Freight forwarders in Latin America
Freight forwarders serving growers, packers and exporters in Latin America, including global operators active in the region.
Agencia Aduanal Figueroa is a customs brokerage in Nogales, Sonora holding broker patent 1444, handling road and rail import and export clearance and in-bond transit through the Nogales, Arizona port.
Agencia Aduanal Ulloa is a Mexican customs brokerage headquartered in Mexicali with branch offices in Tijuana, Ensenada and San Luis Río Colorado, providing import and export clearance across the Baja California and Sonora border crossings for more than 60 years.
AIT Worldwide Logistics is a freight forwarder headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, offering ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance services alongside a dedicated cold chain logistics service for temperature-controlled shipments, including produce.
Customs brokerage headquartered in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, offering import and export clearance, ocean, air and ground freight forwarding, and dedicated customs handling for the food and beverage industry.
C.H. Robinson is a US-headquartered global logistics provider offering ocean, air, customs brokerage, temperature-controlled and project logistics services with regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.
cargo-partner is an Austria-headquartered info-logistics provider and Nippon Express Group member offering air, sea and land freight, warehousing and cold-chain transport for perishables, with its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Hong Kong.
Mexican freight forwarder and customs agency founded in Querétaro in 1983, with an IATA license since 1990 and branches including a Pacific port office in Manzanillo and Bajío offices in Querétaro and Aguascalientes, handling ocean, air, road and rail freight.
CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM company headquartered in France, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and dedicated reefer and air-perishables cold chain services across around 170 countries.
CM Logistics is a Mexican freight forwarder offering ocean, air and project cargo transport, headquartered in Mexico City with a second office in Guadalajara.
Cool Cargo UK is a Hounslow-based freight forwarder that provides temperature-controlled air freight and reefer sea freight for perishable and pharmaceutical goods.
Corella Internacional is a customs brokerage headquartered in Nogales, Sonora, handling import and export clearance across the Nogales, Arizona border crossing since 1945.
CYACSA is a Mexico City based freight forwarder handling air, ocean and land logistics, including customs clearance and refrigerated and perishable cargo.
Dimerco Express Group is a Taiwan-based, Asia-Pacific-focused freight forwarder providing air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics across China, India and ASEAN.
DSV is a Denmark-based global transport and logistics provider offering sea freight, air freight, customs, and project logistics across more than 90 countries.
Europa Worldwide Group is a UK freight and logistics company that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and project cargo forwarding from its head office in Dartford, Kent.
Expeditors International is a US-based logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and project cargo through a global network in over 100 countries.
Gateway Cargo is a Kent-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight and customs clearance services from its head office in Strood, with an additional customs office at the port of London Gateway.
Customs brokerage and freight forwarder based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, with a companion distribution office in Laredo, Texas, offering import and export clearance and ground and air transport between Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Customs brokerage and freight forwarder headquartered in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, handling import and export clearance through Mexico's main land, sea and air customs points, with a companion logistics terminal in Laredo, Texas for cross-dock and transloading.
Grupo Bolt is a Mexican customs brokerage with a dedicated Reynosa office serving import and export clearance for the Reynosa-Pharr border crossing.
HAF Logística Internacional is a Mexican ocean, air and customs freight forwarder, an IATA member since 1997 and an AMACARGA member, with offices at Mexico's main customs points in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Veracruz and Manzanillo.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is a Germany-based freight forwarder operating in 62 countries with a dedicated perishable logistics arm offering temperature-controlled and reefer transport for food, flowers and edible oils.
Hemisphere Freight Services is a UK freight forwarder with a branch at Skelmersdale near the Port of Liverpool, offering ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding, customs clearance, and handling of reefer cargo.
Kerry Logistics (KLN Logistics Group) is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-based global 3PL offering international air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, customs brokerage, project logistics and cold chain services across 58 countries and territories.
King Ocean Services operates ocean freight and NVOCC services from Port Everglades, Florida to destinations across the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, offering refrigerated (reefer) container cargo, project cargo, and LCL/FCL service. Its U.S. entity, King Ocean Agency, Inc., is based in Sweetwater, Florida.
