Sea freight
Full container load and consolidated sea freight arranged from Southeast Asian origins to European and regional destinations, with the documentation set that goes with it.
Freight forwarding
Arranging the transport of goods internationally — by sea, air, rail and road — together with the documentation that has to travel with them.
What a forwarder does
A freight forwarder does not own the vessel, the aircraft or the train. It arranges carriage on your behalf, selects and books the carriers, coordinates the legs at either end, and assembles the document set that allows the cargo to leave one country and enter another.
This is our registered primary activity in Singapore: freight transport arrangement, SSIC 52292. When we act in this role we act as your agent, and we are paid a service fee for arranging the movement. We are not the carrier and we do not take title to your goods.
The second thing we do — buying and supplying goods to your specification — is a different commercial role with different responsibilities. It is described separately, under trading and sourcing, and never blended into the same sentence as our forwarding work.
Services
Air freight
Air cargo arranged where transit time decides the outcome — launch stock, replacement parts, samples and shipments that have run out of sea-freight runway.
Rail freight
Container rail services between Asia and Europe, positioned between sea freight on cost and air freight on transit time.
Road freight
Road transport arranged as the first and last leg of an international movement, and as a direct service on regional lanes.
Warehousing & consolidation
Coordination of storage and consolidation at origin, so that cargo from several suppliers travels as one shipment under one set of documents.
Customs & documentation
Preparation and coordination of export and import documentation so that the paperwork describes the cargo accurately and clears without avoidable delay.
Also arranged
- Express and courier forwarding for documents and small consignments
- Cargo insurance placement, where you would rather not rely on carrier liability limits
- Buyer’s consolidation across several suppliers into a single shipment
- Coordination with the licensed customs agent handling entry at destination