Open 40-foot container at a factory loading dock at dawn, dust in the backlight.

FactoryStuffing and sealing of the 40'HCDawn

SHIPEO Logistics Engineering, freight forwarder and customs broker in Casablanca.

The container is stuffed and sealed at the factory gate. From here on, SHIPEO physically holds the chain on the ground, all the way to loading.

Container truck on a Moroccan motorway across an ochre plateau, low raking light.

RoadFactory → Port of CasablancaDomestic trucking

Factory-to-port trucking, timed on the vessel cut-off.

Transport order issued by SHIPEO, slot set on the physical cut-off. Terminal gate-in time is reported back to the shipper. The same set-up covers domestic distribution, from port to consignee.

Rows of stacked containers seen from above in a port terminal, one tiny worker in a vest for scale.

TerminalPort of CasablancaExport clearance and documentation

One missing document, and the container stays on the quay.

Booking
Confirmed with the carrier: CMA CGM, Maersk or Hapag-Lloyd depending on the lane.
VGM
Verified gross mass, submitted within the carrier's deadline.
DUM
Moroccan single customs declaration lodged. Suspensive regime handled where it applies.
Release
Customs release obtained. Container cleared for loading.

Container at the terminal. Waiting under the gantry.

A quay gantry crane lifts a container toward a ship's deck, overcast sky, cold light.

LoadingPort of CasablancaShip-to-shore gantry

From the factory gate to the ship, the chain was held on the ground, by SHIPEO.

On board.Bill of lading issued.Container tracking continues at sea.

Dark hull of a container ship and its wake, near-flat grey sea under an overcast sky.
China · Morocco · Africa corridorCarriers used daily: CMA CGM, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd

At sea, on lanes we actually operate.

Lanes operated
Morocco → Gdansk, PolandExport
Turkey ↔ MoroccoImport and export
UAE → CasablancaImport · weekly air
China → MoroccoImport

On the China, Morocco, Africa corridor, SHIPEO's shippers include Sentury Tire and Zoomlion.

For overseas forwarders, SHIPEO is the correspondent in Morocco: booking confirmed, import clearance, final delivery. SHIPEO does not hand the file to a third party; it holds the operation on the ground. Active agent network in Turkey, Poland and the UAE.

A reach stacker sets a container down on a wet quay, grey winter light, cranes in the background.

ArrivalGdansk, PolandDischarge

Delivered.

Arrival notice sent before berthing. Import clearance and final delivery through our local agent. Container tracked end to end, from seal to discharge.

SHIPEO

Logistics Engineering

Business
Freight forwarder and customs broker
City
Casablanca, Morocco
Corridor
China · Morocco · Africa
Agents
Turkey · Poland · UAE