Freight & Logistics
Air, sea and land movements with customs, warehousing and distribution attached. We quote the whole journey, including the parts other forwarders leave off the sheet.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
We move your cargo into the Gulf, and represent your brand once it lands.
Mercantile Agencies is a freight forwarder and a commercial representation house in one. Most companies entering this region need both, and end up managing two suppliers who blame each other.
- Air freight
- Sea freight
- Land freight
- Trade & Representation
Two capabilities, one accountable partner
Whichever door you come through, the other one is already open.
Freight and trade are usually bought separately, from parties who do not talk to each other. That is why landed costs surprise people and launches slip. We run both sides of the same file.
Trade & Representation
A commercial presence in the UAE for overseas manufacturers and brands. Sourcing, registration, market entry and someone local your customers can actually reach.
Services
What we do
Ten services across the two pillars. Most clients start with one and add the others as the relationship grows.
Air Freight
Time-critical airport-to-airport and door-to-door movements through Dubai's two cargo gateways.
Learn moreSea Freight
FCL, LCL consolidation and breakbulk through Jebel Ali and the wider Gulf port network.
Learn moreLand Freight & GCC Trucking
FTL and LTL road transport across the Emirates and overland into Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.
Learn moreCustoms Clearance
Import, export, transit and re-export declarations filed correctly the first time.
Learn moreWarehousing & 3PL
Storage, inventory management, pick and pack, and distribution from Dubai into the region.
Learn moreProject & Heavy-Lift Cargo
Out-of-gauge, over-weight and multi-modal moves that need a plan before they need a price.
Learn moreCommercial Agency & Representation
We act as your presence in the UAE and the Gulf: commercially accountable, not just a mailing address.
Learn moreSourcing & Procurement
Finding, vetting and buying from suppliers, with the logistics already accounted for.
Learn moreProduct Registration & Compliance
Getting your product legally saleable in the UAE before you ship a container of it.
Learn moreMarket Entry & Distribution
A route to market built around how your product will actually be sold, stocked and supported.
Learn moreTrade lanes
The corridors we run
Indicative routings, modes and transit times for the lanes we work most. Every one of them is quoted door to door, not port to port.
Export from the UAE
Dubai to Riyadh
United Arab Emirates -> Saudi Arabia
- Land freight 2-3 days
- Air freight Same day - 1 day
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Export from the UAE
Dubai to Dammam
United Arab Emirates -> Saudi Arabia
- Land freight 1-2 days
- Sea freight 3-6 days
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Export from the UAE
Dubai to Doha
United Arab Emirates -> Qatar
- Sea freight 2-5 days
- Land freight 2-4 days
- Air freight Same day - 1 day
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Export from the UAE
Dubai to Muscat
United Arab Emirates -> Oman
- Land freight 1-2 days
- Sea freight 2-4 days
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Export from the UAE
Jebel Ali to Karachi
United Arab Emirates -> Pakistan
- Sea freight 4-7 days
- Air freight 1-2 days
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Export from the UAE
Jebel Ali to Mumbai (Nhava Sheva)
United Arab Emirates -> India
- Sea freight 5-9 days
- Air freight 1-2 days
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Why work with us
The difference is in what we tell you before you book.
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One accountable party
Freight, customs, storage and local representation sit with the same team. When something goes wrong, there is nobody to hand you off to.
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Quotes that survive contact with reality
We price the whole movement: origin charges, destination charges, duty exposure, the lot. A cheap quote that grows on invoice is not a cheap quote.
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Problems flagged before they cost money
Permits, labelling, classification and filing deadlines get raised while they are still cheap to fix, which is before the cargo ships.
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Straight answers
If road beats air, we will say so. If we are not the right home for a piece of work, we will say that too.
Tell us what you are moving.
Send us the origin, the destination, the HS Code of the commodity and the weight of the cargo. You will get a considered answer from a person, not an automated rate sheet.