Qatar Airways Cargo is to roll out its Freightos third-party eBooking platform across the US from 19 July.
Forwarders will be able to make electronic bookings with access to live rates and available capacity on the WebCargo platform.
Qatar Airways serves 12 cities in the US with 145 weekly flights, offering over 4,700 tonnes of cargo capacity every week.
Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Guillaume Halleux said: “Following our successful launch across Europe, we are glad to introduce WebCargo throughout the USA, steadily extending digitalisation across our organisation.”
Freightos Group chief executive, Zvi Schreiber added: “In the past year, the industry has passionately adopted Digital Air Cargo (DAC), with WebCargo by Freightos as the chosen platform, driving 2,000%+ growth in bookings. Today, it’s an honour to expand WebCargo’s partnership with Qatar Airways Cargo to the USA, bringing direct access to the world’s number one cargo airline to the world’s largest economy.”