanced capabilities for stealth autonomous navigation in submarines by delivering precise measurements of heading, roll, pitch, speed, and position. Moreover, apart from catering to the specific requirements of submarines, it also addresses the navigation needs of advanced naval surface vessels.
“This task required securing extensive clearance from the Naval Office/Depots, embarkation department and carrier clearance. Nevertheless, we managed to clear the cargo securely, following which we did the handover to the airline in a planned move to reduce any delay,” adds Mr Mohammed.
Lastly, every aspect of this shipment required extended documentation that has been successfully handled by their team and they securely forwarded the cargo to the final destination.
Congratulations to Conqueror Sialkot for the seamless transportation of this sensitive cargo!
During these years, Sev Stante Overseas has considerably increased their annual turnover to reach 48 million euros
Sev Stante-CQR Venice anniversary
Sev Stante Overseas, Conqueror member in Venice and Genoa, Italy, has recently celebrated their 15th Anniversary. On the occasion of this special event they organized a party with all their team members and a mentalist as a special guest.
Moreover, since the inception of their operations they have grown their organization substantially and increased their annual turnover. Presently, their yearly turnover stands at 48 million Euros.
In the words of Riccardo Stocco, Managing Director of Sev Stante Overseas, “We started our journey in 2008 and, since then, we have succeeded in becoming one of the most active independent players in the international forwarding and logistics market.
Today we have offices in several cities, four domestic warehouses, one bonded warehouse and a team of 62 trained and proficient employees… We are ready for the future and whatever challenges it might bring!”
A very happy 15th Anniversary to Conqueror Venice/Genoa and all the best for their future projects!
The cargo of copper concentrate came from Australia, Colombia, Peru, Serbia, and Romania
Trident Freight Ltd, Conqueror member in Varna, Bulgaria, successfully transported a cargo consisting of 130,000 MTS of copper concentrate. The cargo came from different places, but mostly from Australia, Colombia, Peru, Serbia, and Romania.
The process of shipping the freight posed considerable complexity and challenges and “involved the use of bulk vessels, containers, trains, trucks, ports, warehouses, and surveyors,” says Vladimir Demirov from the Sales Department of Trident Freight Ltd. He explains that the most complicated aspect of the task was coordination between them and finalizing the multi-modal operators.
“All these processes and the occasional stressful situations gave our team the self-confidence needed to improve ourselves every day to solve all issues and accomplish the most important task to satisfy the client’s needs,” he adds.
Trident’s team consistently bypassed the difficulties and challenges posed by the moisture in the cargo during the winter season.
Congratulations to Trident Freight Ltd and all the best for their upcoming projects!
This funding will enable them to continue improving their product, invest more in marketing and sales, double their team size, and expand their operations in Europe and beyond
Cargofive, a partner of Conqueror Freight Network, has successfully raised €1.8M in a funding round aimed at expediting the digital revolution within the freight forwarding industry. This funding will be instrumental in driving the transformation of freight forwarders and facilitating their transition into the digital era.
Cargofive
The freight forwarding industry forms the backbone of global trade and the world economy, underpinning the transportation of goods consumed daily across the globe. Yet, despite its immense scale, a significant portion of the process involved in moving cargo from point A to point B remains offline. Freight forwarders still rely on antiquated procedures to secure the best prices and schedules for goods transportation. This often involves sorting through spreadsheets, PDFs, a deluge of emails, and multiple websites with non-standardized data. Additionally, these manual processes are time-intensive, often requiring hours or even days to complete.
Cargofive steps into this landscape with a mission to modernize and streamline these processes. Leveraging advanced technology, the platform facilitates the quick identification of optimal routes and competitive prices, and generates customer quotations with just a few clicks. In addition, by digitizing and automating these traditionally manual processes, Cargofive effectively reduces time-intensive tasks to mere minutes.
