Platform initiative · In development
A digital marketplace where merchants and shippers publish lane-level RFQs, and global express carriers, regional networks, postal operators, and consolidators bid live capacity — with customs-ready execution across Europe–Asia corridors.
01 — The market today
Capacity is real. Demand is real. The connective layer between them is not. Merchants and shippers spend weeks rebuilding the same comparison every quarter, and providers spend the same weeks chasing the same RFQs through email.
Quotes arrive in PDFs, on different bases, with different surcharges. Comparing four providers on one lane takes a week and is obsolete by the time it ships.
Real capacity sits inside carriers, postal operators, and Asian consolidators that have no shared discovery layer. Buyers route around it instead of through it.
IOSS, low-value clearance, restricted-goods screening, and HS coding are handled differently per provider. The merchant absorbs the risk.
Cross-jurisdiction settlement, FX, and disputes are still handled out-of-band. There is no neutral ledger, no rules engine, and no independent dispute path.
02 — How the exchange works
Buyers post structured RFQs — origin, destination, weight band, service class, customs profile, target transit, sustainability constraints.
Express carriers, regional networks, postal operators, consolidators, and 3PLs respond with priced capacity against the published lane.
Bids are scored across price, transit, CO2, customs readiness, and track record — not lowest cost alone.
Awarded volume moves under a single booking reference. Settlement is designed to run through regulated payment partners, with an internal ledger and rules engine. Unresolved disputes route to an independent ODR provider.
Indicative structure. Scoring weights are tenant-configurable; CO2e estimates follow standard GLEC-aligned methodology in the roadmap.
03 — Who trades on the exchange
CrossDock Exchange is being built for participants that already move cross-border parcels at scale — and for the merchants and platforms that depend on them.
SME retailers, mid-market merchants, enterprise shippers, global brands, and e-commerce platforms that need predictable cross-border capacity without rebuilding vendor management every quarter.
Bid on aggregated demand they would not otherwise see in one place.
Compete on segments where they are structurally strongest, not on the whole lane.
National posts and Asian consolidators get a structured demand signal — including IOSS-eligible flows — and a neutral platform to publish capacity into.
Sell origin handling, customs, and consolidation as composable services.
04 — Platform scope
CrossDock Exchange is being prepared as a platform initiative. Modules are sequenced — not all are live today. Each phase is built to operate through regulated and independent partners where required.
Structured RFQs, bid book, awarded-volume workflow, lane templates, tenant-specific scoring weights.
Multi-carrier routing across price, transit, CO2, customs profile and provider track record.
IOSS-eligible routing, low-value VAT handling, HS classification assistance, restricted-goods screening, document trail per shipment.
Single booking reference across awarded providers, with merchant-facing and consumer-facing visibility.
Internal ledger and rules engine designed to operate through regulated payment and payout partners. CrossDock does not hold client funds.
Neutral platform stance. Unresolved disputes are routed to an independent online dispute-resolution provider.
GLEC-aligned CO2e per lane and per shipment. Sustainability reports for merchants and providers.
Lane-level price and transit benchmarks, capacity heatmaps, corridor demand signals — published as aggregated, anonymised analytics.
Customs-ready execution — checkpoint timeline
05 — Partnership
Logistics providers, postal operators, Asian consolidators, cross-border 3PLs, and e-commerce platforms with cross-border flow — we want a conversation, not a pitch.