Kuehne+Nagel is a global freight forwarder offering sea and air logistics, customs, and dedicated cold chain and perishables services across close to 100 countries.
Mainfreight is a New Zealand-headquartered logistics company providing air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and dedicated perishable freight handling across a network of offices in 27 countries.
MAVAL is a family-owned customs brokerage founded by Marco A. Valenzuela with paired offices in Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona serving cross-border trade.
Mexican shipping agency, legal name Mexshipping Agencia, S.A. de C.V., founded in 1998 and headquartered at the Pacific port of Lázaro Cárdenas, providing vessel agency services including bulk cargo, project cargo, tankers, Ro-Ro, customs documentation and cargo transshipment.
Mexican shipping and customs agency, legal name Navecopa S. de R.L. de C.V., headquartered in Manzanillo, offering vessel agency (agencia consignataria), customs brokerage and cargo handling services with stated presence in several Pacific and Gulf ports.
Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, perishable logistics and project logistics across more than 50 countries.
Rhenus Logistics is a Germany-headquartered logistics provider offering air and ocean freight forwarding, road transport, customs brokerage and project logistics across more than 70 countries.
Röhlig Logistics is a Germany-headquartered, owner-run international sea and air freight forwarder offering customs brokerage, project logistics and temperature-controlled/perishable cargo handling across more than 35 countries including Australia and New Zealand.
Seafrigo is a France-headquartered cold-chain logistics specialist providing temperature-controlled ocean freight, airfreight, customs and reefer-container services for perishable goods across offices on five continents.
Sinotrans is a China-based logistics group and major NVOCC offering sea and air freight forwarding, shipping agency, and multimodal logistics from Chinese ports worldwide.
Total Cargo Transportes is an OEA and C-TPAT certified cross-border carrier headquartered in Tijuana, specializing in customs logistics and daily Tijuana to San Diego and Los Angeles crossings.
Trailer Bridge is a Jacksonville, Florida-based NVOCC and ocean freight carrier founded in 1991, providing containerized, breakbulk, and temperature-controlled (reefer) shipping between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
TRM is a refrigerated trucking carrier based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, moving export produce from its Culiacán fields to Reynosa, Nogales and Monterrey for cross-border delivery.
Woodland Group is a UK-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and temperature-controlled reefer logistics for perishable goods from its office in Hayes, Middlesex.
Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered freight forwarder offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, and cold chain logistics with reefer container and chilled/frozen air options for perishables.
Freight forwarder based near the airport in Santo Domingo operating a 5,000 square meter warehouse, shipping general, express and temperature-controlled perishable cargo to over 150 destinations, IATA DGR certified.
Acosta y Aguayo is a Santiago based freight forwarder headquartered in Las Condes with more than 30 years in air freight, handling FCL and LCL ocean exports of dry, reefer and frozen cargo, specialized perishables air freight for fish and fruit, plus full import customs logistics with routing through Miami and Los Angeles.
Customs brokerage operating under the trade name JT Shipping, listed in the Chiriqui Chamber of Commerce and Industry business directory under customs brokers and agents, providing customs clearance and transport related complementary activities.
International freight forwarder and customs broker offering FCL, LCL, perishable and reefer ocean cargo plus perishable and dangerous goods air cargo, operating across the Callao, Paita, Ilo, Mollendo-Matarani, Pisco and Salaverry jurisdictions and affiliated with the World Cargo Alliance network.
Colombian international cargo and customs agency founded in 2007 and headquartered in Medellin, providing ocean FCL and LCL, air freight, customs brokerage, perishable and reefer cargo handling, and project cargo, with a network of more than one hundred agents worldwide and a Miami office opened in 2015.
River shipping agency operating from Puerto Quijarro on the Canal Tamengo, the section of the Paraguay-Parana waterway that gives landlocked Bolivia sovereign river access to the Atlantic, coordinating barge, general cargo and project cargo shipments for Bolivian exporters and importers.
Customs brokerage founded in 1946, operating under broker license 1851 at the port of Topolobampo, specializing in bulk agricultural cargo including corn, wheat, sorghum and chickpeas, with a separate containerized cargo operation at Mazatlan.
