Freightgate, Inc. announces unified quote platform upgrade to Tariff-Trek!(tm)

March 05, 2004 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
Huntington Beach, California — Freightgate, Inc., a leading provider of Internet applications for the freight and logistics industry, today announced the enhanced
version of its Contract Rate Management System, Tariff-Trek!(tm). By incorporating the PLTX trucking components into Tariff-Trek!(tm) , it is now practical to manage rates and contracts for all modes of transportation and to seamlessly integrate these into the
existing air and ocean carrier service contract management platform. This allows customers to manage all transportation rates and bids in one Web-service enabled environment.


Martin Hubert, Freightgate's President and CEO stated, "With the Tariff-Trek!(tm) capabilities evolving from an ocean carrier base to include air freight and now truck information, our customers have one central data base to maintain their entire rate structure. This makes available a comprehensive vehicle for the utilization of the unsurpassed computer-aided rating and routing capabilities of Tariff-Trek!(tm) across all modes of transportation. Customers can obtain instant rate queries for routes consisting of up to five individual legs by virtually limitless combinations and issue client specific rate quotations for all modes from one system. They can combine these quotes in one, easy to generate email message for communication to the marketplace. We believe this will greatly enhance our customers' ability to be able to rapidly and accurately respond to the demands of their clients for information of complex price offerings. The utilization of the system will reduce labor, save time and increase speed and accuracy in generating these proposals. We believe Tariff-Trek!(tm) is the only product on the market that can provide this totally integrated solution".

For more information on Tariff-Trek!(tm) and other value added service offerings for shippers and carriers, please visit the Freightgate website at www.freightgate.com.


About Freightgate (R):
Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate team has developed Internet solutions for the freight industry since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX(tm) Suite,
which includes I-Trek! (R) Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; GTM-rek!(tm) for RFQ and tender management; Tariff-Trek!(tm) for service contract and quote management, FMC-Trek! for fulfilling FMC publishing requirements, I-Sail!(tm) the interactive online sailing schedule and Schedule-Trek!(tm) the interactive airline scheduling solution. Other Freightgate suites include I-Train!(tm) for your training and educational requirements, and eLogistic(tm) the perfect extension for online exchanges to provide interactive shipping services to users. Freightgate's customer portfolio contains companies such as Alliance International, Menlo Worldwide, Bax Global, GeoLogistics, Panalpina and Shipco.

Freightgate is ISO 9001: 2000 certified. For additional information on Freightgate, visit
them on the web at www.freightgate.com or call (714) 799-2833.


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