Carrier Connectivity | Descartes

Carrier Connectivity Solutions

Simplify & Standardize Collaboration with Transportation Partners

Quickly add new carriers and eliminate complex onboarding processes to accelerate their time-to-value.

Fast and flexible connectivity to all your carriers

Through carrier connectivity, shippers and logistics service providers can reduce risk, increase efficiency, differentiate customer service and maintain the flow of goods by utilizing a reliable carrier onboarding service to manage carrier communications.

Standardized Messaging Formats

From booking to invoice, manage messaging with a single protocol & format.

Flexible Connectivity Options

Communicate across API, EDI and web portals/apps with universal standards.

Reusable Carrier Connections

Save time by reusing carrier connections across different modes and services.

Real-time Status & Document Sharing

Address latent data, improve accuracy, and easily share digital documents.

Single System of Record

Unify and improve historical records by communicating from a single portal.

Integrate with Existing Solutions

Augment existing TMS, Visibility, ERP or WMS connectivity.

Grow your business with the benefits of carrier connectivity:

Enhance in-transit visibility
Unify transportation processes
Reduce supply chain latency
Reduce labor costs
Improve data quality
Reduce internal IT workload

Protocols supported:

REST API / Web Services
SOAP
HTTPs
AS2 / AS4
sFTP / FTPs

Proven results for a more resilient supply chain

"We’re pleased to be able to help carriers in C.H. Robinson’s North American freight network deliver important information on their shipments"

DAN CICERCHI
General Manager, Transportation Management, Descartes

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A single integration point to 200,000+ companies provides a competitive edge

Our carrier connect solution provides access to the largest global multimodal network of carriers via Descartes' Global Logistics Network (GLN). We connect hundreds of thousands of companies in logistics, transportation, manufacturing, distribution, government and e-commerce in more than 160 countries.

Improve customer service with unified carrier messaging:

By automating key status and message types with carriers, companies can expect to see major time savings, efficiency gains, and performance improvement across their carrier network.

Sample message types supported:

Load Tender / Transport booking
Load Tender / Booking Response
Ocean Booking request and response
Shipping Instruction
Verified Gross Mass (VERMAS)
Transport Status
Transportation Invoice / Rated Bill of Lading
Functional Acknowledgement
Electronic proof-of-delivery (ePOD)
PDF documents

Interested in sustainability & CO2 emission reduction?

Descartes carrier connectivity provides you the data required to calculate CO2 emissions, and helps reduce the use of paper documents by enabling paperless processes.

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