We are glad to announce the launch of a new feature in the SeaRates Mobile App — Request System for instant quotation submission for shipping and warehousing. The SeaRates Request a Quote is designed as a comprehensive form to gather all key requirements and needs shippers have for their freight transportation and warehousing. This way, you easily collect the necessary data and submit requirements to obtain customized solutions and price offers for transportation and warehousing services from reliable carriers, freight forwarders, warehouse operators/owners, and other logistics providers validated by SeaRates.
Starting with signing up and then going to the ‘Tools’ menu to find the Request a Quote available already on iOS and Android.
There are no additional levels of access required to fill out the Request a Quote form. Right from the beginning, there are two main tabs to switch — the first for freight quotes and the second one for a warehousing rate inquiry.
How to request a cargo shipping quotation?
- Choose the commodity type that has to be transported under the ‘Cargo details’ section in the ‘Category’ drop-down list. There are 23 categories to select and then added extra parameters such as Hazardous, Perishable, Oversize, and Liquid.
- Applying any additional parameters, the particular menu with comprehensive clarifications will be provided. When choosing a Hazardous cargo type, specify the UN number and go through a full list of IMO Classes to choose the appropriate one. If the Perishable type is specified, there are Humidity and Temperature parameters listed to fill out, as well as Width, Height, and Length for your Oversized cargo. The Liquid commodities type you can decide without any extra parameters and continue filling out the quotation form.
- Moving on to the ‘Request details’ section, it is necessary to specify the type of transportation, depending on which further fields will change for your needs. Choose among automatic default for all transportation, FCL, LCL, and Bulk for Sea shipping, FCL, FTL, and LCL for Road, FWL for Rail, or Standard cargo/ULD Container for transportation by Air. Next, fill in the required fields with points of departure and arrival, the date of readiness for loading the cargo, and Freight To Pay Basis terms from the list.
- After such a complete but quick filling process, you are already at the stage of fully completing the key information for the freight transportation request. Optionally, a shipper can specify which services they would like to add to the calculation at the same time without having to quote them separately. Associated services include insurance, customs clearance, certification, and inspection services.
In addition, you can apply for SeaRates Logistics & Trade Finance solution created for businesses that need Invoice Factoring, Invoice Discounting, Reverse Factoring, Trade Payables Financing, and Inventory Financing.
Any extra details in the 'Additional information' field about the shipper's preferences for cost, carrier, urgency, etc. will be taken into account when providing a quote.
Finally, the form is filled out, and you can only wait for a customized offer that meets the entire set of requirements for the transportation of goods.
How to request warehousing?
- Likewise with the process of requesting a quote for transportation, filling out the warehouse services quote form begins in the ‘Cargo details’ section, where select the category of their commodities as well as chooses Additional parameters for hazardous, perishable, oversized, or liquid cargo.
- Going to Request details, the type of warehouse must be selected (open, covered, fulfillment center, or refrigerated), warehouse bonded or not, specify a location with ZIP code, requested space for cargo, allowed radius within the selected country or not for more variants of warehouses, and finally required booking period to search warehouse service are available on the right time.
- At this step, please take a look at the wide list of additional services that can be included in a single quote request to get precise calculations at once, including the following: insurance, customs clearance, certification, inspection services, handling, stuffing, survey, fulfillment, storage, packing, marking, palletization, and railway services.
- Double-check all the details of the cargo and the warehousing request, enter any additional comments to ensure that they are taken into account when providing you with a quote, and click 'Send' to submit your request.
What’s next?
With just a few seconds of filling out the form, a full-fledged request for warehouse services or transportation with all key information is completed and submitted. The Request a Quote form in the SeaRates app has further simplified and accelerated the collection of critical and broad information about all customers’ needs who are looking for the best conditions for the transportation and storage of their goods.
Our customers receive a response containing transparent freight and warehouse rates for all the requirements specified in the request. The response is provided by trusted carriers, freight forwarders, warehouse operators or owners, and third-party logistics providers whose reliability, safety, quality, and market advantage are necessarily validated by the SeaRates team. Each request made through the SeaRates Mobile App undergoes a multi-stage verification, as well as the supplier who offers its services.
Thus, shippers, consignors, and cargo owners are provided with a convenient application, a quick response to their logistics needs, reliable cooperation, and guarantees of cooperation security.
SeaRates Mobile App integration
Logistics providers and transportation businesses can get their own Mobile App for Shipping, by simply integrating the SeaRates app. With the advanced application under your company logo and brand, shippers worldwide will request your transportation or warehouse services by simply signing in to your own app. Ensure a smooth path for your customer when getting customized quotes on your tailored logistics services with a single mobile application provided by your company.
Advantages of using Request System in SeaRates App
There are several benefits to using the SeaRates mobile app with the Request System features:
- Comprehensive data gathering: A single app allows you to keep all scenarios of your transportation and warehouse needs. From now on, it is not necessary to manually collect everything about logistics quotations, as this process is fully automated with the SeaRates App. One form with key fields and many clarifications for any requirements you may have to run a supply chain tailored.
- Smooth and quick access: There are no extra efforts, but simply open the mobile app and take a minute to specify key data and submit logistics quotes. Join digitalization to make logistics as simple as ever before.
- Transparent pricing: Such detailed data collection ensures precise and accurate calculations. Filling out the form, you can instantly adjust any parameters and clearly see components that will form the further quotation.
- Unique user experience with tailored logistics: Get a quote for urgent orders, specify any extra needs on cargo carriage or storage, add key services, and more — all in one interactive mobile tool.
- Reliable and safe collaboration: The application ensures users get a perfect match: receive personalized quotes from trusted carriers and obtain tailored logistics services worldwide to meet demand.
- Scalability with your own app: A white-labeled solution for logistics businesses striving to promote transportation tariffs and warehouse services and engage the right interested audience by providing personal quotations via their own mobile app for a digital revolution in global freight.
Conclusion
The Request System functionality for the SeaRates Mobile App is designed to smoothly request logistics quotations via a user-friendly interface right at your fingertips. This app with such an ultimate feature streamlines freight forwarding and lets you save the resources to enhance priority operations and not manually quote thousands of requests daily. There is an advanced way to completely automate and digitalize logistics quoting and provide improved services that are perfectly tailored to your customers’ needs.
Stay tuned for updates on further SeaRates app features!
