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GuideCustoms clearanceChoosing a freight forwarder in Côte d'Ivoire: the criteria that matter
Every provider advertises clearance, trucking and warehousing. Here are the questions that separate a licensed customs broker from a middleman who subcontracts everything.
11 min read- CustomsCustoms clearance
Customs clearance at the Port of Abidjan: the steps of an import operation
Bank registration, BSC, RFCV, detailed declaration, assessment, delivery order, gate-out: the real path of a container, step by step.
9 min read - CostsTransport
Demurrage and detention in Abidjan: understanding them to avoid them
Three meters run in parallel on a delayed container, and they do not belong to the same creditor. Knowing which one is running lets you pull the right lever.
9 min read - CustomsCustoms clearance
BSC, RFCV, advance declaration: the documentary file of an import
Every document has a purpose, an issuer and a moment. Obtaining them out of order is the leading cause of container immobilisation in Abidjan.
8 min read - CustomsCustoms clearance
Customs regimes in Côte d'Ivoire: which one to choose for your goods
Paying the duties is not always the right call. An overview of the Ivorian regimes and of the situations where suspension changes the economics of an operation.
8 min read 
CorridorCustoms clearanceThe Abidjan-hinterland corridor: how transit to the Sahel works
Three landlocked countries, one gateway port, one specific customs regime. What a shipper needs to understand before shipping to Burkina Faso, Mali or Niger.
8 min read- WarehousingWarehousing
Bonded or non-bonded warehouse: how to choose
The same square metre does not cost the same depending on the customs status of what sits on it. The deciding criterion is not rent — it is cash.
7 min read - PortsHandling & Shipping
Abidjan or San-Pédro: which port for your cargo
Choosing a port of entry or exit is not only about distance. It commits you on service availability, traffic profile and everything that happens inland.
6 min read - TruckingTransport
Returning empty containers in Abidjan: the circuit and its pitfalls
The last step of an import is the one people organise least, and it is the one that stops the most expensive meter. The circuit and its friction points.
8 min read - WarehousingHandling & Shipping
Breakbulk handling: bagged cargo, bulk, heavy lift and ro-ro
Not everything fits in a box. The four families of breakbulk handling, their specific constraints and what they mean for a shipper.
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Demurrage, stuffing, transit shed, TRIE, free time: the vocabulary of freight forwarding, defined one term at a time.
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