Payments · Freight Forwarders · South Asia

Cargo Payments & Billing Automation for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Sri Lanka

Automated billing reconciliation, payment gateway integration, and CASS settlement for zero manual intervention.

2%

dispute rate

10-Day

Go-Live SLA

24/7

Engineer Support

Payments built for freight forwarders & 3pls in Sri Lanka

For Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Sri Lanka, payments is where margins are won and lost on every departure. Cargo billing is notoriously error-prone. Belli automates the complete billing cycle from AWB rating through to CASS settlement. India and South Asia represent one of the fastest-growing air cargo markets globally.

Operators routing through Colombo (CMB) — carriers in the class of SpiceJet Cargo, Air India Cargo — 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 Sri Lanka, not 12–18 months. Sri Lanka deployments inherit the same SLA.

The operational reality in Sri Lanka

The friction is specific, not generic.

  • Buy/sell rate management and margin tracking spread across spreadsheets — compounded in Sri Lanka by multi-airport operations across India's vast geography
  • No single view of shipment status once cargo leaves the warehouse — compounded in Sri Lanka by india ICEGATE customs system with GST compliance
  • Manual eAWB and house manifest creation duplicated in every carrier system
  • Sri Lanka-specific: Colombo as Indian Ocean transshipment hub. Growing garment export cargo.

What changes with Belli

What freight forwarders & 3pls get instead:

  • End-to-end shipment milestone tracking in a single dashboard
  • Self-service customer portal with live tracking
  • One booking workflow across every airline and GSA partner

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 Sri Lanka

Under the hood, payments is engineered to remove the manual steps that slow freight forwarders & 3pls down.

In practice, that means automated AWB rating and charge calculation, payment gateway integration, and IATA CASS settlement integration. Belli also covers aging reports and collection workflows against Sri Lanka's specific constraints. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Built for Sri Lanka's requirements

Belli was deployed with South Asia's operational texture in mind, not retrofitted to it. India and South Asia represent one of the fastest-growing air cargo markets globally.

That shows up in the details: sri Lanka and Bangladesh customs system integration; india ICEGATE customs system with GST compliance; and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical cargo. Sri Lanka adds its own layer — colombo as Indian Ocean transshipment hub. Growing garment export cargo. Carriers such as SpiceJet Cargo, Air India Cargo, IndiGo Cargo operate against exactly these conditions.

Going live in 10 days in Sri Lanka

Belli treats implementation as a sprint, not a saga. The first days are spent migrating live bookings, tariffs, and message flows. 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 Sri Lanka

The bottom line for freight forwarders & 3pls is direct. Every week on legacy software is revenue quietly left on the ramp. The return is specific, not aspirational — 2% dispute rate. This is no longer the frontier — it is the new baseline. See the live demo, or talk to an engineer the same day.

Payments

Before and after Belli

✗ 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.

At a glance · Sri Lanka

Specifications

Decision Makers

Managing Director, Head of Airfreight, Operations/IT Director

Buying Triggers

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

Sri Lanka — specific requirements

Colombo as Indian Ocean transshipment hub. Growing garment export cargo.

Key cargo hubs · South Asia region

Mumbai (BOM)Delhi (DEL)Chennai (MAA)Bangalore (BLR)Colombo (CMB)Dhaka (DAC)

Airlines in the region

✈ Air India Cargo✈ IndiGo Cargo✈ SpiceJet Cargo✈ Blue Dart Aviation✈ SriLankan Cargo✈ Biman Cargo

FAQ

Common questions

How fast can Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Sri Lanka go live with Belli's Payments?

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

Does Belli's Payments meet Sri Lanka regulatory requirements?

Yes. Sri Lanka deployments handle Colombo as Indian Ocean transshipment hub. Growing garment export cargo. Belli ships with the compliance workflows South Asia operators need out of the box — including domestic e-commerce growth driving air cargo volumes — so you are not building integrations after go-live.

Which South Asia carriers run cargo operations like ours?

Carriers across the region — including SpiceJet Cargo, Air India Cargo, IndiGo Cargo — operate the same booking-to-revenue workflows Belli automates, much of it routing through Colombo (CMB).

What measurable result does Belli's Payments deliver?

Automated billing in real time. Invoice disputes below 2%. Full CASS integration. Typical outcome: 2% dispute rate, with self-service customer portal with live tracking.

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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Software

Load PlanningULD ManagementAir WaybillsCapacity ManagementRevenue ManagementGround OperationsEDI MessagingCustoms API

Audience

AirlinesCargo OperatorsGround HandlersRevenue TeamsIntegratorsCharter OperatorsSales Agents (GSAs)

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