The African Logistics Club (ALC) is a forum specifically set up for the Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) freight forwarders and logistics companies and its aim is to assist its members with forging partnerships and conducting business in China as well as elsewhere. As such ALC offers a number of Member Benefits as outlined below:

• Regular conferences and seminars across African cities, allowing overseas agents to target specific cities where they might need an agent.
• Gain access to a comprehensive database of freight forwarders in Africa.
• Provide listings of different categories of African Freight Forwarders and where possible detailed grading of public listed companies, project forwarders, charter and tramp agents, break bulk agents down to small family run businesses.
• Provide in-depth financial due diligence on freight forwarders in Africa.
• Provide contacts to legal assistance and dept collection in Africa. Also assist African forwarders with debt collection all over the world.
• Provide guided trade missions and tours to visit African as well as overseas freight forwarders.
• Establish payment guarantee insurance programme between members and agents. Value added pay-in service available to all members.
• Provide cost effective cargo insurance to members. Negotiation of a global insurance contract for members.
• Provide updated ocean and airfreight rates from major African loading points to the United States and main European ports.
• Provide freight forwarding and logistics training courses for African freight forwarders ranging from short courses in shipping and logistics to Executive MBAs in Shipping and Logistics through the Copenhagen Business School.
• Acting as a resource centre assisting members dealing with shipments to and from Africa.
• Provide listing of freight forwarding software approved in Africa.
• Distributing regular newsletters.
• Conducting random spotlight on members.
• Assisting with communication and translation.
• Other value added Services available on request.

To sign up to the China Logistics Club, please click here.