International freight forwarding: ocean, air, and cross-border.
End-to-end forwarding across ocean, air, and multimodal lanes, with customs coordination, tariff strategy, and door-to-door execution.
What are freight forwarding services?
A freight forwarder coordinates the movement of goods across borders: carrier selection, rate negotiation, bookings, documentation, and tracking across ocean, air, and ground.
Sams manages that coordination end to end and connects it to the rest of your supply chain, so the container that clears the port already has a warehouse door and a delivery schedule waiting for it.
Forwarding services
Ocean freight
FCL and LCL programs with drayage from major gateways including Savannah, Charleston, and Seattle.
Air freight
Direct and consolidated options for time-sensitive, high-value, and perishable cargo.
Import & export documentation
Commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, and certificates of origin, prepared and handed cleanly to customs.
Incoterms guidance
FOB, CIF, DDP, EXW, FCA, and DAP, applied correctly so risk and cost land where your contract says they do.
Tariff impact mitigation
Section 301 and 232 exposure analysis, HTS classification review, FTZ options, and sourcing diversification, through our licensed customs broker partners.
Door-to-door execution
Origin consolidation, export clearance, transit, import clearance, drayage, warehousing, and final mile, in one chain.
Cross-border U.S. and Canada
USMCA-compliant shipments and bonded transit run through the corridors we know best: Seattle for the Pacific Northwest, and the Detroit and Buffalo crossings for the Midwest and Northeast.
FAQ
Common questions.
What are freight forwarding services?
Coordination of goods moving across borders: ocean and air booking, carrier selection, documentation, customs coordination, and door-to-door delivery management.
How does Sams handle international freight forwarding?
End to end. We negotiate rates, book carriers, manage documentation, coordinate customs clearance through licensed broker partners, manage tariff exposure, and run the final mile into our warehouse network.
What Incoterms does Sams support?
All major terms, including FOB, CIF, DDP, EXW, FCA, and DAP. We also advise on which term protects you best for a given lane.
How do tariffs affect freight forwarding costs?
Section 301, Section 232, and anti-dumping duties change the landed cost of affected goods. We provide impact analysis and mitigation strategy with our customs broker partners before you commit to a purchase order.
Does Sams handle both ocean and air freight?
Yes. FCL, LCL, and air programs across Trans-Pacific, Trans-Atlantic, and Intra-Americas lanes.
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