Latino Cargas Terrestres

What Latino Cargas Terrestres does

Latino Cargas Terrestres (LCT) is a privately held Brazilian international road transport operator founded in 2004 and headquartered in Brazil with a strategic operating base in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, located adjacent to the main dry port of South America. The company provides national and international road transport and logistics services across the Mercosur region — specifically Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia — primarily serving industrial and manufacturing customers. Its core service mix comprises Full Truckload (FTL, dedicated freight) and Less-than-Truckload (LTL, consolidated freight) transport, supplemented by door-to-door logistics, dangerous-cargo transport under ANTT resolutions 5.232/16 and 5.848/19, customs advisory services, and 3,000m² of covered warehousing with 30 days of duty-free storage at Uruguaiana.

LCT's differentiated technology stack centers on the e-Trânsito digital customs-tracking system, which integrates electronic seals with GPS, intelligent sensors, and encrypted communications for real-time monitoring of cargo in international Mercosur transit. Continuous 24/7 GPS tracking with strategic checkpoints in each Mercosur country provides shipment visibility to clients. Quality and operational performance are positioned as core deliverables: the company claims a 98%+ on-time delivery rate, up to 35% lead-time reduction versus conventional transport, and an average 22% saving on total logistics costs for continuous operations. A documented IQF 94/100 score was sustained over 12 consecutive months with foundry client Tupy with zero non-conformities.

The business model is a quote-based, transaction-fee freight model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led, featuring specialized consultants providing personalized logistics solutions to enterprise manufacturing clients, supported by an online self-service quotation portal and a content-marketing engine (blog, email newsletter, LinkedIn, Facebook). The fleet is hybrid: owned assets combined with an aggregated driver partnership program (Agregado de Caminhoneiros) that brings independent owner-operators into the network with guaranteed return routes. Named customers include Brembo, Maccaferri, Fagor, Trombini, Tate & Lyle, Portobello, Lamberti, Minerales, Tupy, Regali Brasil, and Grupo Maringá, spanning automotive components, construction materials, household appliances, packaging, food ingredients, ceramics, chemicals, mining/metallurgy, steel, and trading. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, M&A, or external institutional investors.

Name

Latino Cargas Terrestres

Legal name

Latino Cargas Terrestres

Website

https://latinocargas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Latino Cargas Terrestres is a Brazilian international road transport operator founded in 2004 that provides FTL and LTL freight, warehousing, customs advisory, and door-to-door logistics across the Mercosur region (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia), primarily serving enterprise manufacturing clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Road Freight & Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Border LTL (US-MX/US-CA) (TLADAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

In-Transit & Special Regimes Processing (Transit, TIR/ATA Carnet, Temporary Import/Export) (TLACAFAJ)

Keywords

• International road freight
• Mercosur logistics services
• Full truckload transport
• Less than truckload shipping
• Cross border trucking

Headquarters

HQ city

Uruguaiana

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. FTL (Full Truckload) Transport: Dedicated freight service where entire truck capacity is reserved for single customer cargo. Primary service for industrial companies requiring exclusive transport in Mercosur routes.
2. LTL (Less than Truckload) Transport: Consolidated freight service where cargo volume is less than full truck capacity. Space is shared between multiple shippers for cost optimization.
3. Door-to-Door Logistics: Complete logistics operation covering entire flow from pickup at sender to final delivery at customer location, including customs clearance and storage.
4. Customs Advisory Services: Expert guidance on import/export procedures, documentation, and customs regulations across Mercosur countries.
5. Storage and Cargo Handling: Warehouse services with 3,000m² of covered storage space, including 30 days free storage at Uruguaiana base.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Latino Cargas Terrestres is an international road transport operator specializing in FTL (Full Truckload) dedicated freight and LTL (Less than Truckload) consolidated freight services for industrial clients across the Mercosur region (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia). The offering is supplemented by door-to-door logistics, warehousing with 30 days free storage in Uruguaiana, dangerous goods transport, customs advisory, and the e-Trânsito digital tracking system.

Product overview

Latino Cargas Terrestres (LCT) é uma transportadora rodoviária internacional especializada no Mercosul para o setor industrial. O portfólio principal é centrado em serviços de transporte FTL (frete dedicado de carga fechada) e LTL (carga fracionada/consolidada), complementados por armazenagem própria em Uruguaiana/RS, logística door-to-door, transporte de cargas perigosas, assessoria aduaneira e soluções especializadas como transporte de móveis e o sistema digital e-Trânsito. A empresa opera com frotas próprias e parcerias com caminhoneiros agregados, cobrindo Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguai, Uruguai e Bolívia, com foco nos setores de cerâmica, papel e celulose, mineração e metais, produtos químicos, têxtil e agronegócio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Lead time reduction of up to 35% compared to conventional transport methods
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Ransa: Latin American logistics operator with warehousing, road freight, and cross-border services across South America — directly comparable in Mercosur road-freight scope, though materially larger in scale.
• Tegma Gestão Logística: Brazilian logistics operator providing road transport, warehousing, and integrated logistics to industrial clients — comparable customer base and service mix, though primarily domestic.
• OCASA: Argentine logistics provider with warehousing, distribution, and cross-border Mercosur operations — comparable in geography and customer base for industrial shippers.
• Andreani: Leading Argentine logistics and distribution company offering road transport, warehousing, and cross-border Mercosur services — directly comparable in geography and customer mix (manufacturing-focused).
• Braspress: Large Brazilian road transport and express cargo carrier serving B2B clients nationwide — comparable road-freight and industrial customer profile, with national rather than cross-border focus.

Broad incumbents

• DHL Supply Chain (Brazil): Global integrator with road, air, ocean, and warehousing services across Mercosur — competes for the same enterprise industrial customers, though with a broader multimodal portfolio.
• DB Schenker (Brazil): Global land, air, and ocean freight integrator with Mercosur operations — competing for the same industrial road-freight customers but with substantially broader scale and modal options.
• DSV (Brazil/Mercosur): Global transport and logistics provider (post-Panalpina/Schenker acquisitions) with road, air, and sea freight across South America — competing incumbent for enterprise cross-border freight.
• Grupo Simpar (JSL): Brazilian logistics holding company with road transport, logistics services, and concession operations through JSL — comparable as a domestic truck operator with cross-border reach, but operating at much larger scale.
• Kuehne+Nagel (Brazil/Mercosur): Global freight forwarder with significant presence in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile — competes for industrial cross-border contracts but operates as a multimodal intermediary.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/latinocargas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lct-latino-cargas-terrestres

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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