Overview
Solomon Zewdu Shipping and Freight Forwarding Agent is a Shipping and Freight Forwarding service provider in Ethiopia with more than fifteen years of experience in shipping and freight forwarding business. Our services include shipping, freight forwarding, customs clearance, vehicle import and hiring and consultancy services on shipping and freight forwarding issues, customs clearance scenarios, tax advising and on import and export procedures in Ethiopia.
Years of experience has inculcated in us a strong sense of professionalism. Hence, our reputation is well deserved. Come and enjoy the exquisite glamour of services we deliver.
Professionalism, strong reputation and financial strength give us the chance to grow at par with our customers worldwide, responding to their needs and the changing demands of local, regional and global markets.
Sol International is owned and directed by Mr. Solomon Zewdu. Mr. Solomon has invested over 15 years of his life to this trying business. For Mr. Solomon, Sol International is more than a business. It is his lifelong commitment where he intends to make some difference by providing ethical service to the best of his ability.
Mrs. Solomon Tefera, Deputy Managing Director is an experienced import and export processor. Her addition to our management team has produced marked improvement in the overall performance of the firm.
Vision
Becoming the leading shipping and freight forwarding agent in east Africa by 2020.
Goal
Delivering, door to door, value – value to our esteemed customers.
Mission
Sol international wants to render fast, reliable, cost effective and ethical services focusing on:
- Shipping agency
- Customs & port clearance
- Freight forwarding
- Vehicle Imports
- Consultancy
Service
- 1. Shipping
“Except for the pilot, the first and last person to board or depart during every ship’s port call is the ship’s agent”. We have the capacity to handle any shipping project, however large or small. We have a team with vast experience of acting on behalf of our clients in relation to a full range of shipping matters.
- Chartering of vessels
- Consolidation and planning of Import/ Export shipments
- Stevedoring
- Fumigation and Lashing of containers
- Sea port processing using full resources
- 2. Freight Forwarding
- Handling of incoming and outgoing cargo at the various means and ports of entry/exit /Galafi, Metema, Berbera, Moyale, Ethiopian Airports and Coli post
- Bulk transport of dry cargo inside or outside containers among multi- points
- Packing, Loading/Unloading and Moving
- Multimodal transport (through transit)
- 3. Customs Clearance
Our staffs have detailed understanding of the complexity of customs formalities that are specific to the countries of origin & destination. We do realize the importance of rapid mobilization required for any import/export/transit endeavor.
- Customs Processing at Airport Cargo
- Customs processing at Kality, Modjo, Gelan, Adama, and Mekelle,...etc dry ports
- 4. Vehicle Import
- Importation of brand new and used cars
- 5. Consultancy
The ‘Prevention is better than cure’ principle is very applicable to shipping and freight forwarding processes. Our dedicated teams aim not just to act as an intermediary between directly contracting counterparties, but we also look to provide our clients with intricate level of advice in export/import and anything in between to build long term and lasting relationships.
- Shipping and freight forwarding issues
- Customs clearance scenarios
- Tax advising
- Import and Export procedures