PTL Control Tower
Traqo PTL Control Tower is the single screen for part-truckload freight — booking, tracking, POD, invoice and dispute resolution across 50+ regional and global PTL carriers. Customers consolidate their carrier panel (FedEx, DHL, UPS, Aramex, Delhivery, Safexpress and regional partners) in one login, with carrier-scorecards, lane benchmarks and auto-matched freight bills.
Every PTL carrier you use, on one screen. Track every consignment. Catch every exception. End the spreadsheet.
30+ PTL carriers integrated · 4M+ shipments tracked
Before & After
Two ways to run ptl control tower.
- —10 carrier portals, 10 logins, 10 different formats
- —Customer asks where their parcel is. You log into 5 portals.
- —Exceptions buried in 800-row Excel sheets
- Single dashboard pulling live data from every carrier
- Exception alerts surface the 5% that need attention
- Customer self-serve tracking on your branded link
How it works
Three steps. From your first day.
Connect your carriers
API integration with 30+ PTL carriers in days, not months.
Unified dashboard
All consignments, all carriers, one search bar.
Exception-first view
Show me only what's broken — saves 4 hours a day.
What's inside
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
30+ carrier APIs
Live status from every carrier you currently use.
Exception inbox
Stuck shipments, missed pickups, delayed delivery — all sorted.
Customer tracking link
Single tracking URL across all carriers, your branding.
SLA scorecard
Carrier performance graded weekly. Negotiate from data.
The number that matters
saved per dispatcher per day
by killing portal-hopping
"We had 9 carrier portals open all day. Now we have one Traqo tab. Our team got their afternoons back."
The result
Pairs perfectly with
One module is good. Three is a system.
Part of
5 solutions use PTL Control Tower
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PTL Control Tower
- What is a PTL or LTL control tower in logistics?
- A PTL (Part Truck Load) or LTL (Less-than-Truckload) control tower is a centralised visibility platform that aggregates live tracking data and status updates from multiple carriers into a single dashboard. Instead of logging into 8–12 different carrier portals to check where your consignments are, a control tower pulls all data via API integrations with each carrier and presents it in a unified view. Traqo.ai's PTL Control Tower integrates with 30+ major PTL and LTL carriers and handles the exception triage, SLA monitoring, and customer tracking link generation so your operations team can manage by exception rather than by continuous portal-checking.
- How does a multi-carrier tracking platform work?
- Traqo.ai connects to each PTL and LTL carrier's system via API, EDI feed, or web scraping, depending on the carrier's technical capabilities. Once connected, the platform continuously polls each carrier for status updates on your consignments and normalises the data into a standard format — so a 'Picked Up' status from Carrier A and an 'In Transit' status from Carrier B appear consistently in your dashboard. When a carrier fails to deliver on time, returns a consignment, or raises an exception, Traqo.ai surfaces it in your exception inbox in real-time so your team can act without scrolling through thousands of rows in a carrier spreadsheet.
- What is exception-first management in PTL logistics?
- Exception-first management is the principle of showing logistics operators only the shipments that need attention — those that are delayed, damaged, missing, or at risk of SLA breach — rather than displaying all shipments equally. Traqo.ai's PTL Control Tower implements this by automatically classifying every consignment status against its expected SLA and surfacing only the 3–5% that are outside tolerance in a prioritised exception inbox. This allows a dispatcher managing 2,000 consignments per day to focus their time on the 60–100 that actually need intervention, saving 3–4 hours per day compared to manually checking carrier portals.
- Which PTL and LTL carriers does Traqo.ai integrate with?
- Traqo.ai integrates with 30+ major PTL and LTL carriers across Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa — covering the major carrier networks used by manufacturing, FMCG, and retail shippers in these markets. New carrier integrations can typically be completed in 5–15 business days depending on the carrier's technical interface. For carriers without an API, Traqo.ai uses structured EDI or automated portal extraction to maintain data continuity. Contact Traqo.ai to confirm integration availability for your specific carrier list.
- What is a carrier SLA scorecard and how does Traqo.ai generate it?
- A carrier SLA scorecard is a periodic performance summary for each PTL and LTL carrier you use, measuring their on-time delivery rate, exception frequency, damage rate, and claims resolution time across your actual shipment history. Traqo.ai generates these automatically from the tracking data it collects — no manual data entry or carrier self-reporting required. Scorecards are updated weekly and are available per lane, per region, and per product category. The data arms your procurement team with objective performance evidence for carrier rate renegotiations, re-tendering decisions, and carrier panel management.
- How does the PTL Control Tower reduce customer escalations?
- Customer escalations in PTL operations are almost always caused by delayed or missing shipments that the shipper discovers only after the customer calls. Traqo.ai's PTL Control Tower inverts this dynamic: when a consignment goes into exception — delayed, held at hub, returned to origin — Traqo.ai alerts your team proactively, typically 12–24 hours before the customer notices. Your team can contact the carrier, arrange a redelivery, or send the customer a proactive update before they escalate. Customers who receive a proactive 'we noticed a delay and we're sorting it' message have significantly lower escalation rates than those who discover the delay themselves.
- Can I use Traqo.ai's PTL control tower for cross-border shipments?
- Yes. Traqo.ai supports cross-border PTL and express tracking for international trade lanes. For shipments crossing borders, the platform tracks each carrier leg separately — domestic first-mile, cross-border line-haul, and destination last-mile — and provides a unified end-to-end status. For EXIM container movements, the EXIM and Container module extends this with vessel-level tracking across 170+ shipping lines, port milestone events, and demurrage countdown alerts. The combination of PTL Control Tower and EXIM modules gives shippers full end-to-end visibility across their entire freight network — domestic and international, road and ocean.
- How quickly can Traqo.ai's PTL control tower be deployed?
- Most Traqo.ai PTL Control Tower deployments go live within 2–4 weeks, depending on the number of carriers being integrated and your internal configuration requirements. The carrier integration process for standard API-connected carriers typically takes 3–7 business days per carrier. Master data setup (consignment number formats, SLA rules, exception thresholds) is handled during a guided onboarding session. For shippers wanting to start with a subset of their carrier panel, a phased rollout is supported — start with your top three carriers, validate the workflow, then expand to the full panel.
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Talk to a freight expert.
Tell us about your fleet. We'll set up a pilot, walk you through the dashboard, and show you live tracking on your own trucks — no GPS hardware required.
- Pilot on up to 10 trucks, free for 14 days
- Live in under 5 minutes — just the driver's phone
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