Case study · MaxxsTrans
Complex transport. A quotation in under a minute.
Container transport involves more than moving from A to B. For MaxxsTrans, AWINK built a quotation tool that calculates costs and checks alternatives, giving customers a quotation in under a minute. Alongside the website and a management system, it takes substantial manual work out of the business.
The question
The brief behind the build.
How do you turn a complex container transport request into a quick, usable quotation? Import and export journeys can involve different ports and rail depots, multiple stops and customs requirements. Distance, diesel prices and tolls all affect the calculation.
For MaxxsTrans, handling those calculations manually meant considerable work. The tool needed to handle that complexity and give customers an answer quickly.
What AWINK built
The work, in detail.
A quotation in under a minute
Customers receive quotations for import and export container transport to and from ports and rail depots across the Benelux and Germany. The tool also handles multiple stops and customs requirements.
Costs and emissions calculated
The calculation accounts for distance, diesel prices and tolls. It also calculates emissions, bringing these practical considerations into the quotation process.
Alternatives that can cost less
The tool calculates alternatives when they could be more economical for the customer, such as collecting or returning an empty container at another location. It goes beyond pricing the initial request to consider a different way of arranging the transport.
More than the quotation tool
AWINK also built the MaxxsTrans website and a management system with statistics and tools for the business.
Under the hood
Behind the experience.
When a customer enters a start and end point, the system calculates the route, distance, tolls and emissions. It combines these values with diesel pricing, multiple stops and customs requirements to produce the quotation.
Alternative empty-container collection or return locations can also be evaluated to identify a more economical option for the customer.
Behind the quotation tool, the management system gives the MaxxsTrans team a view of quotation requests versus bookings. Request volumes can be examined per company and across its branches, making customer activity visible at both levels.
The team can send fast emails about changes in diesel prices or tolls, and disruptions at ports. They can also create depots themselves, giving them control over this part of the system’s transport information.
The result
What it adds up to.
Customers get a container transport quotation in under a minute, including complex journeys and potentially cheaper alternatives. The MaxxsTrans team handles the booking that follows. For MaxxsTrans, the tool saves substantial manual quotation work.
The management system adds visibility into requests and bookings, with figures per company and branch. Alongside that insight, the team has practical tools to communicate changing conditions and maintain its own depots.
Made with
Website design by Buro Henk. Tool design and development by AWINK. AWINK also developed the website and management system. The website and quotation tool launched in 2024.