Established in 2016, Naqla has brought the first trucking platform to the Egyptian market. Its platform utilizes technology to modernize and enhance the logistics industry’s operating system in a simplified and seamless structure. With a logistics industry worth an estimated 13 billion USD, transport of materials along the supply chain is a crucial component of any business’ goal to serve a large and expanding consumer base in Egypt. Naqla brings a higher truck utilization, competitive pricing, secured and fully insured shipments with real time tracking.
Naqla’s offerings and operations have expanded consistently and currently span across the container, heavy and light trucking, as well as bulk business transport. Representing the majority of Naqla’s business is the transport of import, export, refrigerated and empty containers across ports to destinations. Naqla expanded into the domestic heavy trucking business in 2019, with a fleet of medium sized trucks transporting heavy items now representing 16% of the company’s business. However, rising demand for domestic light trucking became Naqla’s latest offering in 2020, allowing consumers and small to medium enterprises (SME) to transport light materials to their desired destinations. With over 100K+ journeys completed across 31 million kilometers, Naqla’s 10K+ drivers have moved over 4 million tons of items for its consumers to date. This year, Naqla explores the bulk business transport of raw materials, such as iron ore, cement, billets among various more commodities.
Naqla has served industries from automotive, textile, construction and mining to agriculture, paper products and fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs). Naqla operates through two applications offering real time tracking serving both ends of its primary stakeholders: clients or business and drivers.
The first application allows clients or businesses to place their shipping order, leveraging Naqla’s technology to fulfill your business need. By providing your shipment details, you receive an immediate quote at a competitive price and Naqla then optimizes your search and identifies your optimum shipment carrier. Naqla’s platform facilitates the payment and management of the order, reducing the average 18% carriers income to brokers or intermediaries. Determined to increase supply chain visibility and ensure secure and fully insured shipments, all truckers are certified and all clients can monitor their shipments using real time updates from initiation to completion. All documentation relevant to your shipment is loaded and available through Naqla’s application.
The second application address the other end of the transaction, and is the drivers’ application. Drivers can sign up to join Naqla’s fleet here provided they are certified for trucking. Naqla’s trucking fleet is comprised of 13 different truck types available to serve client’s varying needs. The application then enables the driver to receive the shipping mandate, allow the booking to be completed in real time along with payment with fair rates, avoiding the aforementioned leakages in payments using intermediaries. Naqla is committed to assisting its truckers in growing their business, reducing overhead costs and maintaining a safe and desirable working environment.
With Naqla’s applications, businesses now have increased supply chain visibility and leveraged technology to support the automation of orders, quotations and optimized routes for transportation.Naqla’s application streamlines an otherwise difficult process by providing your busines shipping form load pricing, shipment pick-up to delivery with real time tracking, payment, and shipping documentation. Streamline the logistics of your supply chain with Naqla today and get your quotation here at competitive prices!
Stay tuned next week to hear about “Naqla’s Position in the Competitive Landscape”
