Approved Freight Forwarding

Smylies are proud to supply fully compliant global freight services to provide a smooth logistical experience that benefits your supply chain.

We have a vast amount of experience with global trade routes, and our worldwide freight services are available via air, road or ocean.

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is the trade association for UK-registered companies engaged in international movement of freight by all modes of transport, air, road, rail and sea. BIFA has around 1500 corporate members, known generally as freight forwarders, who offer a wide range of services within these various modes.

sea freight

air freight

We are located near one of the UK’s major airports
We move an average of 50 tonnes of air freight weekly
We work closely with major Freight Forwarders and airlines
Such cargo may be transported by air without the need for any further security measures being applied. As such we are regularly inspected by the Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority
We are handling ambient and chilled products from our warehouse to the destination airport
We can offer temperature-controlled transport to Manchester Airport

road freight

any special requirements you need for export?

Warehousing & Storage

30,000 square feet of warehouse facilities
Modern, racked warehousing facilities
Stock control facilities
Shrink wrapping machines
Alarmed, highly secure premises with both internal and external CCTV
Off-site monitoring for added security
Food grade regulated
Integral chilled (+2 - +8 degrees c) and frozen (-20 degrees c) storage on site
Expertise in product consolidation for palletised or handball shipments

Reefer Consolidation Service

Documentation

Certificates of Origin change to European Certificates of Origin
Add Arab Certificates of Origin
Legalisation by appropriate Chambers of Commerce and Embassies
Certification of any export document by the Arab British Chamber of Commerce
Export Certificates

Receipt, Handle & Dispatch

Goods are expertly unloaded - checked - stored - reloaded
Pallet movements in the warehouse as required by the customer eg. Stock taking
Identification and checking of stock from consignment notes and product labels
Pick & pack
Container & vehicle loading for dispatch

Relationships Matter

Smylies are proud to work with some of the UK’s leading companies and have become a critical link in their supply chain.

“Dealing with Smylies makes all our UK consolidation, labelling and date ink jetting requirements very easy for us. They have a good understanding of the GCC market and the legal requirements for food products, making it simple and stress free for us. They are professional, reliable but mainly efficient in their turnaround time of shipments. Smylies go out of their way for us, especially if they know we have an urgent shipment. They are also proactive, checking products for any damage or discrepancy once they receive our products from our suppliers and communicate this with us, without us having to prompt them or ask many questions.”

“We have been working with Smylies for the past 5 years and are very happy with this collaboration. Their main strength is their speed of execution and accuracy in rendering their services thanks to their good customer service and impressive up to date facilities. Smylies are reliable and trustworthy, that’s what makes them our partner of choice.”