16/10/2015at 12:35

Former Maersk employees launch logistics platform

Former Maersk employees have designed an online platform for the transportation industry which will provide an overview of freight prices. The transport industry is far behind other industries, CEO tells Danish newspaper Børsen.

BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

It should be easier for customers in the shipping and logistics industry to calculate shipping prices on freight in order to find the best possible price. And former Maersk employees are now looking to provide this service through their new company Transporteca, writes Danish newspaper Børsen. The company is an online platform which gathers data and offers transparent prices on freight from A to B for both the industry and customers, explains CEO Morten Find Lærkholm, who believes that the transport industry is far behind other industries such as avation.

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