Why we started Kilimanjaria
Jose Luis Vega de Seoane spent ten years running freight operations at a Madrid-based 3PL. The pattern he kept seeing: a port slot slips at 14:00, the desk spends the next hour phoning three carriers, and a detention invoice for $2,000 shows up three weeks later. By then the window to dispute it is gone and the data is stale. Every time, it was avoidable if the desk had known and acted within the first 30 minutes.
The tools available to most desks were built for a world where disruptions are rare. They are not rare. European and transatlantic freight corridors see slot changes, gate cutoff shifts, and carrier capacity drops every working week. The scramble is not an edge case; it is the default condition.
Kilimanjaria was founded in Madrid in 2024 to close that gap. The product is specific: monitor active shipments, detect port disruptions the moment they register, and surface a rerouted plan with carrier allocations before the desk has to make the call. Not a TMS. Not a visibility dashboard. One loop, closed automatically.
We are independently funded and focused on European and transatlantic freight corridors. Data is processed and stored within the EU, Frankfurt region.
