The alliance will provide shippers with a new level of control and convenience in procuring rates and managing their global shipments online. The partnership gives shippers a one-stop site where they can procure rates and manage their ocean shipments by combining Logistics.com's powerful OptiBid LaneT procurement solution with CargoSmart's array of powerful online management services including interactive sailing schedules, instant booking confirmation, cargo tracking and tracing, shipment milestone notification and relationship manager."By incorporating Logistics.com's leading-edge procurement technology into CargoSmart, we are offering our customers a highly strategic addition and creating the industry's most comprehensive ocean shipping platform," said Joseph O'Brien, marketing director of CargoSmart. "Together, Logistics.com and CargoSmart are changing the face of ocean shipping, leveraging the efficiency of the Internet and our dozens of years of industry expertise."

Logistics.com's OptiBid Lane solution improves service and reduces costs by streamlining interaction with carriers, giving the carriers the detailed information they need to bid more confidently and competitively and reducing the time needed to acquire transportation services from weeks to, in some cases, only a few days. CargoSmart's dynamic suite of information and communication tools provides real-time, around the clock shipment visibility, improving responsiveness and efficiency.

About Logistics.com

Based in Burlington, Mass., Logistics.com delivers logistics planning and execution solutions that guarantee cost savings to shippers and carriers, while maximizing service and improving capital utilization. The company links all players in logistics and adjacent industries on a standard communication and application integration platform, Logistics Event Management Architecture (LEMA).

About CargoSmart.com

CargoSmart (www.cargosmart.com), launched on October 11, 2.000 is one of most advanced portals for the container transportation industry. Customers use CargoSmart's open software platform to help manage their shipments with multiple carriers and share information with their shipping associates online. CargoSmart's online management services include Sailing Schedule, Internet Booking Request, Shipment Detail, Cargo Tracking, E-mail Notifications, Shipment Coverage.