Cargoson information for carriers

Cargoson is a transport management system (TMS) used by manufacturers and wholesalers in Europe and North America to plan, price, book, and track shipments across all the carriers they work with. Shippers add their own carriers, upload rate cards, request quotes, place orders, and track shipments, all from one dashboard.

No. Cargoson is not a marketplace, load board, freight exchange, or broker. We don't aggregate loads, run competitive bidding, or sell transport services to our customers to on behalf of a carrier. Shippers choose their own carriers; Cargoson helps them work with the carriers they already chose.

No. We don't operate a network or pipeline of shippers we can introduce carriers to. Shippers using Cargoson have their own list of carriers, typically ones they already work with.

Ask them first. They have the answer. We also publish a partial public list of shippers who allow us to display their logos on our references page. If your customer isn't on the list and you'd like us to confirm, email [email protected].

Because they use Cargoson to manage their shipments and want you in their carrier list so they can request quotes, place bookings, and track shipments with you from inside Cargoson. The carrier account stays empty until they add you as their transport partner.

Every quote request and transport order arrives in a standardized format, so there's no chasing different shippers' formats and templates. All communication with those shippers, including per-shipment chat, status updates, and documents, lives in one place. Much of the manual back-and-forth disappears, especially when we integrate Cargoson with your own booking system. You can also see your own statistics on how your lanes and rates are doing. And you receive shipments whichever way fits your workflow.

The easiest path is for a shipper who uses Cargoson to ask us to add you. Otherwise, you can fill out the carrier registration form yourself. In this case, the account stays empty until a Cargoson shipper adds you to their carrier list.

No. Cargoson is always free for carriers. We don't charge for accounts, per-shipment fees, per-load fees, or network fees. Most enterprise TMS platforms that sell to shippers charge carriers. We don't.

No. If a shipper using Cargoson wants an integration with your booking or tracking system, we build it at no cost to you. The shipper benefits from automation; you benefit from receiving orders the way that fits your workflow.

No. Cargoson never touches the billing between you and your customers. You invoice your customer directly, the same way you do today. Our revenue comes from the fixed monthly subscription paid by the shipper, not from per-shipment commissions or markups.

That's fine. A decent share of carriers our customers work with, usually smaller ones, receive their orders by email. Quote requests and bookings arrive in your inbox in a standardized format, with the same details laid out the same way every time regardless of which shipper sent it. You can also sign in to Cargoson directly to see and respond to requests and bookings.

Yes. Once your account is set up and a Cargoson shipper has added you as their carrier partner, you have access to a carrier-side view: incoming quote requests, bookings, shipment statuses you can update, documents and tracking info attached to each shipment, and a per-shipment chat to talk to the customer directly about that specific shipment.

Most enterprise TMS platforms charge carriers, either a fee to be in their network or a per-shipment fee paid by the carrier. We don't do any of that. Cargoson is paid by the shippers we serve, never by carriers.

Directly with your customer (the shipper), the same as today. Cargoson doesn't sit between you on contracts. Once you and the shipper agree on a rate card, Cargoson can digitize it and apply it inside the platform. Our pricing engine handles even the most complex pricing matrices.

No. The shipper picks the carrier for every shipment. Cargoson doesn't make those decisions and doesn't act as a freight forwarder. Every quote request and transport order reaches you because that specific shipper chose you for that shipment.

Shippers, specifically manufacturers and wholesalers in Europe and North America that ship across multiple carriers and freight modes (road, courier, air, sea, rail). Our focus is on shippers shipping enough that managing carriers one by one in separate portals becomes painful.

No. Cargoson isn't a tool for finding new shippers or new loads. We don't run a marketplace, network, or bid system. Shippers using Cargoson choose their own carriers. For load-finding, freight exchanges like Trans.eu, Timocom, or DAT are the right tools.

Whichever way suits you best. The common options are: by email (a templated message generated by Cargoson on behalf of the shipper, with the request or booking details), by signing in to Cargoson directly, or via an integration with your existing booking system that we build for free at the shipper's request.

Yes. If any of your existing customers already use Cargoson and you'd like every request and transport order to flow into your own booking, dispatching, or invoicing system from the start, we can start now. Send your API/EDI documentation, test-environment access, and a technical contact to [email protected]. Our IT team handles the development at no cost.

Probably not. Demos are designed for shippers (manufacturers and wholesalers) who are evaluating Cargoson as a TMS for their own logistics. If you're a carrier, this page is the most useful read. If you have specific questions after this, email [email protected] and we'll respond by hand.

That's fine. Register the carrier account using the form and we'll match you up with them on our side. The account stays empty until they add you to their carrier list, which usually happens within a day or two.