Stop losing margin to manual paperwork.
Koda is the freight management platform built for UK forwarders.

Save 2–4 hours per shipment. Fewer clearance errors. No more chasing agents for documents. Handle more volume with the same team, and get invoices out the same day your shipments are delivered.

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A look inside Koda

Everything your team needs - in one platform built for freight forwarders.

Koda Dashboard - traffic light shipment overview with active, overdue, and complete counts
Koda Document Management - AI data extraction results for an air waybill with 98.9% confidence
Koda Shipment Tracking - live container tracking timeline with transhipment events
Koda Analytics - shipments, document uploads, and login charts with phase and traffic light breakdowns

See exactly what paperwork is costing you

Upload any shipping document and watch Koda extract it in seconds. Then calculate your annual saving.

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Documents Koda supports:

  • Commercial InvoiceValue, goods description, parties
  • Packing ListPieces, weights, volume
  • House Bill of Lading (HBL)Sea freight - house bill
  • Master Bill of Lading (MBL)Sea freight - master bill
  • House Airwaybill (HAWB)Air freight - house bill
  • Master Airwaybill (MAWB)Air freight - master bill
  • Delivery OrderConsignee, port, container details

Other shipping documents will be attempted. Koda will extract whatever structured data it finds.

Calculate your annual saving

Based on your inputs, you could save

£62,292/year

3,450 hours freed - that's 86.3 weeks of operator time, or 1.92 FTE equivalent

Without Koda
Hours on data entry3,833 hrs/yr
FTE equivalent2.13 FTE
Annual cost£69,213
With Koda
Hours on data entry383 hrs/yr
FTE equivalent0.21 FTE
Annual cost£6,921

2–4 hours saved per shipment file

That's more files per operator, without hiring extra headcount.

Faster invoicing. Faster cash.

Koda gets your invoices ready to go, sends them as soon as the shipment is delivered, and allows you to collect cash sooner.

Scale without hiring

Handle twice the shipment volume with the same team. Growth stops being limited by admin capacity.

Fewer customs errors, failed collections and wasted haulage

Clearance errors cause failed collections at ports and airports. Koda's automated extraction eliminates the keying mistakes that trigger HMRC queries and hold up your freight.

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Everything in one place

Koda handles the paperwork so your team can focus on the shipment.

Automated Data Extraction

OCR reads your MAWBs, HBLs, and commercial invoices the moment they arrive - no manual data entry. Shipment fields populate automatically.

Customer Quotes

Build detailed freight quotes in minutes. Sea and air, LCL and FCL. Margin tracking, exchange rates, and T&Cs built in. Convert a quote to a shipment with one click.

Automated Invoicing

Invoice lines populate automatically from quotes. Generate, send, and track freight and duty invoices without touching a spreadsheet.

Customs & Direct HMRC CDS Submission

Prepare import declarations, confirm commodity codes with customers, and submit directly to HMRC CDS - all from the same shipment screen. No re-typing between systems. No third-party customs software required.

Full Shipment Lifecycle

Booking through to delivery in one place. Sea and air. Customs entries, tracking events, delivery confirmations, accounts - everything is connected.

Real-Time Status Tracking

Every shipment has a traffic-light status. Overdue ETAs and missing documents surface automatically so nothing slips through the cracks.

Automated Notifications

ETA approaching? Documents missing? Commodity codes outstanding? Koda nudges the right people at the right time - no manual chasing required.

Email Ingest

Every shipment gets its own email address. Overseas agents, shipping lines, and suppliers send documents directly to it. Koda files them instantly and kicks off extraction. No inbox triage. No missed attachments.

Customer Portal

Give customers a branded self-service portal. They track their own shipments, view documents, and confirm proof of delivery - without calling you.

Overseas Agent Link

Your overseas agents upload documents directly into the shipment file from wherever they are via the link you send them. No email chains. No chasing. Koda nudges them for you. Documents arrive in the right place, correctly filed and extracted, ready for action.

Pricing

Koda costs significantly less than the generalist platforms, and does more for UK forwarders. Pricing is based on shipment volume, so you pay for what you actually use. No surprise costs at scale.

Most Koda customers pay less per month than a single operator's daily rate.

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Frequently asked questions

Koda is a cloud-based freight management platform built for freight forwarders. It automates the manual parts of managing shipments - document processing, data entry, customer communication - so your team can focus on the work that matters.
When a document is uploaded or arrives by email, Koda passes it through an AI-powered OCR pipeline. It reads the document, extracts key fields (shipper, consignee, bill numbers, weights, dates), and pre-fills your shipment record. You review and confirm - the heavy lifting is done.
Yes. Each customer gets access to a self-service portal where they can see live shipment status, download documents, and confirm proof of delivery. You control what they can see.
Yes - Koda handles both modes. Fields, document types, and bill number formats adjust automatically depending on whether a shipment is sea (MBL/HBL) or air (MAWB/HAWB).
All data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256). Koda runs on AWS infrastructure in the EU (London region). Each organisation's data is fully isolated - no cross-tenant access is possible.
The calculator is based on BIFA operational benchmarks:
  • Manual processing time: 10 minutes per document
  • With Koda: ~1 minute - 15 seconds for extraction, 45 seconds to review
  • Working hours: 1,800 per year, in line with standard freight forwarding operations
  • Default salary: UK freight operator average of £30,000–£35,000 - adjust to match your team
  • Document counts: 4–6 per sea shipment, 3–5 per air shipment
Your actual saving will depend on document complexity and workflow - Koda customers typically report savings at the higher end of these estimates.
Koda imports your existing shipment data and gets your team operational within days, not weeks. There's no 12-week implementation, no per-transaction migration fees, and no disruption to live shipments during the transition. Most customers are fully live within a week.
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