Sea cargo, engineered.

Ocean Freight

FCL & LCL ocean freight from any major port in the world to East Africa — and back. Built for predictable lead times and total document control.

Ocean Freight
12,000+
TEUs handled annually
98.6%
On-time arrival
Weekly
Departures, all corridors
What you get

An end-to-end ocean freight service.

We move full containers and consolidated cargo through Mombasa, Dar es Salaam and Djibouti with weekly sailings, vetted carrier partnerships, and a documentation team that lives inside KRA, KEBS and EAC compliance. Your shipment is tracked from origin warehouse to inland delivery with one accountable team.

  • FCL and LCL solutions tailored to volume
  • Weekly sailings from Asia, Europe & the Middle East
  • Live container tracking from gate-in to delivery
  • Reefer, hazardous and out-of-gauge certified
  • Door-to-door coverage with inland trucking
  • Dedicated documentation desk for B/L, COO, CoC
How it works

Four steps. One accountable team.

01

Booking & rates

We confirm space, lock the rate and issue your shipping order within hours.

02

Origin handling

Pick-up, container stuffing, customs export and B/L issuance — all coordinated for you.

03

Sea transit

Live tracking, ETA monitoring, proactive exception alerts.

04

Destination & delivery

Customs clearance, port release and inland trucking to your door.

Why Odugwu

What you get that you won't get elsewhere.

Carrier-neutral allocations

We're not tied to one shipping line — you get the best space and rate across MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, ONE, Hapag-Lloyd and more.

Documentation desk in-house

B/L, COO, CoC, PVoC, KEBS — handled by our compliance team, not bounced between brokers.

Inland delivery, owned trucks

Once your container hits the port, our own fleet moves it inland — no third-party hand-offs, no excuses.

Single point of accountability

One coordinator owns your shipment from booking to delivery. You always know who to call.

Coverage

Where we operate.

A regularly-served network — not a wishlist. If your lane isn't listed, ask anyway: we likely run it on charter or partner.

Origin hubs
  • Shanghai
  • Ningbo
  • Shenzhen
  • Mumbai (Nhava Sheva)
  • Jebel Ali
  • Rotterdam
  • Hamburg
  • Istanbul
Destination ports
  • Mombasa (KE)
  • Dar es Salaam (TZ)
  • Djibouti (DJ)
Inland delivery
  • Nairobi ICD
  • Kampala
  • Kigali
  • Bujumbura
  • Juba
  • Goma
  • Lubumbashi
Industries served

Built for the businesses that move East Africa.

We've shaped this service around the realities of the industries we serve every day.

  • Construction
  • Automotive
  • Retail & FMCG
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy & solar
  • Agriculture
Indicative pricing

Indicative range: USD 1,800–4,200 per 40' HC FCL ex-Asia, depending on origin, season and incoterm.

"Odugwu took our quarterly Asia container program from chaotic to predictable. We finally know our landed cost before the goods leave the factory."
Aisha M.
Procurement Lead, building materials importer
Get started

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Tell us your origin, destination and volume. We'll send you a tailored ocean freight quote within 2 business hours.

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FAQ

Ocean Freight questions, answered.

What's a typical Asia → Mombasa lead time?

Around 28–35 days port-to-port depending on origin and routing. We confirm a specific transit window per booking.

Can you ship LCL if I only have a few pallets?

Yes. We run weekly LCL consolidations from major hubs — you only pay for the volume you actually use.

Do you handle dangerous goods?

Yes, with full IMDG documentation, certified packing and approved carriers for hazardous cargo.