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Logistics & Freight
Shipment TrackingDocument VaultSelf-Service Quoting

Freight Forwarder Website & Client Portal

Your Ops Team Drowns In 'Where's My Shipment?' Calls Every Day

90%
Fewer Support Emails
Self-service eliminates routine queries
24/7
Shipper Access
No rep required
95+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
<4s
Full Page Load
On 3G connections
What Your Portal Actually Does — And What It Replaces

Your shipper logs in at 11 p.m. to check container ETAs. No phone call. No email thread. Your portal surfaces real-time air, ocean, and ground milestones, document vaults organized by BOL, and quote history with pricing breakdowns — all under your brand, on your domain. It replaces the operational theater of Slack pings, forwarded email chains, and 'let me get back to you' delays that make your team look slow and your business feel small. When a shipper can track their own freight, download their own invoices, and request quotes without waiting on a human, your margin stops bleeding into customer service hours. Your team books new lanes instead of answering 'where is it?' for the fifth time this week.

Waar projecten falen

Shippers email or call for every status update Your team burns hours on repetitive inquiries instead of moving freight.
Documents scattered across email threads and shared drives A missing bill of lading or ISF confirmation can push customs clearance back by days.
No branded digital experience for customers Shippers compare you to competitors with polished portals and switch.
Quoting happens manually through back-and-forth emails Slow response times lose deals to forwarders with instant quote engines.
Invoice disputes and payment delays are constant Cash flow suffers when clients can't access their own billing history.
Your current website is a static brochure with no functionality You look like a small operation regardless of your actual capacity.

Compliance

Real-Time Shipment Tracking

Live milestone updates across air, sea, and road modes synced via carrier APIs. Shippers see routing timelines, events, and ETAs without contacting your team.

Secure Document Vault

A centralized repository for bills of lading, arrival notices, ISF confirmations, entry summaries, and invoices. Role-based access controls and searchable archives keep everything organized.

Self-Service Quoting Engine

Structured forms capture origin, destination, cargo type, and volume for fast quote generation. Shippers compare rates and convert quotes to bookings in one flow.

Invoice & Payment Management

Clients view unpaid and paid statuses, download invoices, and initiate payments directly. Automated reminders cut down on collections effort.

Role-Based Access Control

Admins, operations staff, and clients each see exactly what they need. Granular permissions protect sensitive shipment and financial data.

Automated Notifications

Email and in-app alerts fire on status changes, document uploads, and payment receipts. Shippers stay informed without anyone lifting a finger.

Wat we bouwen

Track air, ocean, and ground shipments from a unified dashboard with map overlays and milestone push notifications

Your ops team reclaims 12+ hours per week previously spent answering status emails and hunting down documents for shippers

Upload BOLs, ISFs, packing lists, and invoices with drag-and-drop tagging that auto-sorts by shipment ID

Shippers see your logo, color palette, and domain throughout the portal — competitors never get a chance to poach them with 'better tech'

Search booking history by date range, origin, destination, or spend with one-click CSV export for accounting teams

Document disputes vanish when every party can pull the exact BOL or customs form from a timestamped, searchable vault

Request instant quotes by entering cargo details, origin, and destination — rates display in seconds, not business days

Quote response time drops from 24 hours to 90 seconds, letting you win time-sensitive RFQs before larger forwarders even reply

Access the portal from any phone or tablet without downloading an app or logging into a desktop VPN

Invoice disputes shrink when shippers review their own billing history and payment status without calling your AR team

Sync shipment data from your TMS or carrier APIs so customers see live container positions, not stale PDFs

Your brand looks like a $50M operation even if you're running lean, because the portal signals investment and scale to enterprise buyers

Ons proces

01

Discovery & Workflow Mapping

We audit your current operations — how quotes flow, where documents live, which carrier APIs you need. Every shipper touchpoint gets mapped to define the portal requirements.
Week 1
02

Architecture & UX Design

We design the database schema, API integration plan, and high-fidelity UI mockups for the shipper dashboard, admin panel, and document vault. You approve everything before we write a line of code.
Week 2-3
03

Portal Development & Integration

We build the tracking engine, document vault, quoting flow, and invoicing module. Carrier APIs, TMS connections, and payment processing get wired up and tested.
Week 4-7
04

Testing & Data Migration

End-to-end testing across devices and user roles. Historical shipment data and documents are migrated, and your team gets hands-on training with the admin panel.
Week 8
05

Launch & Support

Deployed to production with monitoring, error tracking, and 30-day post-launch support. We handle any carrier API issues or user feedback that comes up.
Week 9
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Veelgestelde vragen

Hoe werkt realtime shipment tracking in een client portal?

We halen milestone data rechtstreeks uit carrier API's — oceanlijnen, luchtvaartmaatschappijen, vrachtautobedrijven — dus statusupdates, ETA's en routekaarten verschijnen automatisch in je portal. Niemand van je team voert handmatig iets in. Hoe vaak de gegevens worden vernieuwd hangt af van de drager, maar we configureren het meestal ergens tussen elke 15 minuten en elk uur.

Kan de portal verbinding maken met ons bestaande TMS of CargoWise?

Ja. We hebben REST API-integraties gebouwd met CargoWise, Magaya, Descartes en de meeste moderne TMS-platforms. Als je systeem een API heeft of data-exports ondersteunt, kunnen we shipments, documenten en facturen in beide richtingen synchroniseren. Heb je een legacy systeem zonder API? We gebruiken geplande op bestanden gebaseerde imports om dat af te handelen.

Hoe veilig is de document vault voor gevoelige verzendingsdocumenten?

Documenten bevinden zich in versleutelde AWS S3-buckets met rolgebaseerde toegangscontroles — elke gebruiker ziet alleen documenten die aan hun eigen shipments zijn gekoppeld. We implementeren beveiliging op rijniveau in Supabase, handhaven HTTPS overal af en ondersteunen twee-factor authenticatie voor admin-accounts. Elke download en upload wordt geregistreerd.

Hoe lang duurt het om een freight forwarder client portal te bouwen?

Een volledig uitgeruste portal met tracking, document vault, quoting en invoicing duurt meestal 8–9 weken van start tot lancering. Als je begint met alleen tracking en documenten, kunnen we dat in 5–6 weken uitbrengen. De belangrijkste variabelen zijn hoeveel carrier API's we verbinden en hoe complex je bestaande gegevens zijn.

Moeten onze shippers een app downloaden om de portal te gebruiken?

Nee. De portal is een progressive web application — het werkt in elke browser op elk apparaat, desktop, tablet of telefoon. Shippers gaan gewoon naar je branded URL. Als je wilt dat het meer aanvoelt als een native app, kunnen we install-to-homescreen functionaliteit toevoegen zodat het op hun telefoon staat zonder de app stores aan te raken.

Kunnen shippers offertes aanvragen en shipments boeken via de portal?

Absoluut. We bouwen gestructureerde aanvraagformulieren die herkomst, bestemming, vrachtgegevens en serviceniveau vastleggen. Je team kan handmatig offertes genereren, of als je een rate engine hebt, kunnen offertes daar doorheen gaan. In elk geval converteren goedgekeurde offertes naar boekingen met één klik en alles blijft doorzoekbaar.

Freight Forwarder Portals from $14,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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