Freight services from Turkey: sea, road, rail, air Five modes, one operation

For FCL shipments we handle booking, empty container supply, in-port handling and loading supervision as a single responsibility. For LCL cargo, consolidation takes place at the groupage warehouse, so smaller volumes can ship without hiring a full container.

Non-standard cargo (project shipments, heavy tonnage, out-of-gauge) is planned on flat rack and open top equipment, with the required permits and surveys managed on your behalf.

Full page: Sea freight.

On full truckload (FTL) services the vehicle goes directly from the loading point to the consignee. There is no transhipment, which keeps both damage risk and transit time to a minimum. Part loads (LTL) are grouped against a weekly departure schedule.

We prepare the T1 transit documentation for European lanes and the border-crossing paperwork for Middle East lanes. Vehicle and driver tracking continues throughout the journey.

Full page: Road freight.

For regular, high-volume shipments, rail is the strongest alternative to road. Because the schedule is fixed, planning is more predictable than by truck; queues at border crossings and driver hours limits do not come into play.

A block train is a service where a single shipper uses the full capacity; wagon-based shipping means taking space within a train for smaller volumes. We arrange the pre- and on-carriage between terminal and factory by road, so from your side it remains one door-to-door operation.

Full page: Rail freight.

For samples, spare parts, perishables and shipments carrying deadline risk, a few days saved usually pays for itself; a stopped production line costs more than the air freight premium.

On a consolidated shipment your cargo travels with others: cheaper, but possibly a day longer. Direct shipment is the fastest. Which one is right for you is a conversation about deadline and budget together.

Full page: Air freight.

Intermodal transport means combining the sea, rail and road legs of the same shipment under one plan. The cargo never leaves the container; only the vehicle carrying it changes. That reduces both handling cost and damage risk.

The real gain is in coordination. With three separate suppliers, a delay becomes your problem, and proving who caused it falls to you as well. Under one plan we align the transfer windows, and responsibility for the outcome stays with us.

A typical setup: sea freight from the most suitable port to a European port, rail to an inland terminal, and the final leg by road to the consignee's door. We put the options in front of you with transit times and costs so you can pick the right combination.

Full page: Intermodal transport.

Customs brokerage is in-house: our own customs broker handles import and export declarations, tariff classification, origin and movement certificates (ATR, EUR.1), inspection and analysis procedures, and the tracking of duty obligations; the file is never handed to a third party. A hold caused by a wrong tariff code or a missing document is the most expensive delay in logistics: the cargo stops, demurrage and storage charges accrue, the deadline slips.

On the import side the clock starts with the vessel: from the summary declaration, the goods must be assigned a customs-approved treatment within 45 days by sea and 20 days by the other modes (Customs Law No. 4458, art. 46). That period runs in temporary storage, and storage charges accrue from there. The order is fixed: summary declaration, temporary storage, declaration and HS code, duties, delivery order, release; a bonded warehouse comes in when the duty has to wait. On export our agents run the destination end; on import the destination end is here, and it is our own team.

Our warehouse sits on İstanbul's western side at Mimarsinan, Büyükçekmece: a short drive from the Ambarlı port cluster and our operations office, with 2,000 m² under cover. Export cargo is consolidated, sorted, labelled and repacked here before it goes into the container; on the import side, goods leaving the port are prepared for distribution. At the other end of the Balkan corridor we work with 3,000 m² of storage capacity in Athens and Thessaloniki.

A bonded warehouse lets goods sit without duty being paid, an important cash-flow tool for importers. A general warehouse holds goods that have already cleared. Handling covers labelling, palletising, repacking and order-based picking.