Supply Chain Management



Logistics Solutions

Over the past 50 years, logistics solutions services have grown to position KGL as a key player in the regional logistics market providing quality, cost-competitive services; specializing in warehousing, freight forwarding (FF), and stevedoring.

The warehousing solutions at KGL provide second party logistics (2PL), third party logistics (3PL), and fourth party logistics (4PL) services.

Freight forwarding involves air, sea, and land transport, including the application of customs clearance and cargo insurance. A key to the success of the FF practice is the international network of business partners KGL maintains, enabling the company to efficiently move goods around the globe.

The stevedoring services at KGL pride itself through the establishment of strategic partnerships with port authorities and shipping lines locally in Kuwait, and regionally within the GCC. Throughout all of its areas of business practices, the services offered by KGL Logistics implement the highest standards of technology and state-of-the-art warehouse management solutions. This enables KGL to be cost effective and efficient, and most importantly, provides high quality services to its clients.

KGL Logistics provides a comprehensive range of value-added services that cater to your specific business requirements. Our services include but are not limited to:

 



Warehousing and Distribution

KGL Logistics offers a full range of warehousing and distribution solutions and provides second-party, third-party, and fourth-party logistics services.

The company’s strategically located facilities include temperature-controlled storage and open yards and are fully equipped with automated gates, surveillance cameras, and an advanced fire-fighting system.

Our experienced team, complemented by an advanced warehousing management system (Manhattan Associates) and the latest material handling equipment, manage goods stored within our facilities.

Additionally, KGL’s 3rd party logistics activities offer a wide variety of value-added services including:

  • Pick-and-pack
  • Quality control
  • Labeling
  • Inventory management
  • Export packing
  • Cross docking

Through all KGL’s warehousing services, the company meets both international standards and best industry practices.



KGL Ports International K.S.C.C.

KGL Ports International (KGL PI) is the container terminal manager and operator-arm of its parent company, KGL. With running operations in Kuwait and Oman. KGL PI’s core business covers the development, operation, and management of container terminals and Roll-On-Roll-Off operations.

 

KGL PI is committed to providing high-quality services to its clients. The company has adopted the most advanced technology systems, allowing it to interlink with other major regional ports providing an advantage in reporting and services to its customers. KGL PI promises continued innovation to accommodate the most up-to-date and advanced operator requirements.



KGL Logistics K.P.S.C.

KGL Logistics, an affiliate of KGL, has inherited over 40 years of logistics experience from Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL). The company has grown to become a key player in the Logistics market in the region having its headquarters in Kuwait with branch operations in Egypt, Qatar, and the UAE. KGL Logistics provides quality, cost-competitive Supply Chain services; specializing in warehousing, freight forwarding (FF), and stevedoring. The warehousing services at KGL Logistics provide second party (2PL), third-party (3PL), and in 2008, launched fourth-party logistics (4PL), a service that enables KGL Logistics, through a highly experienced team and specialized technology, to manage clients’ warehouses and inventory at the clients’ storage facilities. Freight forwarding involves air, sea, and land transport which also includes the application of customs clearance and cargo insurance.

A key to the success of the FF practice is the international network of business partners KGL Logistics endures, enabling the company to efficiently move goods around the globe. The stevedoring function within KGL Logistics prides itself through its establishment of strategic partnerships with port authorities and shipping lines locally in Kuwait, and regionally within the GCC. Throughout all of its areas of business practices, KGL Logistics implements the highest standards of technology by applying state-of-the-art Warehouse Management Solutions. This enables the company to be cost-effective and efficient, and most importantly, provide high-quality services to its clients.



KGL Transportation K.S.C.C.

KGL Transportation Company (KGL TC) is the land transportation component of the supply chain management model at KGL. KGL TC provides safe, professional, and timely delivery of manufactured goods, consumables, bulk liquids, petroleum, chemicals, raw materials, project cargos, wide loads, and heavy equipment within Kuwait, Iraq, and the GCC region.

KGL TC is equipped with a state-of-the-art fleet of low beds, flatbeds, and heavy lift equipment & trailers. In addition, the company augments these pieces of equipment with refrigerated trailers, tippers, cranes, reach stackers, and forklifts, as well as fuel and water tankers. KGL TC also possesses an internal qualified technical arm to ensure its own fleet of 5,000 + heavy assets, as well as those of their clients, are safely operating on the road. To better meet their customers’ requirements, increase efficiency, and improve the effectiveness of the services provided, KGL TC utilizes the highest standards of technology, including the “Fleet Management System,” enabling customers to track their assets. This use of technology has enabled KGL TC to maintain customer loyalty and attain new customers with advanced service requirements, such as the U.S Armed Forces, British Armed Forces, Kellog Brown Root, and DynCorp.