The cards above are the trades we book most often. In practice we cover every seaport in Africa — West, Central, Southern and East — and we also run shipments to South America, Europe, Russia and the Middle East. If your destination is a port, send it to us and we will price the routing.

Timing

How Transit Time Is Calculated

A quoted transit is port to port. It does not include the inland leg to the loading port, export clearance, transhipment dwell, destination clearance or inland delivery. Buyers who plan on the port-to-port figure are always the ones who are surprised.

Leg	Who handles it	Typical drivers of delay
Supplier to loading port	Origin trucking	Distance, holiday closures, vehicle readiness
Export clearance and terminal	Us	Inspection, cut-off, documentation
Ocean carriage	Carrier	Transhipment, weather, port congestion
Destination clearance	Consignee’s broker	Permits, valuation, inspection, unpaid duties
Port to final delivery	Consignee	Truck availability, distance, permits

Ask for the through time — origin door to destination door — when the delivery date matters. We quote both.

Before Booking

Pre-Booking Route Verification

Whether a direct service exists or the shipment tranships, and where
Which loading methods the discharge port can actually handle
Seasonal factors: monsoon, cyclone season, Ramadan, Chinese public holidays
Berth congestion at the discharge port at the expected time of arrival
Whether the consignee’s documents and permits will be ready before arrival

Ask about a route that is not listed

If your destination is not here, send it anyway — most ports are reachable through a transhipment hub.

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