Air Cargo Recife has operated as a cargo agent since 1993, headquartered in Recife with its own offices inside the airport cargo terminals (TECA) in Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro, handling general cargo, dangerous goods, chemicals and perishable cargo by air around the clock.
Alfa Logistics is a Santiago based freight forwarder headquartered at Arturo Merino Benitez international airport, specializing in air freight of fresh fruit, meat and salmon from Chile to the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, alongside FCL and LCL ocean freight and cargo insurance services.
Allink is a neutral NVOCC consolidator handling FCL, LCL and air cargo out of Santos with connections across 76 countries, around 160 employees and roughly 8,000 LCL shipments a year. It offers bonded pre carriage to Santos, cargo insurance and customs brokerage support, and is a Worldwide Alliance member with an A+ tax compliance rating.
Allog Group is a Sao Paulo headquartered, IATA accredited international cargo agent operating since 2001 across ocean, air and road freight, customs clearance and project cargo, with a published air perishables practice moving refrigerated meat, fruit, ginger and pharmaceutical shipments through Guarulhos and Viracopos airports.
ALOGINSA is a Guayaquil freight agency founded in 2003 specialized in Ecuador's fishing sector, managing reefer and dry container bookings, fishmeal and fish oil cargo, shrimp cold chain shipments and oversized project cargo, with a network in over 185 countries.
Costa Rica subsidiary of Grupo Alonso operating since 2019 from Oficentro La Sabana in San Jose, handling pharmaceutical, IMO, project cargo, flexitank and isotank shipments with customs clearance expertise.
American Container Line is a Santiago based Chilean freight forwarder with more than 30 years of operating history, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified, offering ocean, air and ground freight plus customs clearance and Cargowise cargo tracking for food, automotive, energy, mining and retail shippers.
Freight forwarder at 15 Avenida 18-78, Zona 13, Guatemala City handling air, ocean and land cargo for import and export, citing roughly 5,731 containers moved and shipments to 123 countries.
Atlas Shipping is a wholly Argentine owned freight forwarder founded in 1996 and based in Buenos Aires, providing maritime, air and land international cargo transport plus customs clearance and multimodal logistics to over 200 destinations.
Freight forwarder headquartered at Paseo Cayala in Guatemala City, offering ocean, air and land freight and project logistics solutions, part of the Industrias de Centroamerica group and operating since 2010.
Colombian logistics integrator operating for over two decades from Bogota, offering international ocean and air freight, land transport, in house customs brokerage, free trade zone warehousing, perishables handling, project cargo and commodity logistics for sugar, with offices in twelve Colombian cities including Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena and Buenaventura.
Careship Global Forwarder Ltda is a Guarulhos headquartered international cargo agent founded in 2017, located near Guarulhos International Airport, handling air and ocean import and export shipments through a network of international agent partners.
Peruvian-owned international freight forwarder based at Lima Cargo City near Jorge Chavez airport, IATA accredited under code 91101800005 and MTC and SUNAT authorized, handling perishable products, live animals and dangerous goods by air and ocean.
Freight forwarder based on Calle 16 in Colon handling ocean and air cargo between Panama, the Caribbean and the Americas, including temperature controlled perishables such as seafood, plus customs documentation and brokerage assistance for agricultural and general cargo.
Colombian freight forwarder specializing in perishables handling, operating temperature controlled storage, air and ocean FCL and LCL transport, customs brokerage and cross dock services from offices in Bogota and Medellin, with additional operations in Quito, Miami and Los Angeles.
Uruguayan maritime agency and logistics group founded in 1892, headquartered in Montevideo with a branch office in Nueva Palmira, operating shipping agency, port terminal, bunkering, offshore and project cargo divisions across the international logistics chain.
Coexco S.A. is a Santiago based freight forwarder with more than 15 years operating ocean and air cargo, ground consolidation from Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, and a dedicated AOG and special projects division serving the energy, forestry, mining and wine sectors, plus a 6,500 square meter warehousing partnership with DCP Logistica.
