Digital freight forwarding portal and carrier-connected operations preview

Suite de transitario de carga digital

Customer-facing digital forwarding layer on top of IST

Rates, schedules, bookings, confirmations, and tracking in one white-label experience connected directly to IST.

System add-on: portal + control tower + integrations

Turn IST into the digital freight-forwarding layer your customers actually use

This solution is not just a marketing page. It is the product blueprint and in-app experience for rates, schedules, bookings, confirmations, tracking, customer portal, and white-label deployment on top of IST TMS.

Built on IST TMSINTTRA + CargoSmart readyWhite-label customer portalOcean and air products

Digital shipper experience

Give customers rate search, schedules, self-service booking, shipment tracking, documents, and invoices in one branded portal.

IST-driven operations

Turn portal activity into controlled IST TMS quotes, jobs, margin management, exception workflows, and customer-service handoffs.

Connector fabric

Normalize carrier and airline responses from INTTRA, CargoSmart, and direct airline APIs into a single commercial and operational model.

White-label deployment

Host the portal on the freight forwarder domain, align the brand, and expose only the modules and workflows each customer segment needs.

Digital-forwarder workspace

A working application layer for customers, operations, and implementation teams

Use the tabs below to move through the customer portal, forwarder control tower, white-label deployment model, and connector fabric that make an IST customer become a digital freight forwarder.

Shipper search console

This is the front door the customer sees on the forwarder domain.

Portal outcome

The customer gets a branded digital experience, while IST still owns quote logic, commercial rules, job creation, and downstream invoicing.

Live rate basket

Normalized sell rates from the connector layer

INTTRA + CargoSmart
CargoSmart
allocated

ONE

Economy service via Singapore

Sell rate$1875
Margin$260
Transit20 days
Service1 x 40HC

Good fallback when the portal needs a lower-priced option with automated ETA updates.

INTTRA / e2open
spot

Hapag-Lloyd

Value service via Jeddah

Sell rate$1925
Margin$245
Transit18 days
Service1 x 40HC

Lower buy rate with one transshipment and slightly longer transit.

CargoSmart
allocated

CMA CGM

Premium Gulf allocation

Sell rate$2010
Margin$240
Transit17 days
Service1 x 40HC

Useful when the customer values schedule reliability and branded track-and-trace.

INTTRA / e2open
contract

MSC

Direct weekly express

Sell rate$2050
Margin$225
Transit16 days
Service1 x 40HC

Best for customers who need a stable carrier allocation and portal self-booking.

Schedules

Carrier options the customer can book against

ProviderCarrierServiceETDETATransit
INTTRA / e2openMSCFar East to Middle East loop2026-04-072026-04-2316 days
INTTRA / e2openHapag-LloydAsia Gulf connector2026-04-072026-04-2518 days
CargoSmartCMA CGMAsia ME premium loop2026-04-082026-04-2517 days
CargoSmartONESingapore relay service2026-04-082026-04-2820 days

Booking result

Portal booking becomes an IST job instantly

ProviderCargoSmart
ConfirmationCS-ONE-4731
IST jobIST-FF-BP4731
Sell rate$1875

Booking request queued in CargoSmart and awaiting final carrier acknowledgment.

IST control tower will surface carrier exceptions and re-booking recommendations.

Tracking timeline

Live milestones ready for the customer portal

Schedule selected

CargoSmart

2026-04-05T10:00:00Z - Forwarder control tower

Schedule and carrier pair chosen from the normalized portal search results.

Shipping instructions prepared

CargoSmart

2026-04-06T15:45:00Z - Shanghai

Shipping instructions and booking fields aligned before carrier submission.

Container received at terminal

CargoSmart

2026-04-09T07:00:00Z - Shanghai

Terminal receipt event pushed into the portal and internal exception workflow.

Arrival notice expected

CargoSmart

2026-04-24T06:30:00Z - Jebel Ali

Arrival milestone ready for downstream delivery planning inside IST TMS.

API blueprint

The contracts needed to make the product real

These are the application-level APIs and webhook surfaces the suite needs in order to move customer requests, provider responses, and IST TMS synchronization through one controlled architecture.

Endpoint catalogue

Live-ready contract list for the digital-forwarder application layer.

Open OpenAPI JSON
MethodPathPurposePrimary system
POST/api/digital-forwarder/rates/searchSearch normalized sell rates across ocean, air, and future land providers.Portal and control tower
POST/api/digital-forwarder/schedules/searchRetrieve carrier schedules, ETD/ETA, and service cut-offs for shipper-facing portal flows.Portal and operations
POST/api/digital-forwarder/bookingsCreate a customer booking request from a selected rate and push it through provider adapters.Portal to providers
POST/api/digital-forwarder/sync/ist-tms/quoteWrite normalized rate results into the IST quote and CRM workflow.Provider layer to IST TMS
POST/api/digital-forwarder/sync/ist-tms/shipmentCreate or update an IST shipment job after provider confirmation.Provider layer to IST TMS
GET/api/digital-forwarder/shipments/{shipmentId}/trackingServe customer-facing track-and-trace from normalized provider milestones.Portal and customer portal widgets
POST/api/digital-forwarder/portal/tenantsProvision white-label portal tenants for customer domains and branding.Implementation operations
POST/api/digital-forwarder/webhooks/provider-eventsReceive carrier/provider booking, schedule, and milestone updates and normalize them.INTTRA, CargoSmart, airlines

Rate search request

{
  "mode": "ocean",
  "origin": "Shanghai",
  "destination": "Jebel Ali",
  "incoterm": "FOB",
  "pieces": 10,
  "weightKg": 1280,
  "readyDate": "2026-04-05"
}

Booking request

{
  "rateId": "inttra-express",
  "customerName": "BluePeak Trading",
  "customerReference": "BP4731",
  "commodity": "Furniture and home accessories"
}

Tracking response

{
  "shipmentId": "IST-FF-BP4731",
  "bookingReference": "INT-MSC-4731",
  "milestones": [
    {
      "label": "Carrier space secured",
      "status": "completed",
      "location": "Carrier network"
    },
    {
      "label": "Gate-in planned",
      "status": "current",
      "location": "Shanghai"
    },
    {
      "label": "Port of discharge ETA",
      "status": "planned",
      "location": "Jebel Ali"
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

This is the layer that makes an IST freight forwarder actually digital

Customers do not become digital because the TMS exists. They become digital when the forwarder can expose rates, schedules, bookings, confirmations, tracking, documents, and invoice flows on the forwarder brand with IST still controlling execution and profitability.