Sebastian Cazajus CEO and Co-Founder of Cargofive said about the industry’s current landscape: “International shipping has remained largely offline until recent years, causing products to cost more and arrive later than needed. We launched Cargofive to transform this reality, aiming to simplify how freight forwarders operate, and make them quicker and more cost-effective.”
The funding round was led by venture capital firms Lince Capital and Shilling, with participation from angel investors and funds from the European Union (PRR) as part of the Nexus project. The digitalization of the logistics industry is inevitable as the market demands faster and more efficient processes than before. Visionary companies will be the only ones prepared for global challenges within the industry in the short and long term. This investment is proof that the market trusts in the success of Cargofive and its potential to position itself as a key player in the digitalization of freight forwarders’ business processes.
The seminar hosted by PTN Events brought together digital innovators in next-generation technologies
Andrea Martin -Conqueror’s FreightViewer Coordinator, took part as a speaker in the Container Shipping Conference celebrated online on 30th– 31st May, presenting the topic “The importance of a digital strategy for freight forwarders”. Conqueror’s FreightViewer Department chose this topic with the aim of exposing the need of establishing new strategies and procedures to cope with disruptive changes in Industry 4.0. Andrea Martin tackled three points: the impact of Industry 4.0 in the logistics industry, how to find a place in this new industry based on a digital strategy and the challenges this process may come with.
Container Shipping conference
During her speech, Andrea Martin highlighted the importance of developing a digital strategy within the logistics business to cope with the technological changes in the industry. In addition, she pointed out how FreightViewer helps members to implement digitization, underlining the two most important advantages the platform has – connectivity between members and the ability to be online. Lastly, Martin finalized her participation talking about all the challenges this process will come with.
The Container Shipping Conference assembled several experts to explore insightful topics on container optimization and platform collaboration, causes and impacts of port congestion, accelerating digitalization, investment scenario and solutions for improving efficiency. The conference brought together global container shipping professionals to understand and discuss international market issues and technical challenges. It enabled attendees to gain insights from the best leaders of the industry and get to know new approaches to improve their knowledge in the future tools and tactics from the sector.
In the words of Antonio Torres, CEO and Founder of Conqueror Freight Network, “We are always keen on participating in conferences which bring out the digital innovations in the industry. It helps both our members and us to be informed about the latest developments in logistics sector. Plus, it gives our member-exclusive transport management software, FreightViewer, a place in a new digitized era where establishing a digital strategy becomes no longer optional but mandatory for freight forwarders. We thank PTN Events for this invitation, it has been a pleasure for us.”
They successfully handled the special customs in Colombia within just two weeks
Ecologiscar, Conqueror member in Cartagena, Colombia, successfully executed an international diplomatic shipment for the first time. They moved the cargo which consisted of furniture in a standard 20 ft container from Leixões, Portugal, to Buenaventura, Colombia.
“Diplomatic shipments necessitate special customs handling because an exemption letter is required,” explains Mr. Edwin Alejandro Rendon, from Ecologiscar. “Moreover, these shipments are frequently subject to delays and to high storage and demurrage charges prior to getting released from customs. It could take even a month after cargo arrives at POD to get released from customs once you have all documents accordingly,” he continues.
Diplomatic shipment by Ecologiscar
Despite being their first diplomatic shipment, they managed to formalize the paperwork and move the shipment within less than two weeks. Mr. Rendon adds, “Now we learnt from this shipment how to proceed even faster and proactively for the next time on this kind of shipment.”
Their strategic alliances with port terminals, agents, and shipping companies through the management of their team of professionals are an important factor that allowed them to timely accomplish this sensitive project.
Congratulations to Ecologiscar for a job well done!
“In the last ten years, the transportation and logistics industry has undergone a radical change. Logistics companies regardless of their size, are resorting to digitization for more effective operations, and better client servicing and are striving to become online freight forwarders.”