International cargo transport operator based in Los Yoses, San Jose, with over 14 years in the industry, offering ocean, air and land freight for consolidated and full container loads and cargo insurance for refrigerated and general merchandise.
Freight forwarder operating FCL and LCL ocean services and refrigerated container transport for agricultural products, seafood and pharmaceuticals between Guatemala and the United States, with a warehouse at the ALPASA bonded facility in Zona 12, Guatemala City.
DC Logistics Brasil is a Brazilian freight forwarder founded in 1994 with a dedicated air transport division, a pharma vertical handling GDP compliant healthcare shipments, and a published practice in perishable air cargo out of its Sao Paulo and Campinas offices.
DeckLog is a Santos based logistics operator handling LCL and FCL container transport near the Port of Santos, including temperature controlled transport for perishable and pharmaceutical cargo and Redex bonded terminal operations. Its office is at Av. Conselheiro Nebias 756 in the Helbor Offices Vila Rica complex.
DECMA Cargas is a Buenos Aires based freight forwarder founded in 1983, offering air, ocean FCL and LCL, and multimodal cargo services. It is an IATA certified agent and a member of AAACI and FIATA, with additional operations in Rosario.
Customs brokerage focused on Mexico's Pacific deep water port of Lazaro Cardenas, coordinating mega ship arrivals from Asia, container consolidation and bonded warehousing, with additional offices covering Veracruz, Altamira and Manzanillo.
Freight forwarder headquartered in Ensanche Paraíso, Santo Domingo, providing ocean and air freight, LCL and FCL consolidation, customs brokerage and oversized land transport, ISO 9001:2015 certified and an Authorized Economic Operator.
EBF Cargo is a Quito based international freight agency operating since 2002 at Nicolas Baquero and 29 de Abril, specialized in perishable and flower cargo with vacuum cooling cold chain service and closed circuit monitored cold storage rooms.
Excel Santos is an NVOCC and customs brokerage based in Santos with a Sao Paulo branch, running international ocean and air forwarding, project cargo and a licensed despachante aduaneiro practice for import and export clearance.
FCA Log operates as an NVOCC and freight forwarder at the Port of Santos, running its own bonded Eudmarco terminal for container and loose cargo customs operations. The company is IATA certified and a JC Trans member, coordinating sea, air and road freight for import and export shipments.
FECARGO is a Guayaquil based cargo consolidator, international freight agency and customs broker operating since 2005, handling FCL and LCL ocean freight, air cargo, reefer bookings and project cargo shipments.
Fermac Cargo is a Campinas based air cargo agent operating out of the Viracopos International Airport cargo terminal since 2013 and is a listed Abrafrutas member, having coordinated more than 50 fruit export flights and fresh fish shipments to the United States.
Freight forwarder at Autopista Duarte Km 16 in Santo Domingo handling FCL and LCL ocean bookings, air cargo, customs declaration and clearance, and coordination of land transport from Caucedo and Haina ports.
Freight forwarder within the Gourmet Trading Company group specializing in air and sea logistics for temperature controlled perishable cargo, holding DGAC, IATA, BASC and SUNAT accreditations and repeat recognition as a leading Peruvian freight forwarder.
Customs brokerage operating under patent 1757, established more than 25 years ago, with warehousing and distribution centers in Tampico and Altamira, Tamaulipas, holding OEA authorized economic operator certification.
Customs brokerage and logistics group headquartered in Veracruz, offering ground transport of containers, warehousing and door to door foreign trade services, with operating offices at the ports of Altamira, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Nuevo Laredo and Tuxpan.
Customs brokerage and international freight agency headquartered in Progreso, Yucatan with more than 70 years in foreign trade, ISO 9001:2015 and C-TPAT certified, importing fruit and meat and exporting beverages, coffee and sugar through Progreso, Merida and Cancun offices.
River transport group headquartered in Asuncion since the 1970s, operating tugboats that tow convoys of up to 40,000 tons and hydrocarbon and liquid cargo barges totaling 75,000 cubic meters capacity on the Parana-Paraguay waterway, carrying agricultural bulk commodities including sesame, chia, beans and corn alongside hydrocarbons.
