TRANSPORT BROKERS
You arrange other people's trucks. The margin on every load, plus advances, rate breaches and supplier settlement.
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FREIGHT FORWARDING·EXIM · LAST MILE · EMPTY RETURN·INDIA
FILE 01 — WHAT THIS IS
ONE PLACE FOR EVERY JOB.
Bookings, papers, tracking and bills, on one record. For transport brokers and freight forwarders — instead of WhatsApp, Excel and somebody’s memory. Working in a day, not six months. No lock-in.
20 minutes, walked through on your own consignments. No obligation, no sales deck.
PLATE 01 / JNPT — 06:12
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FILE 02 — HOW A JOB RUNS
FROM BOOKING
TO bill.
- 01
BOOKING
Comes in from the party. One record opens, and everything after attaches to it.
- 02
PAPERS
Whatever the job needs, kept on the job. Findable in six months when there is a dispute.
- 03
MOVING
Pickup, gate-in, gate-out, delivery. Logged as it happens, not typed in afterwards.
- 04
CHECKING
The job updates itself all day. You get told when something changes.
- 05
BILL
The finished job makes the invoice. Advance deducted, charges counted, nothing retyped.
- 06
MONEY
What the party owes you, what you owe whoever you used, and the margin between them.
Brokers and forwarders run the same six steps. The job changes; the record does not.
FILE 03 — THE PROBLEM
YOUR OFFICE WORKS NINE HOURS.
YOUR JOBS MOVE twenty-four.
Right now every job takes three kinds of work, and none of them stop when your office shuts.
Finding things
The booking is in a WhatsApp message, the papers on somebody's phone, the progress in an Excel sheet, and what you are owed in somebody's head.
Typing things
The same details go into the sheet, then the invoice, then Tally. Most of it already exists somewhere, so somebody is paid to find it and type it again. Typed three times means wrong at least once.
Finding out too late
You learn the party is angry when they call. You learn about detention when the bill comes.
And it never stops
A container gates out at 2am. A query gets raised on Saturday. Nobody is watching, so you find out on Monday, after it has cost you.
Older software is a screen you type into. This one works while you sleep.
FILE 04 — WHO IT IS FOR
TWO KINDS
OF business.
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
You move other people's cargo. Documents, customs status, port and CFS movement and the empty return, on one record.
FILE 05 — WHAT IT DOES
IT DOES THE
looking UP.
Most of what your desk chases already exists somewhere. Ahjam Cargo goes and gets it, puts it on the job, and tells you when something changes.
- 01
Checks where every job is
Through the night, without anyone calling the driver, the yard or the CHA.
- 02
Keeps the papers with the job
Bilty, POD, invoice. Still there in six months when the party disputes the bill.
- 03
Tells you when something changes
Instead of when somebody next thinks to look.
- 04
Checks the vehicle before it is allocated
Permit, fitness and insurance. It is not your truck, but it is your party's cargo.
- 05
Counts detention as it adds up
While it is still cheap to fix, not when the invoice arrives.
- 06
Makes the bill when the job finishes
Advance deducted, charges counted, nothing retyped.
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PLATE 03 / IN TRANSITFILE 06 — TRACKING
YOU STOP
CHASING IT.
Nobody rings the driver, the yard or the CHA. The job carries where it is, what papers it has, its customs status, and the detention clock running against it.
So when the party asks where their load is, the answer is on the screen. You look, and you tell them.
FILE 07 — EASY TO START
NOBODY
EVER USES
THE SOFTWARE.
WORKING IN A DAY
Not six months. No implementation project, no consultant, no rollout plan.
ANYONE CAN USE IT
If your munshi cannot use it on day one, it has failed. That is our problem, not your staff's.
WE FIT HOW YOU WORK
Ahjam is built to be extended, so shaping it around your way of working is a small job, not a quote. We change the software, not your business.
NO LOCK-IN
Month to month. Your data is yours — export it any time, including on the way out.
FILE 08 — BILLING
THE JOB
WRITES THE
INVOICE.
Advances, detention, demurrage, rate breaches and every completed leg roll into one bill. For a broker it also shows what you pay the supplier against what you charge the party — the margin, before the month ends rather than after.
AH:JAMTAX INVOICE
CONSIGNMENTassembled from legs
DETENTIONfrom gate timestamps
ADVANCEnetted off
RATE BREACHflagged, not buried
PODattached
NO RE-KEYINGREADY
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FILE 10 — IN PRODUCTION
Not a prototype. A live operation runs on it.
An Indian container transport broker runs their daily work on Ahjam Cargo — loads, suppliers, movements, advances and invoicing. Vehicles checked before allocation, bills raised off the finished load, and a morning operations summary in their inbox every day.
Customer named on request, once they are happy to be.
FILE 09 — QUESTIONS
ASKED
and ANSWERED.
What is Ahjam Cargo?
Ahjam Cargo is an EXIM and container logistics platform built for Indian freight forwarders and customs house agents (CHAs). It replaces WhatsApp groups and Excel sheets with one platform where your documentation, customs, operations, and accounts teams run the full import lifecycle, from shipping documents and ICEGATE filing to container movement, GST invoicing, and the final empty return.
Does Ahjam Cargo integrate with ICEGATE?
Yes. Ahjam Cargo submits customs data to ICEGATE through direct API integration with no manual login, and tracks approval or rejection status in real time. When a shipper API is not available, the platform uses smart OCR to capture data from invoices, packing lists, and bills of lading automatically before filing.