This is an interview with Andrea Martin, Conqueror’s FreightViewer coordinator who is in charge of training the agents on the use of Conqueror’s member-exclusive TMS. She is responsible for assisting them with any doubts regarding the use of the platform and helping the members get acquainted with the new features of the software. Before joining Conqueror, Andrea worked in customer service acquiring the necessary skills to solve client issues, and provide technical support, while gaining a wide range of knowledge in communication. Here, Andrea talks about her experience at Conqueror and how FreightViewer is helping the network members to advance in the path of digitization.
Conqueror Freight Network
Q. Tell us a bit about your experience at Conqueror?
A. It’s been a few years now that I have been a part of the Conqueror team and my experience here has so far been very satisfying. I have a close bonding with my teammates with whom we work together solving problems and brainstorming the best ways to help our members solve any issues they might be facing. Moreover, working at Conqueror has taught me a lot about the advancement of digitization in the transportation and logistics industry and the urgent need for independent freight forwarders to digitize their operations.
Q. Tell us about your job. Do you find your everyday tasks interesting?
A. My everyday work is not only interesting, but it can also become very demanding at times. My most important task consists of assisting our members to make the best use of our online quote rate management software, FreightViewer. Every year during our Annual Meeting I sit together with our members to give them one-to-one demonstrations that help them to seamlessly use the software for instant quote generation and inform them about the other uses of the platform. My task also entails connecting with potential digital partners, interviewing experts from leading logistics tech firms, speaking at logistics trade shows, etc. Simply put, my task revolves around increasing the usability of our quote generation platform and helping members to take an important stride toward digitization.
Q. Could you explain to us a little bit more about FreightViewer?
A. FreightViewer is an exclusive-member transport management software Conqueror Freight Network has developed to offer a digital infrastructure allowing members to offer rates and services online. It also enhances the accuracy of the quotation while significantly reducing its processing time, from a number of days to less than a minute. To put it simply, it allows members to organize their rates with their local and transport charges on a single platform. Furthermore, it connects members in the network permitting them to carry out all quoting transactions throughout the same channel.
Q. What do you think are the advantages of FreightViewer?
A. The main advantage for Conqueror members is that FreightViewer will allow them to be at the cutting edge of technology and compete with the stalwarts in the industry by digitalizing a part of the business processes. FreightViewer enables agents to build a digital back office. By uploading rates into the system, they are able to quote in a few seconds, compare rates between different carriers, and filter under several attributes to obtain the most accurate quotation. Furthermore, FreightViewer users are not only speeding the quoting time but also creating an enormous open showcase 24/7 for clients and potential customers.
In addition, FreightViewer offers an accessible website through which members’ direct customers and partners out of the Network can check rates any time, any day. Moreover, each customer can be classified into different Client Categories with different mark-ups (profit margin), meaning members can personalize quotes for each customer. And all of these complex services are included in their membership fee, at no additional cost.
We are one of the very few international freight forwarding networks to successfully cope with the technological changes while providing our members with the opportunity to compete with the largest multinationals.
Q. Which are the new updates of FreightViewer?
A. Our aim is to develop a digital platform in which members exchange information online, eliminating all those time consuming tasks which can become tedious for freight forwarders. By charging FOB costs into FreightViewer users are selling them directly to partners and customers online. In other words, member’s rates will be one click away from partners in the Network and direct clients. This enables them to manage the great volume of requests in a very efficient way, providing instant feedback and improving customer experience.
FreightViewer enables companies to go online through a personalized website where their customers can register or log in to quote or send requests. All quotations sent through this website will immediately reach the freight forwarder who will answer the request. Additionally, all this information is automatically shared with clients throughout the website. Connecting both, freight forwarders and clients means a great improvement in transparency which is always appreciated by the clients.
