What Atual Cargas does

Atual Cargas Transportes LTDA is a privately held Brazilian road-freight carrier headquartered in Palmas, Tocantins, operating a national network of 138 own units across all 27 Brazilian states with an own fleet of approximately 1,500 vehicles and 1,000+ employees executing roughly one million deliveries per year. The company ranks among Brazil's ten largest cargo carriers by its own 2022 disclosure, with stated average annual growth above 30% over the preceding five years. Its offering combines core road freight for dry, fractional, dedicated, and special-project cargo with WMS-managed warehousing, cargo insurance, and a multimodal Special Projects division launched in 2016 that integrates road, air, and cabotage transport plus storage.

The company serves four primary verticals — Food & Beverage, Apparel & Footwear, Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals, and Industrial — through a sales-led B2B go-to-market that combines direct corporate account management, an online "Cotação Frete" self-serve quotation flow, and a 24/7 WhatsApp-based customer engagement central (SacFlow). Customer-facing operations run through an SSW-powered "Área do Cliente" portal providing tracking, pickup scheduling, online quoting, invoice copies, lead-time calculation, declarations, and TDE electronic document tracking. Differentiated compliance posture includes multiple ANVISA AFEs and an AE for transporting medicines, controlled-special pharmaceutical inputs, cosmetics, sanitizers, and medical devices, plus ISO 9001, environmental operating and emergency-response licenses, IBAMA CTF/AATIPP, and ANTT RNTRC registration.

Revenue is generated through quote-based, pay-as-you-go freight pricing (by weight, volume, service, and destination, with possible surcharges and volumetric cubagem) augmented by managed-services revenue from warehousing and special-project logistics. The customer roster spans 40+ named enterprise logos across diverse industries — including JBS, John Deere, WEG, Yamaha, Nokia, TIM, Oi, Engie, Randon, Husqvarna, Geodis, Case IH, Coteminas, Frigelar, Tecfil, CMOC, Uniphar, and Medix Brasil — distributed across telecom, industrial equipment, mining, pharma, F&B, apparel, solar, and energy/utilities. No funding rounds, M&A activity, ownership changes, or leadership changes beyond a publicly appointed LGPD DPO are disclosed.

Name

Atual Cargas

Legal name

Atual Cargas Transportes LTDA

Website

https://atualcargas.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Atual Cargas is a Brazilian road-freight carrier operating 138 own units across all 27 states with a 1,500-vehicle own fleet, providing road transport, WMS-managed warehousing, and multimodal special-project logistics to enterprise clients in food, apparel, healthcare, and industrial segments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Freight Transportation and Logistics Services

NAICS

General Freight Trucking (4841), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Drayage & Intermodal Truck Transfer (Port/Rail Ramp) (TLACACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cross-Border Vehicle Logistics & Customs/Compliance (VIN, Documentation) (TLADAJAL)

Keywords

• Road freight transport
• Cargo transportation services
• Warehousing and storage
• Multimodal logistics solutions
• Supply chain distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Palmas

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices29 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Road freight transportation (Rodoviário): Core revenue stream: transportation of dry, fractional, dedicated and special-project cargo across Brazil via own fleet of ~1,500 vehicles and 138 units. Priced by weight, volume, service and destination (per-quote). Includes insurance and risk management.
2. Warehousing and value-added logistics services (Armazenagem): Storage, materials handling, kit assembly, labeling, unitization, stretch wrapping, picking, cross-docking, in-house logistics (Logística In House), promotional materials handling and tax-fiscal writ services — delivered through the company's WMS for customized client needs.
3. Cargo insurance and risk management: Comprehensive cargo insurance offered alongside freight services to mitigate transport risk for clients.
4. Special Projects / Multimodal logistics: Customized multimodal logistics solutions combining road, air and cabotage transport plus storage, launched as a dedicated division in 2016 to meet specialized client requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Atual Cargas operates national road freight transportation of dry, fractional, dedicated and special-project cargo across Brazil via a 1,500-vehicle own fleet and 138 units, complemented by WMS-backed warehousing (Armazenagem) and a multimodal Special Projects division combining road, air, and cabotage transport. Services are delivered to corporate clients through a self-service client portal (Área do Cliente) that bundles online freight quoting (Cotação Online), 24-hour shipment tracking (Rastreamento), pickup scheduling, invoice access, and ANVISA-licensed healthcare/pharma cargo handling.

