Transport & control
One proposed transport file, from route comparison to documentary handoff.
Each route begins as a proposal. Mode, provider, timing, cost and documentary requirements are assessed for the specific order; physical transport is contracted with independent providers only after feasibility, qualification and written terms are established.
- Sea lane
- FCL · LCL · CIF / FOB per Incoterms 2020
- Rail lane
- Block trains · COFC · gauge-aware corridors
- Barge lane
- Inland waterway · CEMT classes · water-level aware
- Road lane
- FTL · LTL · DAP / DDP · independent hauliers selected per accepted order
Transport & visibility
Sea, rail, barge, road — controlled through one proposed transport file.
Rail and inland waterway can be compared where corridor and carrier availability permit. For a proposed routing, an ISO 14083-aligned carbon estimate and mode-shift option are included only where the underlying data and feasibility support them.
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Landed cost, computed before it is quoted
Each corridor is priced with in-house cost models — duties, VAT treatment, port and terminal charges, carbon-border obligations, risk surcharges. The figure quoted is the full landed cost, not a freight indication with the fiscal consequences left for arrival.
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Routes engineered across four modes
Sea, road, rail, and inland waterway are planned and compared corridor by corridor with the desk's own routing models — and stress-tested against chokepoint disruption and war-risk scenarios before commitment, not re-priced after the event.
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Trade lane coordination
Origin, mode, and destination obligations — CBAM, BIS FMCS, SABER, ACI Nafeza, CITEO, Regulation (EU) 2024/3015, and UFLPA forced-labour frameworks — are assessed for the proposed order before any quote is accepted; feasibility is not assumed.
Bonategia owns and operates no vessels, rolling stock, barges, trucks, warehouses, or terminals. For each accepted order, physical transport is contracted with independent providers selected and qualified for that specific lane.
Process
From enquiry to executable trade — five disciplined steps.
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Submit request
A short brief: the goods, the destinations, the volumes, the constraints, the timing. No portal, no account, no catalogue exposure.
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Qualify requirements
Specifications, Incoterms 2020, payment terms, and destination obligations are agreed in writing before any counterparty work begins.
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Identify counterparties
Candidate counterparties are researched for the brief and shortlisted only after screening against EU, OFAC, UN, UK and French sanctions registers, end-use risk, and forced-labour exposure.
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Coordinate RFQ
Quotes returned on a comparable structure — price, terms, Incoterms, lead time, payment instrument, conformity — so the trade-offs are surfaced, not left for the buyer to assemble.
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Support documentation
From commercial documentation to customs paperwork — assembled per the standards expected by counterparties and authorities at the destination.
Services
Documentation coordination
Trade documentation packs — certificates of origin, conformity records, customs paperwork — assembled per applicable documentary standards.
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RFQ preparation
Requests structured so returned quotes are comparable on terms, Incoterms 2020, lead times, payment instrument, and conformity — not only on unit price.
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Transaction execution
A proposed bilateral transaction is coordinated only after written terms are accepted. Each order remains subject to its contract, approvals, and qualified counterparties.