Alibaba (China) has joined forces with Freightos, a online freight marketplace, to integrate freight procurement into its platform, the company said in a statement.
Alibaba Freight had been in a pilot phase for a couple of months and will now be available to buyers on certain trade routes.
Alibaba Freight will allow shippers to “compare, book, manage and track ocean and air freight in real-time online,” the company said in statement.
Alibaba announced the partnership as one of three new tools and services to help American small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) advance their efforts to digitize and pivot online as they “fight through the challenges of Covid-19,” it said.
Shippers using Alibaba’s platform are often moving containers and pallets. The new service will allow them to compare prices for air and ocean freight within the e-commerce platform, the company said.
