AIR FREIGHT
IATA/CNS and TSA IAC licensed Air Forwarder Our air freight forwarding services provide a complete solution for shippers worldwide including ULD/PMC builds.
We are an IATA/CNS and Air Forwarder and a TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier (IAC). We have been an IATA/CNS licensed agent for over 40 years. View our IATA license on IATA's website.
As an IAC, we have the ability to apply to make your company a Known Shipper with TSA.
We offer PMC/ULD builds in most major US gateways including LAX, SFO, SEA, ORD, DFW, IAH, ATL, JFK, and MIA.
We have a long list of preferred carriers along with alternative carriers to ensure rate competitiveness and flexibility in transit time, service and price. We offer express, standard, deferred, critical and hybrid solutions to meet small, medium and large shipper requirements.
Commodities shipped by air include, but are not limited to:
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High Value Electronics
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Consumer Electronics
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Pharmaceuticals
Medications and Immunizations -
Perishables (fruit and vegetables)
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Medical Equipment
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Security Equipment
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Machinery
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Food
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Medicine
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Vitamins and Supplements
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Oil & Gas Equipment and Parts
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Aircraft Parts
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Turbines
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Auto Parts
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Computer Equipment
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Automobiles
Air freight services include:
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PMC/ULD builds
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Next Flight out, Temperature controlled, Out-of-gauge/Oversized, Project shipments
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OBC – on board courier for time critical and sensitive documents or cargo
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Parcel/Courier carton shipments with UPS/Fedex/DHL
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Deferred shipments with flexible routing and lower rates
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Space Allocation Agreements
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Domestic Door pickup and Delivery of Freight
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Packing and Crating Services
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Airport warehouse transfer
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Bonded Trucking/In-Bond Trucking
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Letter of credits (L/C) and Certificates of Origin (COO)
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HAZMAT Cargo Handling (ICAO shipments, DG Cargo)
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Documentation and Export Customs Clearance and AES filing (AES compliant)
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Customs clearance at Destination (Door to Door – DAP/DDU and DDP Shipments)
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Consular certification, legalization and documentary services
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Air Waybill (MAWB & HAWB) Management
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Denied Party Screening
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Air Charter Services
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Air Cargo Insurance
Where We Fly
We have a reliable network of worldwide agents that cover every corner of the world and allow us door to door capabilities including destination customs clearance for DAP or DDP services.
We offer Air Freight Services to all regions of the world including services to:
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Africa
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Asia (including Central Asia / Balkans)Central & South America
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The Caribbean
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Europe (Western, Central and Eastern)
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The Middle East
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North America
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Oceania (Australia/New Zealand/Micronesia/Melanesia/Polynesia)
Types of Air Freight Shipments Handled:
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Small package parcel / courier shipments for urgent and/or small packages - allows door to door service. Parcel shipments are typically useful for sample orders, influencer gifts, or actual orders that are simply so small that shipping by regular air freight is too cost prohibitive. Customs Entry may be required depending on the commodity and value. DAP and DDP options are available.
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Standard Air Export Shipments: cargo originates in the US and is exported, this can be a consolidated (consol) shipment or single shipment (back-to-back)
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Standard Air Import Shipments: cargo originates overseas and is exported to the US, this can be a consolidated (consol) shipment or single shipment (back-to-back) and imported to the customer's airport of choice.
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Foreign to Foreign Air shipments: cargo originates in country A and is shipped to country B, while you are locate din country C.
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IE – Immediate Export Shipments: – Also known as Import for Re-export in some countries. An IE is used to export merchandise from the same port of origin to final destination. CBP Form 7512 applies in this type of shipment.
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(Moving merchandise between two shipping companies within a port of entry for export. Example: import to LAX and re-export from LAX to final destination)
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T&E – Transport and Export: used to move and export merchandise at another port, other than port of origin. (NOTE: Transportation and Exportation (T&E) Customs Bond: required for products to move through the United States – Moving merchandise between two ports of entry within the Customs Territory of the US for export out of the port of destination).
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IT – Immediate Transportation: allows the movement of goods from the port of entry to another port (recipient’s warehouse) without actual filing entry and paying duty and taxes or examination. This is used to move merchandise in bond without paying duty and taxes and no examination possible until the goods arrive at the port of destination and entry is filed. BP Form 7512 applies in this type of shipment.
Specialized Air Freight Forwarding Services:
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PMC/ULD builds
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Luxury Cars (Automobiles, Motorcycles) with Air Freight
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Destinations Customs Clearance and Delivery (DAP, DAT and DDP services)
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Sea-Air & Air-Sea services offered (Multimodal Transport with Ocean and Air Freight)
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Out-of-gauge Air Freight Solutions for Oversized Cargo
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Expedited services including: charter aircraft, same-day, onboard courier
We can handle the following dangerous goods (DG) classes of cargo:
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Class 2 - Gases
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Class 3 - Flammable Liquid & Combustible Liquid
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Class 4 - Flammable Solid, Spontaneously Combustible, and Dangerous When Wet
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Class 5 - Oxidizer and Organic Peroxide
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Class 6 - Poison (Toxic) and Poison Inhalation Hazard.
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Class 8 - Corrosive
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Class 9 - Miscellaneous