Lima based international logistics operator and cargo agent, headquartered on Av. Republica de Colombia in San Isidro, specializing in refrigerated cargo management and temperature monitoring for Peruvian agricultural exports such as blueberries.
Customs brokerage at the port of Manzanillo operating a 16,000 square meter refrigerated facility, Friman, with capacity for 50 reefer containers, three freezer chambers reaching minus 18 degrees Celsius and 1,200 square meters of palletized cold storage, holding SAGARPA phytozoosanitary verification approval.
Freight forwarder based in San Pedro Sula providing ocean freight from US, Central American, European and Asian ports, air transport, land consolidation, customs brokerage and warehousing and distribution from its own facility.
Operates a specialized fleet of river barges carrying dry bulk cargo along the Paraguay-Parana waterway for regional agribusiness shippers, with a Paraguay contact office and stated safety and environmental protection protocols.
Intercarga is an Ecuadorian cargo consolidator offering air, ocean and land freight for imports and for perishable cargo exports, customs clearance through its own bonded warehouse (deposito temporal aduanero), and distribution from Quito and Guayaquil.
Customs agency based in Altamira, Tamaulipas operating under broker patent 1758, handling import and export clearance, vessel loading and unloading, container consolidation and deconsolidation, and covered and open air warehousing.
JETCARGO is a Buenos Aires based international freight forwarder founded in 1961, handling air and ocean export and import logistics with a specialized division for perishables and live animal transport requiring temperature control and organoleptic condition reports.
LAG Cargo is a Sao Paulo based international cargo agent and licensed customs broker that arranges air freight through Guarulhos airport alongside FCL, LCL and reefer container ocean freight, with in-house customs clearance.
Panama branch of the Spanish air cargo agent group founded in 1908, providing personalized air freight import and export services and named as operating out of Tocumen International Airport among the Panamanian airports it serves.
Customs brokerage and international logistics firm based at Centro Comercial Cariari, La Asuncion de Belen, Heredia, advising on daily customs operations and coordinating air, maritime and land transport for exports and imports.
Marimex is a Santos based integrated logistics group combining freight forwarding, NVOCC and bonded terminal operations, with a 102,000 square meter bonded yard and warehouse and branches in Sao Paulo, Campinas and Belo Horizonte. It runs a 350 vehicle fleet, handles FCL and LCL ocean freight, air freight to over 3,000 destinations, and cold storage for refrigerated and frozen agricultural products, holding ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001, IATA and OEA credentials.
Bolivian freight forwarder and shipping line agent operating since 2018 from offices in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and La Paz, coordinating maritime, air and land freight, customs clearance, container transport, and rolling and project cargo with NYK Line for vehicles and heavy equipment.
NavCargo Logistics is a family owned freight forwarder and IATA certified cargo agent based in Guarulhos at Av. Salgado Filho 2120, handling NVOCC ocean freight (FCL and LCL), air freight and customs clearance, including special regimes such as drawback and temporary admission and pharmaceutical cargo handling.
Maritime agency and stevedoring company founded in 1958 in Asuncion. Operates the Paranave fleet of four 3,200 HP tugboats and barges moving over 50,000 TEUs a year between Asuncion, Montevideo and Buenos Aires, plus a grain barge fleet of 24 covered barges totaling 33,306 tons. ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and BASC certified.
Paraguayan owned operator of self-propelled container vessels BM Tehia, BM Rosa and BM Josamo, moving dry and reefer containers on the Paraguay-Parana waterway between Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, plus domestic cabotage services.
Maritime storage terminal and cargo agent operating since 1980, with reefer container terminals at the ports of Callao and Paita serving major shipping lines calling Peru. Operates an 80,000 square meter warehouse in Paita and a cold storage chamber over 700 square meters at its Callao facility on Av. Argentina.
New Hub is a neutral NVOCC freight forwarder headquartered at Rua Santa Cruz 2105 in Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, with additional offices in Belo Horizonte and Itajai. It handles FCL and LCL ocean freight and air cargo, and is one of only three Brazilian companies affiliated with the DFA, E-Freight, E-CW and CGLI LCL Plus Division networks.
