2020年3月12日

股票:跨境貨運代理Nuvocargo宣布收購了Oncarriage，一家總部位於亞特蘭大的海關經紀和第三方物流提供商。Nuvocargo首席執行官Deepak Chhugani表示，此次收購使Nuvocargo獲得了美國幾個關鍵的政府許可證，包括海關經紀許可證，通常需要三年時間才能獲得。Chhugani在接受FreightWaves采訪時表示:“我們大約在10個月或11個月前收購了Oncarriage，這對我們幫助很大——我們繼承了一些有時很難獲得的許可證。”“報關公司是美國的許可公司，所以可以在美國的任何一個港口進口產品。”Chhugani表示，自2019年8月成立以來，這家總部位於紐約的初創公司每月都能以70%的速度增長。如今，該公司在紐約和墨西哥城有大約15名員工。這家數字貨運代理和持牌海關經紀公司一直在與托運人合作，為越來越多的客戶在美國和墨西哥之間運輸貨物。Chhugani說:“我們首先從美國和墨西哥的卡車運輸開始。“我的聯合創始人為科技企業開發了軟件;我們認為，我們有一個獨特的組合，可以將技術和數字化帶入跨境物流。” The trade of goods and services between Mexico and the U.S. totaled almost $700 billion in 2018. Nuvocargo's clients range from companies in construction, beverages and spirits to fast-growing, early-stage startups. Chhugani said. One customer is Mexico City-based Grupo Calidra, one of the country's biggest producers of raw construction materials. "Exporting from Mexico to the U.S. is a confusing process, with a lot of regulations, security concerns and a dozen potential points of failure," Juan Sebastian Munoz, director of innovation at Grupo Calidra, said in a statement. "Nuvocargo is the first freight forwarder with a single dashboard to track everything end to end, and a fully bilingual team that can coordinate every detail from start to finish on both sides of the border. It's a huge improvement on the old way of doing things." Chhugani said he sees a lot of opportunity in bigger sectors between the two nations, such as beverage, auto parts, construction, furniture and electronics. "We think there's really big pockets where we can really add value. And there's kinds of moderate complexity shipments where you really need to get things right and you need a partner that's focused on precision, and visibility," Chhugani said. Nuvocargo's backstory is unusual. Chhugani is a native of Ecuador, but his father is from India. "I grew up in Ecuador; my Spanish is better than my English," Chhugani said. "I grew up in a logistics family. My dad, in his late 20s, left India to move to Ecuador to start a small logistics business that was helping Latin American retailers find suppliers abroad, and then move the goods and then finance them. So it's kind of like a mom and pop version of what we're building today." Chhugani originally founded Nuvocargo as The Lobby, a New York-based startup that helped job candidates connect with insiders at leading financial institutions for career and hiring advice. The Lobby raised $1.2 million in funding and attracted a lot of interest and a core group of very enthusiastic users, but growth was slow. Chhugani ultimately decided to radically pivot the company into a completely different area — Nuvocargo. Chhugani said for the future, he sees a lot more growth opportunities. "We think that Mexico has some very obvious attractive qualities. It's the same time zone as the U.S. There's a very shared understanding of different things in terms of work norms and cultures. It's very close to the U.S., and a lot of things happen on truck. That means shipments get there faster, "Chhugani said. "Things like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and now unfortunately the coronavirus, given who might have been on the fence about considering Mexico as an option, I think these things can be triggers and catalysts to get them to make the move because changing your supply chain is a very big decision." Image Sourced from Pixabay