Calogi web portal expands its presence to neighbouring regions

22nd December 2009 : With a substantial customer base in the Dubai air cargo community built following its successful launch in Dubai over a year ago, Calogi, the innovative business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) air cargo web portal, is now making its cargo business solutions available to the air cargo community in Sharjah. The Calogi portal, first launched in May 2008, is an internet-based platform that allows all stakeholders in the cargo community to conduct their business transactions online. Calogi’s wide range of online cargo services offers a network of business solutions to air cargo businesses including freight forwarders, airlines, third party logistics providers, customs and government agencies and will soon extend this provision to shippers and consignees. The launch of Calogi in Sharjah heralds a new era for the region’s air cargo industry as it links these communities via a common platform. Calogi’s subscribers to the Sharjah air cargo community will now be able to finalise their business transactions on a real-time basis and to conduct business with the current UAE subscriber base. SNTTA Cargo, the Sharjah-based GSA provider, which serves a number of the worlds leading international airlines, became the first member from Sharjah to sign a contract for using the Calogi GSA solution, c-Power. SNTTA’s endorsement highlights the first step of Calogi’s ambitious plan for engaging the industry’s key regional players and in the near future also a wider global audience. Unlike the air cargo systems that are independently developed by each stakeholder in the community to meet their own specific requirements, Calogi is distinctive in that it caters to the needs of the community under a single umbrella. In that respect, the Calogi portal is the first of its kind. Since the portal’s launch, the number of subscribers and resulting transactions in Dubai has seen continuous growth. Currently over 60% of all air waybills and delivery orders being transacted with Dnata cargo terminals are executed through Calogi. In addition to various online functions including rating, space bookings, air waybill execution, delivery order printing, track and trace and flight schedules, Calogi has also added a number of innovative features recently to the benefit of its subscribers which are now also available to companies in Sharjah. These include the advertising engine c-Reach, enabling online web page advertising; a comprehensive credit module c-Trade and finally, the GSA-airline sales module feature c-Power. With another four major IT releases due in the coming year, Calogi is fast becoming an all encompassing air cargo web portal providing a “one-stop shop for the entire air cargo community locally. It is planned for these benefits to soon become available to other regional markets in the GCC and beyond.