What’s New in fLex: the New Customer Portal is Complete

Over the past few months, we’ve moved the last features across to the new customer portal and added native support for imperial units. We’ve also made it easy to give your customers guides inside the portal, and moved key background jobs onto a new scheduling engine. Here’s what’s new, and what it means for you and your customers.  Everything from the old portal, now in the new one  The new Online Tools customer portal now has ...

Spot quote dashboard

fLex Now Runs on .NET 8: What It Means for Freight Forwarders

If you’re evaluating digital quoting and booking platforms in 2026, here’s what you need to know about fLex and the technology behind it.  fLex is the flagship platform from CON-LINQ, built specifically for freight forwarders and LSPs. It handles carrier rate management, instant quoting, and booking across all transport modes – air, ocean, road, rail, courier, and parcel. Forwarders ...

fLex platform screenshots – freight forwarding automation interface

The Real Enemy of Personal Service in Freight Forwarding Isn’t the System

I hear this argument often when I talk with freight forwarders:  “We can’t quote from a system. Our business runs on personal service and relationships.”  At first, it sounds reasonable. Freight forwarding is a relationship business. Your customers don’t come to you because they want to feel processed. They come to you because their shipments are urgent, complicated, sometimes ...

Eazy2Ship booking portal

Supporting Franchise-Based Logistics: Eazy2Ship Customer Story

At CON-LINQ, we are proud to support franchise-based logistics businesses with technology that simplifies shipping operations and improves efficiency across the entire organization.  One of our valued customers, Eazy2Ship, recently shared their experience working with CON-LINQ and implementing our solutions to modernize their shipping platform and streamline internal processes.  Below is their story.  “For nearly ...

2025 Achievements and 2026 initiatives

Navigating Complexity in 2026: CON-LINQ’s fLex Platform Update

The global logistics landscape continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace. Geopolitical uncertainties, shifting trade routes, regulatory changes, and persistent supply chain challenges mean that capacity on paper doesn’t always translate to predictable operations. In this environment, oversight, transparency, and speed are more important than ever.  2025 Achievements In 2025, our focus was on reinforcing the commercial and ...