What is smart OCR document capture?
Smart OCR reads shipping documents such as the commercial invoice, packing list, and bill of lading and extracts the data automatically using AI. It removes manual data entry into Excel, cuts errors, and speeds up the move from document receipt to customs filing.
Who is Ahjam Cargo for?
Ahjam Cargo is built for freight forwarders and customs house agents in India who manage import and export container shipments across multiple ports and a team. It suits operations where a documentation team handles filing, an operations team arranges movement and compliance, and an accounts team handles GST invoicing and reconciliation.
How does Ahjam Cargo help avoid container detention charges?
Ahjam Cargo tracks the 15-day empty container return as an SLA and alerts your team before the deadline. Because movement, delivery, and the empty return run in one connected workflow, containers do not slip through the gaps, which reduces detention and demurrage charges.
What does end-to-end import lifecycle management mean?
It covers every step from the moment shipping documents arrive to the final GST invoice and empty container return, including OCR data capture, ICEGATE customs filing, vehicle compliance, container movement, tracking, billing, and detention monitoring. Ahjam Cargo runs the full lifecycle in one platform instead of separate tools.
Can Ahjam Cargo generate GST invoices automatically?
Yes. When operations marks a job delivered, Ahjam Cargo generates the GST-compliant invoice automatically, so accounts does not wait for a WhatsApp confirmation or reconcile manually. Tax calculations are handled automatically.
What is VAHAN vehicle verification?
VAHAN is the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vehicle registry. Ahjam Cargo checks a vehicle against it for registration certificate, insurance, permit and fitness before you dispatch it, so the trucks moving your containers are compliant without anyone chasing paper copies. Vehicle compliance is one of several checks that run automatically against the consignment, alongside container movement through ports and ICDs, and customs status.
How does Ahjam Cargo handle container and cargo tracking?
Ahjam Cargo tracks every container across the full movement, from port pickup to delivery and back to the empty return. Every milestone is captured with timestamp and location, giving your team and your clients accurate status without phone calls or driver updates over WhatsApp.
How is Ahjam Cargo different from running on WhatsApp and Excel?
WhatsApp and Excel cannot connect documentation, customs, operations, and accounts. Information filed by one team never reaches the others automatically, it has to be forwarded and re-entered. Ahjam Cargo replaces that with one platform where every document, filing, movement, and invoice is visible to every team in real time.
Does Ahjam Cargo support export shipments as well as imports?
Yes. While the import lifecycle from document receipt to empty return is the core workflow, Ahjam Cargo handles export container movements too, with the same document capture, movement, tracking, and GST invoicing in one place.
Which ports and ICDs does Ahjam Cargo support?
Ahjam Cargo supports container movements across major Indian seaports and inland container depots (ICDs) including Agra, Ahmedabad, Ankleshwar, Bawal, Bangalore, Baroda, Bhiwadi, Bhopal, Chennai, Cochin, Dadri, Dalpatpur, Faridabad, Gurugram, Haldia, Hazira, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kandla, Kanpur, Kashipur, Khatuwas, Kishangarh, Kolkata, Kota, Loni, Ludhiana, Malanpur, Mangalore, Modinagar, Moradabad, Mundra, Nagpur, Nava Sheva, Pali, Palwal, Panipat, Pantnagar, Pipavav, Pune, Rewari, Rudrapur, Samalkha, Sanand, Sonipat, Tarapur, TKD (Tughlakabad), Tuticorin, Vapi, Viramgam, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), and more. The platform is built for freight forwarders and CHAs managing shipments across multiple ports, ICDs, and CFS facilities.
Does Ahjam Cargo provide KYC for transporters and vendors?
Yes. Ahjam Cargo includes KYC (Know Your Vendor) verification for the transporters and vendors you work with, separate from VAHAN vehicle verification which checks individual vehicle compliance. Together they give you a verifiable record that both the vendor and their vehicles are compliant before a container job is assigned.
What reporting and insights does Ahjam Cargo provide?
Because Ahjam Cargo captures every step of the import lifecycle in a structured way, it generates operational reports across all shipments and ports, including clearance turnaround, job completion, detention exposure, vehicle compliance, and billing summaries, without manually compiling data from WhatsApp and spreadsheets.
Does Ahjam Cargo support empty container repositioning?
Yes. Ahjam Cargo tracks empty container movements alongside laden movements, including the return run from delivery point back to the port or depot within the detention window. You get full visibility of where empty containers are, which reduces detention charges and prevents containers going missing between jobs.
What is a bill of entry and how does Ahjam Cargo handle it?
A bill of entry is the customs declaration an importer or customs broker files for goods arriving in India, submitted through ICEGATE before a consignment can be cleared. In Ahjam Cargo the bill of entry sits on the consignment next to the commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading, so the filing, its status and the documents behind it are one record instead of three systems and a chat thread.
What is a shipping bill, and does Ahjam Cargo handle export shipments?
A shipping bill is the export declaration filed through ICEGATE for goods leaving India, the export counterpart to the bill of entry on the import side. Ahjam Cargo runs export shipments on the same record as imports: documents, filing status, container movement to the port, and invoicing on completion.
Does Ahjam Cargo keep track of e-way bills?
The e-way bill is the GST document required for moving goods worth more than fifty thousand rupees, generated on the government e-way bill portal. In Ahjam Cargo it is carried on the consignment with the rest of the movement paperwork, so the document travelling with the vehicle and the trip record are not kept in two different places.
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