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Glossary

What is a freight exchange?

A freight exchange — also called a load board — is a marketplace for spot freight. Forwarders publish loads or search capacity; carriers bid or book. Major European examples include Trans.eu and TIMOCOM.

In freight operations

Exchanges increasingly ship their own AI for posting and negotiation. That overlaps “publish faster” tools but not a full multi-agent desk for quoting, CMR, POD, and fleet.

4logist AI focuses on inbox-to-draft quoting and operations. It works alongside the TMS your team already uses and can also sit beside freight exchanges or other systems when needed.

How it relates to 4logist AI

4logist AI is built for SMB freight forwarders who want AI drafts with human approval while keeping their TMS as the system of record. Glossary terms below link to agents and TMS connections when they map directly to product surfaces.

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