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Multimodal TransportSolutions
Try a different approach with multimodal transport solutions that improve efficiencies, optimize costs, and lower emissions. Caribbean Freight can combine two or more transport modes including LTL, break-bulk, LCL, FCL, air, and more.
Optimizing multimodal transport means balancing fuel costs, supply, demand, capacity, availability, shipping rates, and sustainability. Caribbean Freight helps you achieve this through consolidating loads, optimizing delivery routes, working with multiple carriers, and customizing solutions to your exact needs.
Shipping and Consolidating Services. Caribbean Freight Handlers Limited is an international logistics management company specializing in freight forwarding and consolidating services. We handle the logistics of shipping for our clients both locally and internationally and provides supply chain management and logistics support based on contracts with major air, ocean and over land truck carriers.
Our Consolidation services are designed to help you with all kinds of challenges including:
- Balancing & minimizing your transportation spend
- Vendor/Supplier reliability
- Control over transportation cost per unit
- Unplanned changes in mode of transport causing increase transport cost
- Optimal container utilization
- Ideal consolidation versus need date for product
- Value added services in CFS at origin
- Reduce required warehouse space at destination
JamaicanImports
Jamaica’s main imports include food and consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, machinery, and construction materials, with the United States being its primary import partner.
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the key Iimport categories
Food and Consumer Goods
Jamaica imports a wide range of food items, including cereals, vegetables, and fruits
Industrial Supplies
The country imports raw materials and semi-processed goods for its manufacturing sector.
Fuel
Jamaica imports significant amounts of oil and petroleum products.
Machinery and Equipment
Imports include machinery, vehicles, and parts for various industries.
Construction Materials
Jamaica imports materials for building and infrastructure projects.
Major Import Partners
United States:
The US is Jamaica’s largest import partner, accounting for a significant portion of its total imports.
Other Key Partners:
Other countries from which Jamaica imports include China, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago, and Japan.
- We are logistics
Advancing Jamaica with Expert Logistics
We are involved and have been instrumental in projects, having imported several containers with palletized shipments of Oilfield equipment for Petrojam Refinery.
Our team also coordinated regular consignment of cargo including service parts for Diageo Global Supply, Campari Group and local beverage company Red Stripe, Desnoes & Geddes, J.Wray & Nephew. We coordinate local logistics services for the delivery of their Machinery to factory in a timely manner.
In addition, Caribbean Freight Handlers Ltd also coordinated the shipping of a number of Mobile Crane Systems from Germany for the Port Authority of Jamaica from a major shipper; Mobile Systems and Crane GMBH. The shipment was transported to the Kingston Free Zone and SEZ.
Further, we handled a large shipment of construction and architectural equipment for both International Airports located in Kingston and Montego Bay; including telecommunication devices under contract with mobile phone operator Digicel.
The highway 2000 Project was one of our longest running project as we imported service parts for the main contractor.
With regards to industrial shipments, we coordinate shipping for Jisco Alpart, WIGTON Wind Farm, Jamalco, New Fortress Energy (NFE), Jamaica Public Service Company, Windalco, Paramount Trading, National Water Commission, Jamaica Private Power Company, West Kingston Power Partners, ARC Systems, Tank-Weld Metals, Atlantic Hardware and Plumbing, Jamaica Energy Partners, Caribbean Cement Company, Cari-Med Group, Jamaica Flour Mills and Hardware & Lumber Ltd.
Why choose Caribbean Freight Handlers Ltd.
– Backed by our global network offices, we offer to transport your LCL cargo in the most cost effective manner.
– We have a network of warehouse receiving station which are also Custom bonded warehouses.
– Our aggressive pricing structure and optimum utilization of space ensures that benefits of freight consolidation are passed on to you.
Our integrated import clearance and delivery team provides expedited cargo release where we combine extensive customs experience with the latest in information technology to eliminate delays and provide expert compliance for commercial clients.
Services also include:
– Import and compliance consulting
– Professional entry processing
– Classification and valuation assistance
– Total compliance management
We are supported by:
– Licensed customs brokers in Kingston and Montego Bay
– Customs information services
– Advance automation tools
– Full product database
Our door to door service includes all logistics for packages from origin shipper‘s factory to consignee‘s warehouse at destination in Jamaica.
The service includes coordinating the following process for inbound shipments:
– Shipment coordination
– Customs export clearance at port of loading
– Sea freight consolidation of palletized cargo
– Loading of cargo at origin
– Discharging of cargo at destination
– Shipment processing
– Delivery to consignee
Clients in need of secure transport prefer to use single containers (FCL). This mode of transport excludes breaking bulk, the container is sealed after initial loading and will not be opened until arrival at destination.
Address
6-12 Newport Boulevard, Newport Commercial Centre, Newport West, Kingston 13, Jamaica
Email Address
sales@cfh.com
Phone Number
876-999-9999
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