Q. Why is it important for freight forwarding companies to digitize their operations in 2023?
A. In the last ten years, the transportation and logistics industry has undergone a radical change. Logistics companies, regardless of their size, are resorting to digitization for more effective operations, and better client servicing and are striving to become online freight forwarders. The work of freight forwarders encompasses several other efforts that address the simplification and automation of the job at hand. This includes several processes such as transforming the relationship with the clients, digitization of the quote generation and reservation process, and data transparency between suppliers and customers. Furthermore, it also involves cost reduction and most importantly a fresh look at the transportation and information management procedure.
The pandemic has brought a very important fact to our attention- Freight Forwarders need to digitalize. Over the last year, many new digital freight forwarders like FLEXPORT, FREIGHTOS, FREIGHTHUB, etc. have invested millions in digitization, so now there is no turning back, it’s not the future anymore, it’s the present. Simply put, now is the time for traditional freight forwarders to transform into digital freight forwarders to keep up with the new industry standards, retain their clients, and get new ones. We are one of the very few international freight forwarding networks to successfully cope with the technological changes while providing our members with the opportunity to compete with the largest multinationals.
They celebrated this event on the 21st of April, 2023 at the Soyombo Hall of Tuushin Best Western Hotel in Ulaan Baatar
Tuushin LLC, Conqueror member in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, successfully concluded a special event to appreciate the role of their clients in their company’s success. Held on the 21st of April, 2023, at the Tuushin Best Western Hotel, the event welcomed over 200 customers of Tuushin.
Tuushin – Customer Appreciation Day – Conqueror
Bayarsaikhan Lunden, the Head of Tuushin LLC’s Sales Department, says that the main objective of this event was to “report to our customers the work we have done in the past while also furnishing information about future projects. Additionally, an event like this allowed us to work more closely with our clients and listen to their ideas and opinions.”
“This event was last held in 2018, and in the future, Tuushin has decided to organize “Customers’ Day” every year in order to foster enhanced client engagement,” continues Mr Lunden. On the occasion of this special event, they organized a musical performance for the customers which was followed by dinner, and warm conversations. Additionally, the company gave its customers small gifts and surprises with a lottery.
Congratulations to Tuushin LLC and the very best for their growth and success!
United Cargo Management, Conqueror member in Los Angeles, USA, brings 53 containers over on a charter vessel from the factory in China to the USA. This prevented the transportation of empty containers and allowed them to reach their destination faster.
They moved the cargo from the Port of Humen, a small break bulk port in Southern China. While doing this, they didn’t have to face any congestion. Moreover, they got seven days of free time and zero waiting time for berth. The cargo, which was sent to the Port of Hueneme that is 29 miles north of Malibu, California, got an immediate berth on arrival.
UCM moves 53 containers
As stated by Leo Hu from the Sales Department of UCM, “On reaching the destination mounted chassis on trucks were waiting to discharge the containers immediately and the cargo was pre-cleared through Customs. The total time the cargo took to reach from the hull of the ship to the exit gate was just ten minutes.”
“This project will surely attest to the professionalism of our company. We also handled the last mile delivery of the cargo at a very cost-effective rate,” adds Mr. Hu.
They loaded the two helicopters in a charter Ilyushin IL – 76 aircraft at the Girona Airport
Airtransa SA, Conqueror member in Barcelona, Spain, moves a special cargo consisting of two Airbus H125 helicopters for civil use. The two helicopters were loaded in a charter Ilyushin IL-76 plane at the Girona Airport.
Shipment of Helicopters by Conqueror Barcelona
Airtransa SA is a specialized forwarder in the aerospace industry, a partner of Airbus, who has signed an agreement with the Girona airport to manage these kinds of operations.
To quote Jose Monreal, the Sea Freight Manager of Airtransa,”Although this unique shipment was a challenging one, with over four decades of experience in the air freight sector, our team is used to moving these kinds of cargo. Every year, we move helicopters, small aircraft and spare parts cargo to destinations in Africa and Latin America. Our air transport service stands out due to the level of commitment we put into the process and the different levels of service that we offer.”
Congratulations to Airtransa SA for pulling off the movement of this unique cargo!
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