CNF Tanzania

Our Services

Our relationships with the majority of shipping lines and local ICDs allow us to effectively and efficiently handle onward movements of local or transit cargo, whether it be part of a large consignment or a single container.
We are fully GCLA certified and hold the necessary licenses to carry such cargo seamlessly across countries.
With a different procedure to the clearing and forwarding of containerised cargo, our agents are versed in the timely onward movement of such goods.

From cashew nuts to coffee – the onwards requirements for packaging and conformity from major global consumers are well known to our export team, who have decades of experience in the export of such cargo.
Our export business started with the export of high value mineral ore shipments and remains a key part of our export offerings. From moving radioactive ores through Class 7 shipping arrangements to the high-level security and safety procedures for costly mineral concentrates, we understand the sensitivity and discretion of such movements.
With the ability to clear cargo under the Single Customs Territory, CNF can ensure the smooth transit of cargo of East and Central African origin outwards through Dar. Our trucking fleet is frequently operational in Burundi, Rwanda, Eastern and Southern DRC, Malawi, and Zambia and we can often allocate vehicles at short notice.

CNF operates its own fleet of trucks purchased brand new in 2023 for both local and transit movements, as well as long term contracts with third party trucking suppliers with whom we have had a trusted working relationship for many years.
Trucks: Our fleet can handle containerised, box body, open, bulk/loose cargo and wide/heavy load cargo.
Primary Routes: Rwanda, Eastern and Southern DRC, Zambia, Malawi.
With a satellite presence in Kigoma port, Tanzania, CNF can arrange movements both outwards from and inwards to Tanzania through Lake Tanganyika in cooperation with our long-standing barge operators.
With the use of Tanzania Railways Corporation wagons, CNF Tanzania is fully proficient and experienced in the movement of cargo via rail, allowing an effective cost saving for our clients.

Given the market sensitivities on the products we handle, from foodstuffs to metals, we offer bonded storage for such cargo within Dar es Salaam.
In order to optimise road and container weight limits, CNF can offer the destuffing of containerised cargo for the purpose of re-stuffing cargo with different weight configurations for further onwards movement. This applies to both import and export shipments as necessary.
With decades of experience, we place great importance on ensuring the safety of all our cargo, and offer differing levels of security as deemed necessary by certain insurers or cargo owners.
These include GPS container locks with 24/7 tracking, armed and licensed security escorts and other movement devices that track cargo even once it has left Tanzania.
At both our export premises and the Port, CNF can arrange for independent or in-house inspection, re-weighing and physical verification services with documented reports including photographs as required.