Services

The logistics partner that cares

TLC offers project logistics solutions covering the full scope:

for the Energies, Resources and Infrastructures sectors.

TLC’s commitment is to deliver high quality services, offering expert advise and ensuring timely completion of projects, together with costs optimization.

Cargo logistics

Freight forwarding, Cross-trade & Warehousing

The strength of TLC resides in its ability to advise its customers, long before the cargo is shipped, in order to save time and avoid potential penalty at destination.

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  1. Multimodal transport: Sea, air and road coordination supported by international partners and strong local coordination.
  2. Cross-trade: Global operations managed from Switzerland with centralized expertise, compliance and operational coordination.
  3. Door-to-door Delivery: Large network of international freight forwarders. One single point of contact from pick-up to final delivery.
  4. Tracking and visibility: Shipment tracking, cost control, and KPIs monitoring through TIS, TLC’s internal ERP system.
  5. Warehousing: Partner-operated and/or owned warehouses across all locations to support storage, consolidation, and distribution.

Customs Clearance

Compliant cross-border operations based on five axes:

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  1. Customs Management: Compliance with local and international regulations and submission of required documentation.
  2. Documentation Management: Verification of all transport documents (BL, CIPL, COO…) to anticipate licensing of restricted items and to prevent delays caused by missing or incorrect information.
  3. Duties & Taxes: Calculation of applicable duties and taxes, payment coordination and support for exemptions.
  4. Logistics Coordination: Coordination between shipping lines, airlines, terminals, O&G bases, warehouses and clients’ yards.
  5. Consulting: Consulting on complex situations or inspections. Resolution of disputes, and any other clearance-related issues.

Marine logistics

Marine Agency

TLC serves all types of vessels: offshore working units for projects, merchant vessels trading on tramp basis, tankers (Product Tankers, Crude oil Tankers, Gas Carriers) and Bulkers.

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  • Dedicated teams at TLC HQ and in-country, available 24/7.
  • Prompt PFDA calculation and issuance by our shipping experts.
  • Strong relationship with suppliers and port authorities.
  • Extensive network and reliable partners in all West African countries.

Chartering

Flexible solutions to match clients’ needs and multiple types of CPs including:

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  • Gencon 1994 / Gencon 2022
  • Shellvoy6, Nype93, Asbatankvoy
  • Bimco Supply time 2005/2017
  • Bimco Towcon/Towhire 2008 and others.
  • Air charter contract
  • Heavyliftvoy

And others

Bunkering

Coordination of marine fuel bunkering for shipowners, operators and charterers globally. Operations arranged in ports or offshore, ensuring high-quality fuel that complies with IMO 2020 regulations on Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO).

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Husbandry services / Meet and greet

Personalized services supporting international personnel and crew members. Dedicated procedures ensuring safe crew changes, aligned with operational schedules.

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  1. Immigration formalities: visas, LOIs, OKTB, permits, shore passes
  2. Travel arrangements: flight and hotel bookings.
  3. Meet and Greet: airport or port-to-hotel transfer, medical assistance, procurement, assistance in/out.
  4. Husbandry Portal: a TLC TIS digital platform to create and track husbandry operations (visas, assistances, transports, hotels) in four steps, with live updates via a secure link.

Other solutions

Palanca

Palanca is not only a native antelope of Angola which, in African mythology, symbolizes vivacity, velocity and beauty, it is also the name of our worldwide air/road service to Malongo & Cabinda (Angola), operated via Pointe-Noire (Congo).

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How does the Palanca service work?

  1. Consolidation of cargo in Europe from worldwide
  2. De-consolidation in Pointe Noire
  3. Trucking to Malongo base & Cabinda

Las Palmas mobilisation / Demobilisation HUB

TLC continuously works on offering its clients innovative and sustainable logistics solutions to provide an adequate answer to complex situations. Our Las Palmas Hub bridges the gap for your logistics needs for your projects in West Africa and particularly in the Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry (MSGBC) Basin. Las Palmas offers state of the art facilities for personnel assistance and vessel attendance as well as excellent connections from overseas to West Africa. Our HUB Concept combines these top-notch infrastructures and services with an extensive know-how of operations and process locally.

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