Customs brokerage based in Ensenada, Baja California with more than 75 years in foreign trade, SADER certified for the livestock and agroindustry sectors, operating additional offices at Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Tampico, Altamira and Veracruz.
Bolivian freight forwarder headquartered in the Equipetrol district of Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a branch office in the Calacoto zone of La Paz, offering integrated maritime, land, air and customs clearance services for import and export cargo, with online cargo tracking for clients.
Panamerican Cargo is a freight forwarder headquartered in Rosario since 2005, with a second office in Buenos Aires, operating international ocean and air cargo, customs advisory, a bonded fiscal warehouse and road transport links to Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Freight forwarder founded in 1967 in Asuncion, offering air, ocean, fluvial and land freight, LCL container consolidation since 1998, project and oversized cargo handling, customs brokerage and warehousing. Member of the IFLN and AOP international freight networks.
Pluscargo Chile is part of Grupo RAS and provides integrated logistics and transport solutions from offices in Santiago, Valparaiso and San Antonio, Iquique and Arica, covering the country's principal container ports and northern free zone gateways.
IATA accredited air cargo agency founded in 1975 in San Jose, now operating ocean, air and customs brokerage services from La Asuncion de Belen, Heredia, handling FCL, perishable and high value shipments through Puerto Moin, Caldera and Juan Santamaria airport.
Registered in the Colon Free Zone company directory as a logistics agent, operating from Calle 9na in the France Field sector of Colon.
SEA-AIR Cargo, the trading name of CAS Agenciamento Internacional Ltda, is a Sao Paulo based international freight agent on Avenida Paulista offering air freight, ocean freight, combined sea and air multimodal routing, and dangerous goods handling for import and export shipments.
SEIMA, operated by Cardenas and Asociados C. Ltda., is an Ecuadorian cargo consolidator and customs broker active since 1984 with customs permits to handle cargo at the ports of Guayaquil, Manta and Esmeraldas and at airports in Guayaquil and Quito.
Freight forwarder and temporary customs warehouse operator on 33 Calle in San Pedro Sula, offering refrigerated cargo, air cargo, maritime cargo, consolidated cargo and customs clearance for import and export shipments.
Freight forwarder and cargo consolidator based in Colonia Trejo, San Pedro Sula, in operation for about 25 years, offering air, land and sea freight, customs procedures, cargo insurance and inspection services.
SIF Group, registered as SIF Argentina, is a Buenos Aires headquartered international logistics operator founded in 1991, an IATA certified agent handling dangerous goods and perishables by air alongside NVOCC ocean freight, FCL, LCL, roll on roll off and break bulk across the Mercosur region.
Air cargo fiscal warehouse operator adjacent to the Juan Santamaria airport remote cargo terminal in Alajuela, operating since 1995 with separate customs storage at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius and 15 to 25 degrees Celsius for perishable and pharmaceutical cargo.
Grupo Romero maritime shipping agency and cargo handler with 11 offices along the Peruvian coast, providing piloting, towing, ship agency and container terminal services for mining, bulk, fertilizer, container and general cargo out of its Miraflores, Lima headquarters.
Maritime and logistics agency operating in Costa Rica as part of Grupo Transmares, providing shipping agency, port agency and freight forwarding services and acting as a general agent for container lines calling at the country's ports.
UCC Logistica is a freight forwarder headquartered in Vina del Mar, Valparaiso region, with more than 15 years of international logistics experience focused on perishable produce exporters and agribusiness clients, operating ocean and air freight routes alongside offices in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia and Spain.
Unireefer Group is a reefer logistics operator and shipping agency serving Ecuadorian banana and frozen product exporters, running cold storage warehouses at the CONTECON terminal in Guayaquil and the YILPORT terminal in El Oro province, and acting as general agent for the Cool Carriers reefer shipping line.
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Common questions
Do freight forwarders in Latin America handle both import and export shipments?
