With an auspicious background and wealth of experiences in shipping and related business SW Shipping Limited (SWSL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Shaw Wallace , embarked on its journey to forwarding and logistics business in 2011 with a vision for SWSL to become one of the leading players in international freight forwarding and logistics industry.
SWSL was one the first batch few companies who qualified to obtain Forwarding Licenses from the regulatory body , i.e. Bangladesh Customs Authority, having gone through a rigorous screening process.
With the background of years’ of experience and professionalism and being equipped with trained personnel and advanced systems support we offer our valued customers the highest level of freight, logistics and supply chain solutions.
SWSL operates offices at capital Dhaka and at the port cities of Chittagong and Khulna (Mongla).
Vision
To become one of the leading players in international freight forwarding and logistics industry.
Mission
To deliver efficient, cost-effective, innovative and reliable freight, logistics and supply chain solutions to customers across the globe and add value to the latter’s businesses.
Service
Ocean Freight
We have long-standing relationships, and freight contracts, with major mainliners that enable us to offer to our customers competitive freight rates with space guarantee and faster transit across all destinations.
As reliable freight and logistics partner, we are able of offer our customers a comprehensive range of forwarding and logistics services that will bring efficiency to every link to the latter’s supply chain.
The import and export services that we offer range from on-line booking, Bs/L preparation, customs declaration, to trace and track and through to final delivery at the destination.
Air Freight:
SWSL Air Freight Unit provides wide range of air freight services necessary to move time-sensitive fashion-cargo quickly and in cost-effective manner . SWSL provides multiple service options depending on customers need for air cargo service and transit time. Our port-folio of air carriers is chosen on careful consideration of the individual carriers’ service reliability, capacity, schedule frequency, etc.
SWSL partners with the most reliable air carriers so to carry your cargo with maximum care and attention from gateway airports to destinations around the globe.
Buyers’ Consolidation
SWSL has contracts with major off-docks and CFS facilities – all in the vicinity of Chittagong Port – and have necessary resources, expertise and systems support to offer first- class packing and consolidation services in accordance with specific requirements of the foreign buyers.
Customs Brokerage:
Failure to meet the Customs formalities in a timely manner both at the origin and destination ends is too costly insofar as it may interrupt customer’s supply chain and result in costly penalties and, worse even, loss of business. Appointing a trustworthy Customs Broker with knowledge of customers’ business, the local legal and regulatory issues well is crucial.
At SWSL, our in-house team of specialists provides customs brokerage services at the Bangladesh customs stations at Chittagong and Dhaka – both for import and exports.
We are also capable of offering such customs brokerage services at origins or destinations outside of Bangladesh through appointment of third party, reliable customs brokers.
The brokers have thorough knowledge and understanding on aspects of regulatory and legal issues as well as duty assessment and thus are able to
deliver to our clients hassle free, efficient and cost effective customs brokerage services.
Our services in the area include:
-Product classification
– Duty assessment
-Customs declaration and clearance
-Bonded transfer and transportation
-Customs status monitoring and reporting
Value Added Services :
SWSL offers wide range of value added services that include cargo packing and crating, pick & pack, labeling, vendor assembly and consolidation, visual inspection services, etc. Hereunder is a specific list of the value added services that we are capable of offering to our customers:
-Domestic transportation – we have our own fleet of container mover.
-Labeling
– Shrink wrapping
– Garments on Hanger ( GOH)
- PO and Style-wise loading
- Warehousing
- DDP ( Delivered Duty Paid) and Delivery Duty Unpaid ( DDU) .
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Project Logistics:
SWSL offers project forwarding and logistics management services to various customers and across industries. Equipped with a team of project cargo specialists and through our own hauler and equipments and through outsourcing contracts we are capable of clearing and transporting the project cargo consignments to the project premises fast and in an efficient and cost effective manner and thus add value to customer’s business in terms of faster project implementation and cost savings.
GLOBAL NETWORK:
Our extensive global network links you to every principal trade lane worldwide through weekly and multiple sailing options and contributes to the success of your business.