Rate Management
Centralize ocean, air, rail, and road tariffs with surcharges, FX, and version history.
- Carrier contracts & spot rates
- Automatic surcharge & FX updates
- Full version history & audit
Ethiopia's digital freight forwarder platform
Move $1B+ in trade on one freight operating system.
Dire Express gives freight forwarders everything they need to price, book, hand off, and prove delivery — connecting ocean, air, rail, and road across Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
Built for Ethiopian trade corridors including Djibouti–Modjo dry port, Berbera, Lamu & Mombasa, and Addis Bole air freight — helping forwarders, NVOCCs, and shippers run rates, quotes, bookings, and live shipment visibility in one place.
SOC 2 readyEnglish · አማርኛ24/7 Addis-based support
Live shipmentDjibouti → Modjo dry port
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Djibouti → Modjo dry port
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Trusted by Ethiopia's freight leaders
Powering freight forwarders across Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
$1.2B
Freight under management
220+
Carriers & NVOCCs connected
36 hr
Average quote-to-book
99.2%
Milestone capture
Solutions
The freight forwarder operating system
Replace spreadsheets and email with one connected workflow — from rate to receipt.
Quoting
Build multi-leg quotes in minutes with margin control and customer-ready proposals.
- Multi-leg door-to-door quotes
- Margin & cost visibility
- Branded proposals in one click
Booking Handoffs
Push structured eBookings to carriers and overseas agents with SLA tracking end-to-end.
- Structured eBooking to carriers
- Agent & NVOCC handoff workflow
- SLA alerts on every exception
Shipment Visibility
Live GPS plus a milestone timeline from pickup through port, customs, and final mile.
- Live GPS & container tracking
- Milestone timeline with ETAs
- Shared view for shipper & consignee
Document Flows
Generate, review, and share BOLs, commercial invoices, customs declarations, and POD.
- BOL, invoice, packing list, POD
- Customs & bank-ready paperwork
- Secure sharing with timestamped audit
System Integrations
EDI and API connections to carriers, customs (ECA), banks, and your ERP of choice.
- Carrier EDI & port community links
- ECA customs & bank integrations
- ERP, accounting, and TMS APIs
Ethiopia · Horn of Africa
Built for the corridors you actually move on
Pre-wired to Ethiopia's main trade lanes, with local rate cards and customs flows out of the box.
Djibouti – Modjo
Ocean container flows via Djibouti ports to Modjo dry port and inland Ethiopia.
Berbera corridor
Alternate ocean route via Berbera into western Ethiopia and the Somali region.
Lamu & Mombasa
Southern corridor connecting East African ports into Addis Ababa and beyond.
Addis Bole air freight
Perishable and high-value airfreight through Bole International with Ethiopian Cargo.
“We cut quote turnaround from two days to under an hour and finally stopped losing shipments between email threads.”
Move your next shipment on Dire Express.
Join the freight forwarders moving $1B+ in trade across Ethiopia and the Horn. Request a demo and we'll have you live in days.