Transportation Services
Covering all modes of transport, we provide you with the services you need to meet your customers' demands. Based on your business need, our team can suggest the most effective and efficient shipment options available. At the heart of our service is our commitment to customers service and quality. We cover the following: Air Freight Forwarding - International freight forwarding is often a balancing act between time, cost and environmental concerns. That’s one of the reasons companies choose Portsimex Logistics for cost effective, smooth delivery of their cargo. Like them, you can be confident that our strategic alliances around the globe give you the flexibility to choose from a range of air and ocean freight service options. Seamlessly tailored to your precise needs, complete with end-to-end visibility. Partnership is an over-used word, but it does go some way to describing our customer-focused services. We strive to bring much more to the relationship than simply a means of reaching your customers across the world. Nothing demonstrates this better than our culture of Africa; sharing your perspective and your challenges while seeking creative solutions that meet the needs of today and enable the opportunities of tomorrow. Lead Time Based Services Where more than one factor comes into play, we can provide: Express - 1-2 days for urgent cargo Standard - 3-5 days, flexible choice Economy - 5-7 days, maximizing cost effectiveness Ocean Freight Forwarding - By leveraging our strong and long-term carrier relationships, Portsimex Logistics offers you flexible, reliable and secures ocean freight solutions. Customers value our expertise in international ocean freight forwarding across a global network that spans forty-four countries and regions. They value the ability to link with other services such as air freight forwarding, multimodal transport, cross-border services, or customs house brokerage. More than this, our customers know we understand the world from their perspective, and are working to support them and their business. The concept runs through everything we do, from finding the best schedule for shipments to selecting the best way of organizing it; splitting or sharing loads; integrating other value added services; and providing constantly reliable and quality service. Simply put – we don’t let customers down. Full Container Load (FCL) Our longstanding relationships with a wide range of carriers’ means we are ideally placed to get space on ships and find schedules that will work, with competitive rates. Our FCL services are supported by web based tracking systems enabling you to gain visibility of your shipment status. Less-than Container Load (LCL) Our less than container load services give you the flexibility to meet your varying requirements, reliably and under control. Providing our own consolidation services, or Multi-Country consolidation Services (MCCS) for more complex shipments, supports you in managing freight costs and shipment times. Our LCL services are enhanced by online track and trace functions, helping you gain control over shipment visibility. Non Containerized Cargo Cargo readiness checks at port Loading supervision Port captain service Intermodal & Multimodal Transport - Multimodal services that optimize air, sea, land, and rail transportation, end-to-end In today’s fiercely competitive environment, retailers, manufacturers and traders are seeking supply chain partners who can provide end-to-end, multimodal services with a single contract and a single point of contact. Portsimex Logistics has been designing and managing end-to-end services that combine the separate strengths of air, sea, rail, road and inland waterways transportation, with high visibility. Fully integrated to maximize efficiencies, while cutting costs and protecting the natural environment. Our Intermodal Services specialists design and manage domestic road and rail supply chains, with best practice built in. Solutions that deliver flexibility and reliable lead times, together with a significantly reduced carbon footprint. And we operate cross-border, with all the supporting services you would expect from an industry leader, from customs house brokerage to cross-docking, consolidation, de-consolidation and reverse logistics.