AI Agents for Freight Forwarders

AI teammates for your
freight operations.

Not another tool. A teammate that does the work. Advertz builds AI agents around your operation — shipment processing, quoting, accounts payable, customs prep — so your team can stop copying and pasting and start moving more freight.

Advertz agent — active
booking@maersk.com
09:41

Booking Confirmation #SHP-4821

booking.pdf
Written to TMS
ShipmentSHP-4821
OriginShanghai, CN
DestinationLos Angeles, US
ETAMar 14, 2026
ModeOcean FCL

Activity log

09:41:12Email received — booking confirmation SHP-4821inbox
09:41:15Extracted 14 fields from booking.pdfextract
09:41:58Shipment SHP-4821 created in CargoWisetms
09:42:03Status update sent to customernotify
09:44:37Invoice INV-8821 matched to SHP-4820ap
09:45:02Discrepancy flagged for review — Terminal Handlingreview
The Problem

Your team spends hours per shipment on busywork

2+ hrs

Manual data entry

per shipment on data entry

80%

Copy-paste workflows

of ops time on repetitive tasks

15+

Document chasing

documents per shipment

3-6 mo

Scaling means hiring

to train new ops staff

Our Approach

Every forwarder loses hours in the same places — documents, quoting, accounts payable, status updates. We put an AI agent on the workflow costing you the most, prove it in production, then build the next. Not one big system. One workflow at a time.

The Solution

Agents built around your operation

Where we usually start: the workflows that eat the most hours. Each agent is built around how your team actually runs them — one at a time.

01

Shipment Processing

Email comes in, PDF attached. Advertz reads it, extracts the data, and creates the shipment record in your TMS. Your team reviews and approves.

booking@maersk.com09:41

Booking Confirmation #SHP-4821

booking.pdf
Created in TMS
ShipmentSHP-4821
OriginShanghai, CN
DestinationLos Angeles, US
ETAMar 14, 2026
ModeOcean FCL
Your team reviews and approvesNo manual entry
02

Quoting

A quote request lands. Advertz pulls the rates, applies your margins, and drafts the quote — ready for your team to approve and send.

ops@customer.com10:02

Quote request — 2x40HC, Shanghai → Los Angeles

Quote draftedQ-2026-0347
Ocean Freight, 2x40HC$4,900.00
Terminal Handling$570.00
Documentation$150.00
Transit Time16-19 days
Total$5,620.00
Ready for approvalDrafted in 4 min
03

Accounts Payable

Vendor invoice arrives. Advertz extracts the charges, matches them against the shipment, and flags anything that doesn't add up.

Invoice

INV-2026-8821

Reviewing
Ocean Freight
$2,450.00
Documentation Fee
$125.00
BAF Surcharge
$340.00
Terminal Handling
$285.00
Customs Clearance
$180.00
1 discrepancy flagged$3,380.00
04

Customs Entry Prep

Classification pulled, entry documents prepared, and everything validated against regulations before your customs team opens the file.

Customs Entry

SHP-4821 — Los Angeles

Ready for review
HTS Code
8471.30.0100
Country of Origin
CN
Entry Type
01 — Consumption
Declared Value
$48,200.00
Duty Rate
2.6%
Validated against current regulations5/5 checks passed
05

Shipment Communications

Milestone changes, document requests, status questions — answered the moment they happen, without your ops team lifting a finger.

Customer thread

SHP-4821

SHP-4821 departed Shanghai

9:42 AM

When can we expect arrival?

9:43 AM

Advertz

ETA Los Angeles: Mar 14, 2026. Tracking link: advertz.ai/t/4821

9:43 AM

Document request sent: Commercial Invoice

9:45 AM

Connected to the tools you already use
CargoWiseMagayaDescartesGmailOutlookWhatsAppSlackSheets
Email receivedData extractedTMS updatedCustomer notified

These are just the usual suspects. Agents connect to hundreds of systems through APIs and EDI — if your operation runs on it, we can plug into it.

The Difference

Same operations. Without the busywork.

Before working with us

  • Ops staff keying data from emails into the TMS by hand
  • Hours reconciling vendor invoices to shipments
  • Quotes and customs entries built from scratch, every time
  • Customers calling for status updates
  • More volume means more headcount

After working with us

  • Your agent keys shipments into your TMS from emails, PDFs, and EDI
  • Invoices matched and routed the moment they arrive
  • Entries and quotes pre-filled, ready for review
  • Customers updated automatically when things change
  • Volume grows, headcount doesn't
The Process

From first call to compounding results

No big-bang implementation. We build one agent at a time, prove it in production, and expand from there.

Phase 01
01

Discover

We map how your ops team works today, pick the first workflows to hand off, and lock a success metric for each.

Phase 02
02

Design

We design the agent's job before it touches production — the workflows it runs and the handoffs with your team.

Phase 03
03

Deploy

The agent starts working alongside your team. We ship to production and stay through the full release cycle.

Phase 04
04

Compound

We measure real usage, fix what breaks, and expand what works. The agent takes on more over time.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can't find what you're looking for? Reach out to our team

No. We build each agent around your operation — your workflows, your document formats, your business rules. The starting points are common because forwarders lose hours in the same places, but what we ship is built for how your team actually works.

Put your first agent to work.

Book a 30-minute call. We'll walk through your operation and tell you honestly what an AI agent could take off your team's plate. No commitment, no pressure.

Or email us at cristian@advertz.ai