Air Waybills · Freight Forwarders · Latin America

Automated Air Waybill Management for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Brazil

Electronic AWB creation, management, and transmission — eliminating paper and manual errors from your cargo documentation.

99%

AWB accuracy

10-Day

Go-Live SLA

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Modern air waybills for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Brazil

For Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Brazil, air waybills is where margins are won and lost on every departure. The air waybill is the fundamental contract of carriage in air cargo. Belli automates the entire AWB lifecycle — from electronic creation and rating through to carrier messaging and revenue accounting. Latin American air cargo is driven by perishable exports, mining equipment, and growing e-commerce.

Operators routing through Santiago (SCL) and São Paulo (GRU) — carriers in the class of LATAM Cargo, Azul Cargo — face the same pressure: more volume, tighter slots, and zero tolerance for a load plan that leaves revenue on the ramp. Belli's air waybills targets a measurable outcome — 99% AWB accuracy — and goes live in 10 days for teams operating in Brazil, not 12–18 months. Brazil deployments inherit the same SLA.

The operational reality in Brazil

Here is what actually breaks for freight forwarders & 3pls in Brazil.

  • Customer service chasing carriers for milestone updates — compounded in Brazil by growing e-commerce driving air freight demand
  • Buy/sell rate management and margin tracking spread across spreadsheets — compounded in Brazil by currency volatility requiring multi-currency pricing
  • Manual eAWB and house manifest creation duplicated in every carrier system
  • Brazil-specific: SISCOMEX customs system. Portuguese language requirements. Complex tax regulations.

What changes with Belli

Belli replaces that with a single platform tuned for Brazil's requirements:

  • End-to-end shipment milestone tracking in a single dashboard
  • Buy/sell rate management with real-time margin visibility
  • One booking workflow across every airline and GSA partner

Before Belli: Manual AWB entry takes 8-12 minutes per shipment. Error rates of 15-25% cause billing disputes and revenue leakage. After Belli: Automated AWB creation in under 30 seconds. Error rates below 1%. Zero billing disputes from AWB data quality.

How Belli's Air Waybills works in Brazil

Belli's air waybills runs as one connected workflow, configured for Brazil from day one.

In practice, that means electronic AWB creation with auto-rating, automated tariff application and charge calculation, and IATA e-AWB compliance and transmission. Belli also covers house/Master AWB management against Brazil's specific constraints. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Built for Brazil's requirements

Latin America is not a single market — it is a set of regulators, hubs, and carrier models that punish one-size-fits-all software. Latin American air cargo is driven by perishable exports, mining equipment, and growing e-commerce.

That shows up in the details: miami as primary gateway for Latin America-US cargo flows; mining and energy sector equipment cargo; and growing e-commerce driving air freight demand. Brazil adds its own layer — SISCOMEX customs system. Portuguese language requirements. Complex tax regulations. Carriers such as LATAM Cargo, Azul Cargo, Avianca Cargo operate against exactly these conditions.

Going live in 10 days in Brazil

Replatforming usually means a year of risk; with Belli it is a ten-day project plan. Historical AWBs, allotments, and contracts move across without re-keying. Training runs in parallel, not after the fact. Support is a person who knows your account, available around the clock.

The bottom line for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Brazil

Strip away the demos and it is about outcomes. The status quo is expensive precisely because it looks free. The return is specific, not aspirational — 99% AWB accuracy. This is no longer the frontier — it is the new baseline. See the live demo, or talk to an engineer the same day.

Air Waybills

Before and after Belli

✗ Before Belli

Manual AWB entry takes 8-12 minutes per shipment. Error rates of 15-25% cause billing disputes and revenue leakage.

✓ After Belli

Automated AWB creation in under 30 seconds. Error rates below 1%. Zero billing disputes from AWB data quality.

At a glance · Brazil

Specifications

Decision Makers

Managing Director, Head of Airfreight, Operations/IT Director

Buying Triggers

Volume growth, new carrier onboarding, ONE Record mandate, margin compression

Brazil — specific requirements

SISCOMEX customs system. Portuguese language requirements. Complex tax regulations.

Key cargo hubs · Latin America region

São Paulo (GRU)Bogotá (BOG)Santiago (SCL)Lima (LIM)Panama City (PTY)Mexico City (MEX)

Airlines in the region

✈ LATAM Cargo✈ Avianca Cargo✈ Copa Airlines Cargo✈ Aeromexico Cargo✈ GOL Cargo✈ Azul Cargo

FAQ

Common questions

How fast can Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Brazil go live with Belli's Air Waybills?

Belli's 10-day go-live SLA applies from contract signature — whether you run a single station such as Santiago (SCL) or a multi-hub network across Latin America. Data migration, EDI connections, and operator training are included in the 10 days, versus the 12–18 months legacy vendors quote.

Does Belli's Air Waybills meet Brazil regulatory requirements?

Yes. Brazil deployments handle SISCOMEX customs system. Portuguese language requirements. Complex tax regulations. Belli ships with the compliance workflows Latin America operators need out of the box — including perishable cargo dominance requiring cold-chain management — so you are not building integrations after go-live.

Which Latin America carriers run cargo operations like ours?

Carriers across the region — including LATAM Cargo, Azul Cargo, Avianca Cargo — operate the same booking-to-revenue workflows Belli automates, much of it routing through Santiago (SCL).

What measurable result does Belli's Air Waybills deliver?

Automated AWB creation in under 30 seconds. Error rates below 1%. Zero billing disputes from AWB data quality. Typical outcome: 99% AWB accuracy, with automated eAWB and HAWB creation with IATA ONE Record transmission.

Who in our organization owns the buying decision?

For Freight Forwarders & 3PLs, the decision typically involves Managing Director, Head of Airfreight, Operations/IT Director. Common triggers: Volume growth, new carrier onboarding, ONE Record mandate, margin compression.

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