Product overview

Atual Cargas operates a unified national cargo-transportation platform that combines a core road freight service (Rodoviário), a warehousing division (Armazenagem) backed by a proprietary Warehouse Management System (WMS), and a multimodal "Projetos Especiais" (Special Projects) division integrating road, air, and cabotage transport. These services are delivered to clients through a self-service customer portal (Área do Cliente) that bundles online freight quoting (Cotação Online), 24-hour shipment tracking (Rastreamento), pickup scheduling, invoice access, declarations, and a unit locator. Industry-specific variants of this combined portfolio serve the Food & Beverage, Apparel & Footwear, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, and Industrial segments, with dedicated TDE (Tracking Documentário Eletrônico) access for participating clients via the SSW platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rodoviário (Road Freight) National road freight transportation service for dry, fractional, dedicated and special-project cargo, backed by a specialized fleet of vans, medium trucks, trailers and semi-trailers with barcode-based volume identification for efficient loading and unloading. Targeted at corporate shippers across Brazil.
• Armazenagem (Warehousing)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000,000 deliveries completed per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers43 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SSW (SSW Inf.br)coreTechnology or IntegrationSSW is the technology platform used by Atual Cargas for shipment tracking (encomendas) and as the customer-area backbone: the client portal at cliente.atualcargas.com.br uses SSW for tracking, quotes, pickup scheduling, delivery lead times, and second-copy invoices. The "Clientes TDE" link (ssw.inf.br/2/tde?s=ACT&output=html) is also powered by SSW.
• SólidescoreTechnology or IntegrationSólides is the talent-bank / recruitment platform used by Atual Cargas for vacancy postings and CV intake; the company's "Trabalhe Conosco" page links to atualcargas.vagas.solides.com.br. Sólides also processes personal data of job applicants under its own privacy policy.
• SacFlowcoreTechnology or IntegrationSacFlow is the multi-channel customer-engagement platform used by Atual Cargas to contact customers via WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and on-website chat.
• Bitrix24coreTechnology or IntegrationBitrix24 is referenced as a technology provider integrated into Atual Cargas operations (privacy policy links to Bitrix24's own privacy notice).
• Google AnalyticscoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Analytics is used by Atual Cargas to monitor website traffic, device information, approximate geolocation, traffic source, user behavior, and site metadata for performance optimization.
• GeodisminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGeodis (global logistics provider) appears on Atual Cargas' "Nossos Clientes" page as a customer/brand-logo relationship, indicating a business relationship in which the global 3PL uses or co-uses Atual Cargas' domestic road-freight capacity in Brazil.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tegma Gestão Logística: Brazilian listed logistics provider offering road transport, warehousing and integrated logistics to industrial clients. Larger and more diversified than Atual Cargas but operating in the same enterprise freight and warehousing space.
• Geodis Brasil: Global 3PL with Brazilian operations in road, air, ocean and contract logistics. Comparable to Atual Cargas' multimodal special-projects division and already listed as a customer/partner relationship.
• JSL S.A. Listed Brazilian logistics holding covering road, rail, urban transport and vehicle rental. Operates overlapping road-freight and warehousing capabilities at greater scale than Atual Cargas.
• Grupo Vamos: Listed Brazilian truck-leasing and logistics group with a heavy national fleet and growing logistics services. Adjacent incumbent that competes for the same enterprise B2B freight contracts as Atual Cargas.

Direct peers

• Braspress Transportes Urgentes: One of Brazil's largest road-freight carriers, offering national fractional and dedicated cargo services with own fleet and multi-state coverage. Directly comparable to Atual Cargas on core service, target customers and Brazilian national footprint.
• Transportadora Americana: Brazilian road carrier offering national freight and warehousing services to industrial shippers, closely comparable to Atual Cargas' core road + storage offering.
• Rodonaves Transportes e Encomendas: National Brazilian road-freight and logistics company serving enterprise and SME shippers with own fleet and multi-state units; directly comparable in scale and model to Atual Cargas.
• Log-In Logística Intermodal: Brazilian logistics operator combining road, cabotage and port-terminal services. Comparable to Atual Cargas' multimodal 'Projetos Especiais' division and corporate client mix.
• Sequoia Logística e Transportes: National Brazilian road-freight and integrated-logistics carrier serving industrial and consumer clients; similar customer profile and national coverage model to Atual Cargas.
• TTrans (Transportadora Translovato): National Brazilian road-freight carrier focused on fractional, dedicated and integrated logistics. Closely matches Atual Cargas' model of own fleet, multi-state units and enterprise B2B shippers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AtualCargas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atual-cargas-transportes
• Instagraminstagram.com/atualcargas
• Xx.com/atualcargas

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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