Most freight forwarders in Latin America handle both directions, but many have a stronger practical focus on whichever flow is more common for that market. It is worth asking directly which side of the business a given provider spends more of their time on, since day-to-day experience with export documentation differs from experience managing inbound customs clearance and delivery.
What should I check before choosing a freight forwarder in Latin America?
Confirm which ports, airports, or border crossings the forwarder actually operates through in Latin America, and whether their network covers the specific mode, ocean, air, or road, that the shipment needs. It also helps to ask about their experience with the particular goods involved, since handling requirements can vary significantly by cargo type.
Can a freight forwarder in Latin America arrange the full door-to-door journey?
Many freight forwarders in Latin America can arrange collection or delivery alongside the main international leg, coordinating trucking, customs clearance, and warehousing as needed. Coverage varies by provider, so it is worth confirming upfront whether they manage the full door-to-door route themselves or hand off part of the journey to a separate local partner.
How do I check whether a provider listed for Latin America is actually reliable?
Look for a working address and contact details, and ask for references from businesses that have shipped through Latin America recently rather than relying on a listing alone. Confirm the specific service you need, storage, freight forwarding, or customs handling, since a general logistics listing does not always mean deep capability in the one service that matters to your shipment. A provider willing to explain what happens when something goes wrong is a stronger signal than any credential.
Should I use a local provider in Latin America or an international one with a presence there?
It depends on what matters more for your shipment. A local provider in Latin America usually has deeper knowledge of ground conditions, relationships, and paperwork specific to that market, while an international provider offers a single point of contact and consistent processes if your goods also move through other countries. Many exporters combine the two: a local provider for physical handling in Latin America, and a wider forwarder to manage the rest of the route.
What should I ask a provider in Latin America before committing to work with them?
Ask what happens to your goods at each handover point, who is responsible if something is delayed or damaged, and what documentation they produce and when. Ask for a quote that breaks out individual charges rather than one bundled figure, so you can see what you are paying for at each stage. It is also worth asking directly how they have handled a shipment that ran into difficulty in Latin America, since that answer tells you more than a general pitch.
Freight forwarders across the Americas
Freight forwarders serving Latin America operate across a hemisphere where road and rail connections between neighbouring countries sit alongside major ocean gateways, so the right provider depends heavily on whether the cargo is moving by sea, by air, or overland to a bordering market. Coastal access varies a great deal across the Americas, and inland locations often rely on a forwarder's trucking and rail partnerships to reach the nearest port rather than shipping directly, which adds a layer of coordination that a purely ocean-focused forwarder may not handle well.
Customs procedures and required documentation differ between countries in the Americas, and trade agreements covering parts of the hemisphere can affect tariff treatment and paperwork depending on origin and destination. A freight forwarder working in and out of Latin America will usually have direct experience with the specific border crossings, ports, or airports the cargo needs to pass through, and that experience is often more valuable than general regional coverage claims. Seasonal weather, from hurricane exposure on some coasts to winter conditions further from the equator, can also affect routing and transit reliability at different times of year.
Distances within the Americas are often long even for intra-regional trade, so transit time and the choice between air and ocean freight tend to matter more here than in more compact regions. Some freight forwarders in Latin America focus mainly on north-south trade lanes connecting to major economies elsewhere in the hemisphere, while others build their business around intercontinental lanes to Europe or Asia, and it is worth confirming which pattern matches the shipment before assuming broad capability.
How trade moves through Latin America
Latin America covers enormous geographic and climatic range, and its trade infrastructure follows that range rather than smoothing over it. Major agricultural exporting nations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts operate substantial, modern port systems built specifically around grain, meat, produce, and other bulk and refrigerated agricultural exports, while inland and Andean economies depend more heavily on overland transport to reach a coastal port, often crossing a neighbouring country to do so. This means a meaningful share of the region's agricultural trade is genuinely transnational in its routing before it ever becomes international in its final destination, with goods produced in one country regularly exported through a port in another.
