Ship cargo, machinery and vehicles from the USA to Kenya and Tanzania

In a container, booked directly with the ocean carrier. Cassandra Logistics is a licensed US NVOCC, so you deal with the carrier rather than a middleman reselling space. We collect anywhere in the USA, load and secure it at our own warehouse, file the US export documentation and ship it to Mombasa. Ask us at quote stage.

It becomes expensive. Consignments arriving without a CoC face a surcharge calculated on the CIF value, plus mandatory destination inspection and laboratory testing, which means delay and additional cost on top. The saving from skipping the origin inspection is never worth it.

Yes. We collect vehicles won at Copart, IAA, Manheim and eBay Motors directly from the yard in any US state, bring them to our warehouse, load them into a container and ship them. Confirm import eligibility with your customs agent before you bid, since that is decided at the destination end. Read the auction guide.

Before the cargo is booked, not after. The inspection happens at origin and the certificate has to accompany the shipping documents, so it needs to fit into the schedule ahead of loading. Raise it with us at quote stage and we will flag whether your commodity looks likely to need it.

Yes, where two customers are shipping to the same port. Ocean freight is charged on the container rather than per unit, so sharing splits the cost meaningfully. Timing has to align between both shipments, so mention it early in the booking rather than after collection has started.

No, and the distinction matters from the first document. Cargo moving through Kenya to another East African country is handled under the regional transit framework rather than as a Kenyan import. Tell us and your agent the final destination country at the outset, not the port.

No, and most of our clients on this lane never travel to the States. We handle collection, loading, photographs, the US export filing and the sailing. You deal with us by email or WhatsApp, and your customs agent handles the arrival end.

Mombasa anchors the Northern Corridor toward Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan. Dar es Salaam anchors the Central Corridor toward Zambia, Malawi, Burundi and the DRC copper belt. Which is better depends entirely on where your cargo is finally going, not on the ports themselves.

Within 24 to 48 hours in normal cases, often faster. Send what you are shipping, where it is in the USA, and the destination port or city. For a vehicle include the VIN and for a machine the model number, since that lets us price properly rather than estimate. Request a quote

No. We deliver the container to the port of discharge and provide the documentation your agent needs. The transit movement, guarantee and inland transport are arranged by your clearing agent. We are explicit about that boundary because unexpected inland costs are how shipments go wrong here.

Yes. Construction and infrastructure activity across the region absorbs substantial volumes of used American machinery. We ship containerised, on flat-rack, or by heavy haulage depending on dimensions and weight, with dismantling and securing where the machine requires it.

Yes. Machinery bought at Ritchie Bros., IronPlanet and Purple Wave is regular export work for us. We collect from the auction site anywhere in the USA, arrange dismantling and securing where required, and prepare the machine for ocean transit. Read the equipment guide.

We arrange collection, bring the cargo to our warehouse, photograph and load it, file the US export documentation and book the sailing. You receive the bill of lading and the documents your customs agent needs. One point of contact throughout rather than a chain of handoffs.

Frequently. Agricultural and earth-moving equipment is commonly required to arrive free of soil and plant material because of pest and disease controls. Steam cleaning before loading costs very little against the risk of a machine held at the port for cleaning at your expense.

Yes. We photograph the cargo on arrival at our warehouse and again once it is loaded and secured, before the container doors are closed. That record is yours, and it is what makes any claim straightforward instead of an argument about what condition things left in.

Yes, loaded into containers rather than by roll-on roll-off. Containers protect the vehicle and allow several to share one booking. Whether a specific vehicle can be imported and registered is a matter for your clearing agent, and worth settling before purchase rather than after the container sails.

Typically three or four depending on the vehicles. Sedans and compact SUVs load efficiently while full-size pickup trucks take more room. Because ocean freight is charged on the container, each additional vehicle lowers the cost per unit substantially.

Yes. Full container load commercial cargo from any US origin is routine on this lane, including building materials, industrial goods, spare parts and consumer goods. Tell us the commodity, weight and volume and we will quote it, and flag any conformity requirement we can see.

Not necessarily. A 20ft container suits a single vehicle or a modest commercial shipment, and where two customers are shipping to the same destination we can often load both into one 40ft container so the cost is split. What we do not offer is general groupage, where unrelated small consignments share a box. Tell us the volume and weight and we will tell you the most economical way to move it.

Yes, containerised household effects move on this lane, often for people relocating for work in the region. Everything must be declared accurately, and destination clearance rules for personal effects are handled by your agent. Tell us the full contents at quote stage.

Often because they exclude the conformity certification, or they have quoted a Kenyan import when your cargo is actually transit, or they are broker quotes that move once booked. Ask what is included and whether they have considered the destination country's requirements.

It scales with distance from the origin to our loading warehouse in New Jersey, Savannah, Houston, or Baltimore. East Coast origins usually position most efficiently for East African sailings. We include the figure in the quote so the number you compare is complete.

Us, for anything on the ocean side, and your customs agent for clearance. Because we issue the bill of lading as the carrier there is no chain of intermediaries between you and the person who can actually fix it. That matters more than it sounds when a container is sitting and somebody needs to act.

It depends on the US loading port, the carrier's schedule and the transshipment involved, which is usual on this route. Add time for the inland leg if the cargo is transiting onward. We give a concrete timeline for our portion with the quote.

We handle the US side, including the filing in the Automated Export System, known as AES or EEI. You provide the commercial invoice, packing list and ownership documents as applicable. Destination duties, conformity certification and clearance are handled by your clearing agent.

We are the NVOCC. Cassandra Logistics is a federally licensed Ocean Transportation Intermediary under FMC license OTI No. 025125NF, legally Royal Port Container Lines, Inc. DBA Cassandra Logistics. The licence number is public and verifiable with the Federal Maritime Commission before you send anyone money.