INTTRA and MGH Group are Boosting E-Commerce Growth in Bangladesh

January 16, 2006

Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 16, 2006 – In the last year, e-commerce in Bangladesh received a major boost when MGH Group, one of the top players in the Bangladesh freight forwarding market, chose to link to INTTRA.

INTTRA is the world's largest e-commerce platform for ocean freight with 20 of the world's largest ocean carriers in its network, representing 56 percent of the ocean freight industry.

With the addition of MGH Group to the INTTRA customer network, INTTRA is now linked to the top four freight forwarders in the region. They represent over half of the Bangladesh freight forwarding market, according to Ram Kalvakuntla, Regional Sales Director, INTTRA Indian Ocean Region.

“MGH Group is a leading freight forwarder business in this region and accounts for a significant portion of total exports,” said Kalvakuntla, with the other forwarders representing about half the market. He said, “continued e-commerce growth was expected.”

“About a year ago the MGH Group decided to connect to INTTRA and utilize its INTTRA-Link, EDI-based solution for seamless integration of its backend system to INTTRA's platform,”

said, Vishal Sinha, MGH Group's Chief Solution Officer.  Sinha said, “MGH Group utilized INTTRA for bookings and very soon we'll be live with shipping instructions, as well. We are also looking to integrate the status messages via INTTRA-Link.”

According to Sinha, the MGH Group joined INTTRA, “to provide our customers with an end-to-end supply chain information solution and to establish the most efficient supply chain network. INTTRA provides a unique platform to integrate with various shipping lines, which reduces the communication gap and time required to connect with various shipping lines.  INTTRA also provides efficient documentation and reduces parallel data entry and paper work,” he said.

“We are excited with the acceptance of INTTRA by the shippers and freight forwarders in the Indian Sub-Continent in general, and Bangladesh in particular. INTTRA's growth in the region is proof of the intrinsic strength of our business concept,” said Kalvakuntla.

“Given the growing importance of South Asia to the global shipping industry, we are encouraged by the positive approach to e-commerce in the region that the MGH connection to INTTRA represents,” added Paul Stephen, INTTRA's Managing Director, Indian Ocean Region.

About INTTRA 

INTTRA, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., is a leading global provider of e-commerce solutions to ocean carriers and their customers. INTTRA professionals work with customers to streamline and standardize their shipping processes, applying their e-commerce knowledge of the shipping industry for customers in markets worldwide.

INTTRA’s e-commerce platform offers a comprehensive range of  e-commerce tools, including: Tender, Sailing Schedules, Booking, Shipping  Instructions, Bill of Lading, Track & Trace, and Reports.  Accessing the  INTTRA platform is simple, using any combination of their channel  solutions: INTTRA-Link (EDI-based, system-to-system connection), INTTRA-Desktop (off-line PC application), or INTTRA-Act (web-based application).  

INTTRA’s carrier network includes, Aliança, ANL, CMA CGM, DAL  Deutsche Afrika-Linien, FESCO, Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, “K” Line, Maersk  Sealand, MCC Transport Pte Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, MSC Mediterranean  Shipping Company S.A., NYK Line, P&O Nedlloyd, Safmarine, Senator Lines  and United Arab Shipping Company. The INTTRA carrier network represents  over 56% of the world’s ocean container capacity.

For further information visit www.inttra.com  . Or contact Andy Barrons, INTTRA Vice President  of Marketing, at 973.263.5100 or email him at:  andy.barrons@inttra.com.

About MGH Group

With an average annual growth rate of over 28 percent for the last five years, MGH

Group is one of the fastest growing conglomerates specializing in supply chain management solutions from the Indian Sub-continent. Thanks to state-of-the-art IT backbone which allows end-to-end integration with its customers, and a superb young team of sales and customer support, the group today caters to six out of the 10 largest retail chains around the world.  MGH Group represents seven freight-forwarding agencies and six shipping lines. The group also has investments in contract logistics, FMCG distribution, aviation, media and IT. From a humble beginning in Bangladesh, where the group today takes care of over 21 percent of the country's export shipments, MGH now has offices across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal as well – aspiring to repeat the same success throughout entire Indian sub-continent.

Contact: Vishal Sinha, Chief Solution Officer, MGH Infotech Limited, Tel: +88 02 9120563, 9125792-96 Ext. 121; Fax: +88 02 8116522, 8115228; Email: vishal@mghgroup.com;

Web: www.mghgroup.com, and Web: www.myshipment.com.