The region's trade geography is shaped by long north-south and coast-to-interior distances, mountain ranges that constrain overland routes to specific corridors, and a strong seasonal cycle tied to Southern Hemisphere harvest timing that runs opposite the Northern Hemisphere's. Refrigerated and ambient storage capacity is well developed around major export ports and agricultural processing zones, particularly for produce, meat, and grain destined for demanding export markets, but capacity thins noticeably away from those established corridors. Inland transport by road remains dominant across much of the region, and road quality, border crossing efficiency, and customs processing speed vary considerably between countries, which affects lead times more than shipping schedules do once cargo actually reaches a port.
Provider structures vary by country and by how export-oriented that country's agricultural sector is. The larger exporting nations support sizeable, experienced freight forwarding and cold-chain logistics sectors used to meeting demanding international food safety and traceability requirements, alongside major international shipping lines calling at their main ports directly. Elsewhere in the region, particularly in smaller or less export-focused economies, the provider base is thinner and more generalist, and cargo may need to move through a neighbouring country's more developed logistics sector to reach an international buyer at all. Family-owned transport and logistics operators remain common throughout the region and often carry deep, practical knowledge of specific agricultural corridors that larger multinational operators do not replicate.
Someone sourcing across several Latin American countries at once should pay close attention to where a shipment actually crosses into export infrastructure, since goods grown inland frequently travel a considerable distance overland, sometimes through a second country, before reaching a port. Import and export documentation, phytosanitary certification, and customs procedures differ meaningfully by country even where trade agreements exist between them, so a certificate or process accepted in one market cannot be assumed to satisfy another. Southern Hemisphere harvest timing also means this region's export peaks can run counter to those of Northern Hemisphere competitors, which matters for anyone planning supply continuity across sourcing regions rather than within Latin America alone. Language is largely shared across the Spanish-speaking countries, which eases coordination, but Brazil's Portuguese-language market and distinct regulatory system sit apart from that pattern and should be treated separately.
Building a sourcing plan across Latin America means recognising which countries function as export gateways for their neighbours, matching provider selection to how developed a given country's own export infrastructure actually is, and planning timelines around genuinely long overland legs rather than assuming port proximity for every origin point. It also means being specific about which coast, and which mountain corridor, a given origin actually depends on, since two countries that look close together on a map can in practice route their exports through entirely different ports and logistics networks.
Comparing freight forwarders in Latin America
Fernable lists a broad set of freight forwarders operating in Latin America, which makes the practical task selection rather than discovery. With that many providers to choose from, the differences worth weighing are structural rather than cosmetic. Which trade lanes into and out of Latin America does a forwarder handle as routine business, rather than the occasional one-off booking. Does it operate its own offices and agents along the route, or does it lean on subcontracted partners it does not directly control. How does it document customs clearance and compliance for the specific cargo type in question, and can it point to a concrete process rather than a general assurance. These are the factors that surface later as delays, unexpected costs, or clean execution, and they rarely show up clearly on a provider's own marketing pages.
Other differences look significant but carry little weight. A polished website, a long list of named partners, or broad claims of global reach say almost nothing about performance on a specific lane into Latin America. Coverage across ocean, air, road, and rail only matters if a provider actually runs the mode relevant to the shipment on a regular basis, not merely lists it among its services. The same goes for breadth of cargo type. Handling everything from standard container loads to project or oversized freight is only meaningful if the provider can describe, in concrete terms, how it has routed and documented that category of cargo before. Confidence without specifics is a weak signal, however well it is presented.
The most efficient way to compare a crowded field is to run the same short set of questions past a shortlist, rather than reading every profile end to end. Ask what happens when a shipment is delayed at a border or terminal in Latin America, and who takes ownership of resolving it. Ask what documentation the forwarder prepares directly versus what it expects the shipper to supply. Ask for a reference shipment on a comparable lane, not a general testimonial. Providers who answer with specifics, procedure, and consistency across the conversation are worth pursuing further, while vague reassurance, however confidently delivered, is the cue to move on to the next name on the list. Narrowing a large field does not require exhaustive due diligence on every provider listed: a short, consistent comparison built around lane experience, control over the route, and clarity under pressure separates real capability from adjacent capability far faster than reading marketing copy, and it keeps the decision anchored to what actually determines whether cargo moves through Latin America on time and intact.