(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 17, 2003 ) Huntington Beach, California -- Freightgate, Inc., a leading provider of Internet applications for the Freight & Logistics Industry, today announced that Panalpina has selected Freightgate's Tariff-Trek! solution to manage its FCL contracts.

"We are excited about the implementation of Tariff-Trek!," a Panalpina executive said, "as we certainly see and appreciate the efficiencies, quality, and bottom-line savings the application will bring to our FCL operations. Most importantly, Tariff-Trek! will contribute to our goal of increasingly meeting and exceeding our customer's expectations, making it an integral part of our day-to-day operations."

"It is with great pleasure that we welcome Panalpina onboard. We look forward to the new, but already developing, relationship with such a global leader in logistics," Lawrence Graf, Freightgate's Director of Business Development said. "Putting Tariff-Trek! to work for Panalpina is a great milestone for our company as well as the solution."

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.

About Panalpina Group

Panalpina is one of the world's leading providers of freight transportation and logistics services. Its main focus is on intercontinental airfreight and seafreight forwarding. Specializing in global integrated logistics, Panalpina delivers comprehensive supply chain management solutions to its customers. It provides tailor-made door-to-
door transportation management, based on its existing worldwide network and its sophisticated IT systems. Panalpina employs over 11,000 highly trained professionals in more than 300 offices in 67 countries.


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, FMC-Trek(tm) for fulfilling FMC publishing requirements, 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 Bax Global, GeoLogistics and Shipco. 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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