Sectors
Who we carry for, and what each one needs
What a building materials supplier wants from a freight company is not what an importer shipping one container a season wants. This is the difference.
Building materials suppliers
Repeat shipments, heavy weights, and dates tied to project programmes that cannot absorb a delay. What matters here is a reliable lane, not the price of any single shipment.
- Regular lanes
- Heavy-weight handling
- Delivery to project sites
Factories and traders
Raw materials in and finished goods out, both tied to a production line. A stalled supply costs more than the freight on it.
- Full containers and groupage
- Scheduling around production
- Tracked to receipt
Importers and exporters
A single shipment can be the whole month’s working capital. Clarity about documents and timing matters more than anything else.
- Documents reviewed before shipping
- Customs clearance
- Itemised quote
Contractors and developers
Plant and site supplies arriving against the stage of the build. Early takes up site space; late stops an item outright.
- Delivery to programme
- Short-term storage near the port
- Split delivery
Industrial suppliers
Cargo needing particular handling or cover, sometimes refrigerated or flatbed. The first requirement is knowing what the cargo is before booking, not after.
- Flatbed · box · refrigerated
- Cover matched to the cargo
- Specialist handling
Repeat freight
Anyone shipping monthly does not want a fresh quote each time. They want a fixed lane, agreed rates and one person to call.
- Agreed rates
- One point of contact
- Planning for repeat shipments
Before you ask
If your sector is not on the list
The list above is what we handle most often, not a limit on what we carry. The practical question is not the sector but the cargo: what it weighs, whether it needs handling or refrigeration, and where it loads.
Send those details and we will tell you plainly whether the lane suits it. A clear no is faster for both sides than a quote that never runs.