A Digital Transport Marketplace That Aims To Reduce Empty Trips. EmptyTrips is a digital platform that uses smart matching algorithms to create a marketplace where shippers, agents and transport carriers can connect, bid for cargo; find transport assets to move their cargo. The EmptyTrips platform powers a new way of collaborative thinking across enterprises for faster logistics, better economics and a significantly lighter carbon footprint. This is a revolutionary way of moving goods as it uses algorithm capacity and market balancing to provide an affordable, efficient and reliable service to transporters locally and internationally.
The company was founded in 2016 by Benji Coetzee who also serves as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (CEO) with the aim of solving a common problem that transport companies face with empty return legs by leveraging the benefits of the shared economy. This company is seen as an AirBnB for the Trucking and Logistics Industry as it links those with spare capacity in their vehicles with those who need goods transported.
In an interview with Impakter.com Coetzee said, “If you also consider the fact that transport is one of the largest carbon contributors globally, having an inefficient and expensive industry creating unnecessary emissions started to worry me. I immediately started to work on an algorithm that introduces the deck space and the cubic space available on a vehicle or truck and it tries to match them with the cargo demand that has certain requirements of space and weight.”
EmptyTrips provides a market place for shippers to find a massive pool of vetted transporters with various fleet sizes. By using this platform shippers can easily find carriers, transact securely and significantly lower their transport costs. It also allows agents to automate their online sales and admin by providing a huge database of both shippers and carriers instantly which will make their job fast, efficient and profitable.
This is how the platform works:
Create a free account with EmptyTrips as either a shipper, agent or carrier and provide all your details.
From the dashboard you can edit details, add sub-users to the account and even track your trips.
Whether you have cargo to move or empty space you want cargo to fill, click ‘Post a new trip exchange’, add the details of the cargo or existing trip.
EmptyTrips will update you on all available trips daily, via email.
