Cargo Payments & Billing Automation for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs — North America

Payments built for freight forwarders & 3pls in North America

Across North America, Freight Forwarders & 3PLs run payments on infrastructure that wasn't built for how air cargo moves today. Cargo billing is notoriously error-prone. Belli automates the complete billing cycle from AWB rating through to CASS settlement. North American air cargo is dominated by the US ACAS/ACMS security regime and sophisticated customs requirements.

Operators routing through Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and Anchorage (ANC) — carriers in the class of WestJet Cargo, ABX Air — face the same pressure: more volume, tighter slots, and zero tolerance for a load plan that leaves revenue on the ramp. Belli's payments targets a measurable outcome — 2% dispute rate — and goes live in 10 days for teams operating in North America, not 12–18 months.

The operational reality in North America

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

• Re-keying data between forwarding software and airline EDI — compounded in North America by US ACAS mandatory pre-departure filing
• Booking air cargo across airlines through fragmented portals and email — compounded in North America by USMCA trade agreement customs facilitation
• Manual eAWB and house manifest creation duplicated in every carrier system

What changes with Belli

What freight forwarders & 3pls get instead:

• Buy/sell rate management with real-time margin visibility
• Direct EDI/API connections to carriers — zero re-keying
• Self-service customer portal with live tracking

Before Belli: Manual billing takes 15+ minutes per AWB. 20% of invoices disputed. After Belli: Automated billing in real time. Invoice disputes below 2%. Full CASS integration.

How Belli's Payments works in North America

The mechanics are built for throughput, not paperwork — whether cargo moves through Chicago O'Hare (ORD) or a dozen stations.

In practice, that means aging reports and collection workflows, credit management and limit controls, and invoice generation and distribution. Belli also covers automated AWB rating and charge calculation against North America's specific constraints. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Built for North America's requirements

Running cargo in North America means living inside its rules, not around them. North American air cargo is dominated by the US ACAS/ACMS security regime and sophisticated customs requirements.

That shows up in the details: TSA CCSP compliance; USMCA trade agreement customs facilitation; and canada PACT pre-load targeting requirements. Carriers such as WestJet Cargo, ABX Air, CargoJet operate against exactly these conditions.

Going live in 10 days in North America

Go-live is measured in days, and the date is contractual. Your existing integrations are reconnected, not rebuilt from scratch. Operators train on their own cargo, so day one feels familiar. After go-live you keep direct access to the engineers who built the system.

The bottom line for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in North America

Here is the case in plain terms. The status quo is expensive precisely because it looks free. The platform targets a concrete number: 2% dispute rate. The benchmark has already shifted; the only question is when you match it. Book the demo and get a go-live date in the same conversation.