SHIPNEXT and XLP forge partnership to boost digital shipping access

MENLO PARK: A strategic partnership agreement between SHIPNEXT, the leading freight platform, and XLProjects Network (XLP) was signed at last week’s Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam – the world’s largest project cargoandbreakbulkevent.

Offering instant cargo-to-ship matching on a global basis, SHIPNEXTwasconceivedin2015byBelgium-basedshipping and tech entrepreneur Alexander Varvarenko to help charterers and shipbrokers in dry bulk, breakbulk, project cargoandcontainerizedtrades.

XLP is a division of AIN Group Pte Ltd., which has been operating successful global logistics networks since 2003. Today, XLP serves as a platform for the world’s top independent project logistics companies and is operated by a multilingualmanagementteaminBangkok,Thailand.

Daniel Bateman, the new agreement allows XLP members to reap the benefits of digital shipping by providing them with free access to the full SHIPNEXT system for a year. XLP members will have access to features such as the Trading Desk, Cargo and Fleet Monitor, Port Information, FreightCalculator,andmore.

SHIPNEXT holds a patent for its innovative system that combines email processing, powered by natural language processing, machine learning, and AI, with an all-inclusive Ato-Z shipping platform. This integration enables instant freight search, freight tendering, trade facilitation and workflowautomation.

Signed by SHIPNEXT Founder and

CEO

Alexander Varvarenko and XLP Directors Gary Dale Cearley and

Making use of smart tags and an algorithm that is constantly learning, the system provides an effective solution to the problem of information overload, caused by the unmanageablequantityofemailthatisatypicalfeatureofthe traditionalshippingbusiness.