(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 19, 2004 ) Huntington Beach, California - Freightgate, Inc., a leading provider of Internet applications for the freight and logistics Industry, today announced that NACA Logistics Group, including leading subsidiaries such as Direct Container Line, Brennan International Transport and Conterm Consolidation Services, has enhanced their commitment to Freightgate's
Tariff-Trek!(tm) solution, with the new Schedule-Trek!/Ocean service as well as the Quote Basket functionality to issue complex quotes to customers.

"We have been very pleased with the existing functionality Freightgate has given us in managing our complex ocean contracts and in providing fast and accurate quotes to our customers," a NACA executive said. "With the inclusion of the Quote Basket and Schedule-Trek!(tm) functionality, we can now issue quotes for multiple origins and destinations as well as multiple container type quotes to our customers more efficiently. Being able to have the sailing schedule information for the carrier selected with the click of our mouse will be a great tool for sales as well as operations. These new features enhance our ability to service our customers while maintaining the NACA brands. Working with Freightgate has allowed us to have a market proven system, while enjoying virtually unlimited freedom to customize Tariff-Trek!(tm) to fit our own unique requirements. The Freightgate team has demonstrated the perfect blend of technical expertise, industry knowledge, and customer support of the highest quality, and we look forward to expanding our already successful partnership."

"Adding this functionality for the NACA Group is the result of our ongoing dialog with their team - having an active dialog is an integral part of the Freightgate Philosophy and helps us understand the evolving needs of this fascinating industry. After working with the NACA team in assessing their specific needs, we are convinced that the enhancements to our product will enable them to create more value for their customers", said Martin Hubert, Freightgate's President and Chief Executive Officer. We are enjoying our active relationship with NACA and are pleased that we can continue to develop new functionality to make our product even more valuable for them in a very competitive marketplace."

Tariff-Trek!(tm) is the flexible answer to the long-standing problem associated with ocean carrier service contract management, distribution and organization. By replacing countless pages of inconsistent and difficult to understand rates with an interactive, searchable and user-friendly web-enabled solution, users gain a whole new level of productivity. Aside from the ability to run instant rate queries by virtually limitless combinations, Tariff-Trek!(tm) offers customer specific rates and unique FAK commodity exception handling and is multi-modal to handle air, ocean, truck or rail transportation. The latest implementation modules include determining actual carrier schedule information, for both air and ocean, to assist in booking of freight and assuring customer service requirements are met.

About NACA Logistics

Originally founded in 1998 as a shippers association, the New American Consolidators Association, NACA Logistics is now much more than that. NACA Logistics Inc. was incorporated in June 2000 and operates across the globe under various NVOCC and CFS/Agency brand names to offer door to door services. The group moves in excess of 200,000 TEUs of FAK, project and FCL ocean cargo per annum. NACA's global ocean freight volumes make the organization one of the largest in the world. For more information about NACA you can visit www.nacalogistics.com or any of the individual brands' websites: www.dclusa.com; www.brennan-intl.com; www.conterm.com.

About Freightgate

Based in Huntington Beach, California, the Freightgate team has developed Internet solutions for the freight industry since 1994, such as its industry-leading PLTX Suite, which includes I-Trek!(R) Internet Supply Chain Collaboration & Visibility; GTM-Trek!(tm) for RFQ and tender management; Tariff-Trek!(tm) for service contract and quote management and I-Sail!(tm), the interactive online sailing schedule. Other Freightgate suites include I-Train!(tm) for your training and educational requirements, and eLogistic, the perfect extension for online exchanges to provide interactive shipping services to users. Freightgate's customer portfolio contains company such as Menlo Logistics, GeoLogistics, CaroTrans, Alliance Shippers and others. Freightgate is ISO 9001: 2000 certified.

For additional information on Freightgate, visit them on the web at www.freightgate.com or call (714) 799-2833.

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