Since 1985, Freight Forwarders (T). Limited has been a fully licensed customs clearing and forwarding agent, delivering professional logistics solutions.
Freight Forwarders (T). Limited (FFT) provides professional logistics services to clients across a number of industries within East Africa. Our solutions are cost effective, timely, and secure. We are a customer driven company that strive to deliver at international standards, providing local solutions.
Our experience
Freight Forwarders provides professional logistics services to a number of sectors. Over the last 30 years , we have developed and grown our expertise in markets including, but not limited to mining, energy, oil and gas, industrial projects and agriculture.
Our cross-sector experience has helped us build state of the art, facilities running at global standard to serve our clients in a variety of logistics functions including but not limited to air, road, sea freight and customs brokerage.
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Air Freight
FFT can provide air freight services for cargo. We can handle airfreight of all shapes and sizes, including cargo via charter flights throughout Tanzania. Equipped with SAP systems, FFT is able to provide clients with track-and-trace monitoring systems.
Sea Freight
Tanzania’s ports not only serve Tanzania, but also serve our neighbouring landlocked countries. Freight Forwarders can clear cargo through Tanzania’s various ports for local delivery or cross border delivery to Rwanda, Uganda, Southern DRC, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Burundi.
Road Freight
FFT can transport cargo that is containerized, bulk cargo, overweight, oversized, classified dangerous goods and specialized cargo within Tanzania and the region at large. FFT have dedicated fleet of transporters who are vetted and trained by FFT to ensure they adhere to FFT’s standards.
Project Management
Clearing goods through customs can be quite tedious and requires professional assistance. Our team is trained and well versed with the customs process as well as the additional processes required to clear goods.
Integrated Solutions
Our company is integrated across supply chain functions and industries in Tanzania as well as broader Eastern Africa. This enables us to tackle some of the most formidable logistics challenges on time, within budget, and with clean reporting cycles.
Account Management
Every client at FFT is assigned a team that is lead by a Client Manager who handles your shipment from pre-alert to delivery of cargo. We keep records for each client, and provide full-time customer service. Our company understands the pressures of moving goods across borders.
Regulatory Compliance
FFT adheres to all Local Content requirements. We work closely with the various government entities to clear goods, and to ensure we understand and remain updated on the regulatory processes involved with clearing and forwarding.
Professional Expertise
Our work is supported by 150 highly qualified professionals in Tanzania and more than 1,500 people in the Freight Forwarders Group at large. FFT actively recruits the best and most talented experienced professionals within the industry.
Technology
We understand the importance of information and communication in logistics. We provide systems to support consistent information flow by connecting with customer-specific electronic data processing systems, including a track-and-trace module. We have invested in state-of-the-art systems to allow for our operations to run smoothly across East Africa.
