United Logistics, a key player in logistics sector
KUWAIT: United Logistics was formed in the year 2004 by a group of six young, dynamic individuals who were looking to provide optimal all-inclusive end-to-end supply chain requirements to clients. We are a company of 100 odd staff - majority of who have been with us since the inception of the company. The key to our success is our multi-faceted employees who are focused on client needs and offer proactive and creative solutions to any problems simple or complex. A healthy blend of youth and experience is a distinct advantage which propels us to greater heights with the youth providing the dynamic ways and means to transcend the market and the experience to equip us with the never ending challenges that is part of our day to day operations.
We also have Kuwaiti staff dedicatedly working around the clock to provide uninterrupted service as nothing spells success better than home advantage. We offer a wide range of services predominately project cargo handling, heavy lifting, air freight, ocean freight - full container load and less than container load, chartering, customs clearance and door-to-door delivery, inland transport, warehousing and distribution in addition to other value added services. Our expertise range from providing logistics solutions for general cargo, dangerous goods cargo, project cargo, army logistics, fragile cargo to high value precious goods handling. You name it and we have handled/handling it with utmost ease and expertise. Logistics has a major role to play in a country like Kuwait which is a major import dependent country. The country is blessed with many facets; however like most countries Kuwait depends on foreign markets to satisfy local demands in all sectors be it food, fashion, consumables, FMCGs, Engineering and constructions, etc. The timely intervention of logistics personnel is necessary to maintain the equilibrium of the demand and supply. Logistics has had a part to play in any development that has happened in Kuwait. Kuwait, in the recent years has started gaining foothold in areas of export be it food and beverages, fashion, plastics, consumables so on and so forth. The rate of exports from Kuwait has steadily increased over a period of 5 years and will continue in the foreseeable future.
In these tough trying times of COVID-19, logistics has never been more crucial to the functioning of Kuwait. From maintaining stock of food and medical supplies to keeping the businesses running and through that a source of livelihood for the entire population not only of the people in Kuwait but also the people in other foreign countries who depend on the same. No industry can function without the support of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, His Highness the Crown Prince of Kuwait and the Government of Kuwait. And that is precisely what was done by classifying logistics as an essential commodity and issuing lockdown passes and curfew passes so that Kuwait wouldn’t come to a stand-still and all the needs were duly met.
Logistics as an industry has suffered a great deal during this pandemic and subsequently all other industries as well owing to their dependence on logistics for their day to day operations. The challenges ranged from increase in the freight charges from two to ten times from different sectors, the non-availability of equipment, sailing/flight schedules to name a few. We at United Logistics adapted to these challenges and continued to render round the clock service by working from home, liaising with carriers, aircraft and Kuwait customs all the while maintaining COVID protocols as instructed by the State of Kuwait. We take great pride in the level of uninterrupted services we have provided in the recent past but not limited to the COVID period, by making our presence known in all projects of the recent past. We are proud to say that ULC has shown a positive growth during this pandemic, which means we can flourish even in the adverse situation. Keeping in mind the upcoming projects and developments in Kuwait, we have structured a steady expansion of our base and operations to cope up with the growing demands in the futuristic logistics industry. After 16 odd years in the industry, 1000+ clients, and billion memories we still have miles to go before we rest.