Contact this company for information on shipping stuff to Kenya

A few people have expressed interest in additional information on how sending stuff home via air or ship dispatch works:

I've copied a short profile below, and am happy to shamelessly plug the company that rode up in its white pickup, complete with cargo-terminal-savvy knight in good walking armour, to save me from the dragon of clearing.

Please send any clearing and forwarding questions straight to them. Thanks.


INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY & FREIGHT CENTRE (ICFC LTD)

Contact Person: David Mithamo

NAIROBI OFFICE
PO BOX 79464 00200
TEL: 020-312840/316082/225919
FAX: 020-230366
Email:icfc@wananchi.com

MOMBASA OFFICE
PO BOX 81875
TEL: 041-2220569
FAX: 041-2220569

ICFC Ltd is represented at major ports and airports worldwide, and offers a wide range of professional clearing and forwarding services, in addition to overseas groupage and consolidation.

Our local customer service includes overseas door-to-door handling and collection of cargo from suppliers and agencies for either air or sea dispatch as may be requested. We pride ourselves in offering a very personal service, going beyond the general known aspect of international forwarding and customs clearing, with links of the logistical chain of modern agency network and representation.

We handle small or large bulk shipments, together with all types of containerized cargo for Kenya as well as for Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and lately Sudan.
We also provide local clearing & forwarding services for shipments coming through Mombasa port, Inland Container Depot and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for information and a walk-through of the process.