About MSL
A freight forwarder built for time-critical cargo.
Maldives Shipping & Logistics is a privately-owned freight forwarder operating out of Malé, Republic of Maldives. We move air, sea and land cargo for importers, exporters and resort groups across the country and the wider region.
We are a Maldivian-owned freight forwarder serving importers, exporters and resort operators with a complete door-to-door cargo service. Our team handles air freight, sea freight, land transport, customs clearance, warehousing and cargo insurance from a single desk in Malé, so the same coordinator who books your container is the one who clears it and delivers it to your receiving island.
The Maldives is a logistics puzzle: 26 atolls, hundreds of inhabited islands, and freight that has to keep moving around the clock. We exist to make that puzzle invisible to the people shipping the cargo.
There is no better feeling when you know you have a reliable agent or partner. You can be sure that your cargo is in professional hands! Exactly this is the feeling we want to provide to our customers. Our vision is to become Your full-range logistic partner in MALDIVES, having your 100% trust in our team. Trust must be earned but we are ready to prove!
To add value to our esteemed clients by providing end-to-end Customs clearance service along with transportation and logistics solutions. Our belief is that our success depends on clients' success entirely backed by exceptional teamwork approach, while constantly striving to leave a client with an everlasting positive customer experience.
- One coordinator, one shipment. The same person owns your booking from origin pickup to final delivery, with no hand-offs and no lost details.
- Global carriers, local control. We hold partnerships with every major airline and ocean carrier serving the region, and clear the cargo ourselves at Malé.
- Transparent pricing. Quotes are fully landed (freight, fuel, customs, last-mile) so you never get surprised at delivery.
- 24 / 7 availability.Cargo doesn't keep business hours. Neither do we.
The cargo we move every week.
Every freight forwarder can quote a lane. Fewer can quote it correctly for your sector. These are the verticals our coordinators work in daily, with real client files behind every category.
- 01
Resorts & hospitality
Fit-out, F&B, dive gear and technical hardware delivered to the jetty, with the timing a resort opening actually needs.
- 02
Food & cool chain
Reefer LCL and FCL of fresh and frozen produce into the atolls with temperature-controlled handling end to end.
- 03
FMCG & retail distribution
Full containers of consumer goods cleared, stored and released weekly for the country's largest distributors.
- 04
Hazardous & specialty goods
IMDG-compliant ocean shipments of chlorine, pool chemistry and regulated materials with full DG documentation and bonded storage.
Global reach, local control.
The people moving your cargo in Malé are Maldivian. The airlines, shipping lines and underwriters backing the operation are global. These are the partnerships we lean on every day.
Airlines
via Velana International Airport
We work in close cooperation with all the airlines represented in the Maldives and offer import and export services worldwide through Velana International Airport, for general, temperature- controlled, time-critical and dangerous cargo.
Ocean carriers
FCL, LCL & project cargo
Thanks to the wide range of ocean freight carriers we have built a strong partnership with, our sea cargo services reach any continent in the world, safely and on time, covering FCL, LCL consolidations and Open Top / OOG / Flat rack project cargo.
Cargo insurance
in partnership with Allied Insurance
No system is 100% secure, so we always recommend insuring the cargo. We hold a long-term partnership with Allied Insurance, one of the oldest Maldivian privately owned insurers, so damage or pilferage never becomes the shipper's total loss.
Ready to move something?
Tell us where it's coming from, where it needs to go, and when it has to land. We'll send a fully landed quote within a business day.
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