Cargo Ground Operations & Warehouse Management for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs — Europe

Why freight forwarders & 3pls in Europe choose Belli for ground operations

Belli rebuilt ground operations from first principles for freight forwarders & 3pls in Europe — not as a bolt-on to a legacy core. Ground operations are where cargo physically moves — and where most operational failures occur. Belli digitizes the entire warehouse workflow. European air cargo is governed by the most complex regulatory environment in the world including EU ICS2 and ACC3 requirements.

Operators routing through Luxembourg (LUX) and Paris CDG (CDG) — carriers in the class of IAG Cargo, airBaltic — face the same pressure: more volume, tighter slots, and zero tolerance for a load plan that leaves revenue on the ramp. Belli's ground operations targets a measurable outcome — 0 data entry delay — and goes live in 10 days for teams operating in Europe, not 12–18 months.

The operational reality in Europe

The friction is specific, not generic.

• No single view of shipment status once cargo leaves the warehouse — compounded in Europe by IATA ONE Record adoption driven by EU regulatory push
• Buy/sell rate management and margin tracking spread across spreadsheets — compounded in Europe by UK PreDICT post-Brexit customs requirements
• Re-keying data between forwarding software and airline EDI

What changes with Belli

What freight forwarders & 3pls get instead:

• Automated eAWB and HAWB creation with IATA ONE Record transmission
• Self-service customer portal with live tracking
• End-to-end shipment milestone tracking in a single dashboard

Before Belli: Paper-based warehouse processes. No real-time shipment visibility. Manual scanner data entry creating 4-hour data delays. After Belli: Fully digital warehouse operations. Real-time shipment tracking. Zero data entry delay from scanner integration.

How Belli's Ground Operations works in Europe

The mechanics are built for throughput, not paperwork — whether cargo moves through Luxembourg (LUX) or a dozen stations.

In practice, that means barcode and RFID scanner integration, inbound acceptance and breakdown workflows, and outbound build-up and aircraft loading coordination. Belli also covers truck dock management and appointment scheduling against Europe's specific constraints. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Built for Europe's requirements

Running cargo in Europe means living inside its rules, not around them. European air cargo is governed by the most complex regulatory environment in the world including EU ICS2 and ACC3 requirements.

That shows up in the details: GDPR compliance for all customer and shipment data processing; slot-constrained airports requiring precise capacity planning; and EU ICS2 mandatory pre-arrival cargo data filing. Carriers such as IAG Cargo, airBaltic, Air France-KLM Cargo operate against exactly these conditions.

Going live in 10 days in Europe

Go-live is measured in days, and the date is contractual. Master data and partner connections are stood up against a real test load. By go-live your operators are trained on the same workflows they already run in Europe. Post-launch, changes ship continuously rather than waiting for a quarterly release.

The bottom line for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Europe

The bottom line for freight forwarders & 3pls is direct. Manual workflows do not just cost hours — they cost yield on every departure. 0 data entry delay is the outcome Belli is engineered to deliver. Carriers like IAG Cargo, airBaltic, Air France-KLM Cargo already operate at this standard. The next step is a working demo, not a six-week sales cycle.