Lontex Exports Ltd

What Lontex Exports Ltd does

Lontex Exports Ltd (trading as Lontex Cargo) is a UK-headquartered freight forwarding company first registered in England & Wales in 1992. From a London headquarters and main warehouse in Barking — equipped with heavy-duty lifting gear and an in-house crating workshop for delicate cargo — the company provides worldwide sea and air freight forwarding, including Full Container Load (FCL), Roll-on/Roll-off (RORO) for vehicles and earthmoving equipment, consolidated sea cargo, and UK-wide collection services. The firm is IATA accredited and ISO 9001:2015 certified, operates a nationwide UK agent network, and runs dedicated collection points in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Gambia, and (as of 2024) Saudi Arabia (Salabed Riyadh), with customs clearance capability in several African destinations.

The business model is transaction-based freight forwarding priced per kilogram, per container, or per vehicle based on cargo type, weight, dimensions, and destination. Customers open an account, request quotes via website/phone/email, and pay in full before booking. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer with a heavy reliance on the lontexcargo.com website (quote, collection, tracking) supplemented by social media on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus. Customer segments span individuals shipping personal effects, vehicle owners, SMBs, corporate clients, and government bodies, with a horizontal segmentation approach. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the firm shows 5 direct employees and operates without external funding.

The core technology stack is a conventional freight forwarding and logistics management system with no disclosed AI/ML, proprietary software, or platform integrations. The firm's principal assets are its certifications (IATA, ISO 9001:2015), its physical warehouse capacity (able to store 10 forty-foot containers), and its established agent and collection-point network across three continents. Relationships with major airlines and shipping lines provide access to capacity and pricing, but the company itself is a small, transactional intermediary rather than a technology platform.

Name

Lontex Exports Ltd

Legal name

Lontex Exports Ltd

Website

https://lontexcargo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lontex Exports Ltd (Lontex Cargo) is a UK-registered freight forwarder, founded 1992, providing worldwide sea and air cargo, RORO vehicle shipping, and collection services to individuals, corporate clients, and government bodies, with African and Middle East collection points.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Packing and Crating (488991)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

International Packing, Export Crating & Containerization (HSAKACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Vehicle Shipping & Export (RoRo/Container) (HSAKAFAJ), International Vehicle Shipping & Import Assistance (HSAKACAJ)

Keywords

• International freight forwarding
• Sea cargo shipping
• Air cargo services
• Vehicle shipping
• Container load shipping

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Sea Freight Services: Sea cargo services including full container loads (FCL), consolidation, and Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) for vehicles and earthmoving equipment. Pricing is per kilogram or per container basis.
2. Air Cargo Services: Air cargo services from UK to any airport worldwide with customs clearance available in select African destinations.
3. Collection Services: Collection service from any address in UK at reasonable rates
4. Purchase Service: Lontex can purchase items from anywhere in Europe or the USA and ship them to customers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lontex Exports Ltd is a London-based international freight forwarding company that arranges sea and air cargo shipments of personal effects, vehicles, and commercial cargo from the UK to destinations worldwide, with a particular focus on East and Central Africa. The company provides door-to-door services including collection in the UK, in-house crating, warehousing with lifting equipment, customs clearance, and delivery through its own African collection points in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and the DRC.

Product overview

Lontex Exports Ltd (trading as Lontex Cargo) is a freight forwarding company offering a unified suite of logistics services built around sea and air cargo transportation. The core portfolio consists of Air Cargo Service for worldwide airport deliveries, Sea Freight Services including consolidated cargo to Uganda and Full Container Load (FCL) shipping, Vehicle Shipping Services via Roll-on/Roll-off, container, or air freight methods, and Collection Services for UK-wide cargo pickup. The company serves individual, corporate, and government customers with end-to-end solutions including haulage, customs clearance in select African destinations, dangerous goods handling, and specialized crating for delicate cargo.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Sea cargo transit time to Uganda: approximately 3 months from dispatch date
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Major AirlinescoreOthersAs an IATA accredited freight forwarder, Lontex has relationships with major airlines to secure competitive rates for air cargo shipments from UK to worldwide destinations.
• Major Shipping LinescoreOthersLontex deals with all major shipping lines for sea freight services including FCL and RORO shipments worldwide.
• International Agents NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational collaborations spanning three continents with a wide network of agents. Customers can locate their nearest branch through the website's agent locator.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Eurosender: European digital freight marketplace aggregating road, air, and sea freight for small shippers; competes with Lontex's manual quote-to-book flow for non-enterprise freight customers.
• Sendabox: UK-based parcel and baggage consolidator shipping primarily to Africa, Asia and the Caribbean; overlaps with Lontex on the per-kilogram consolidation segment to African destinations.
• Shipa Freight: Digital ocean and air freight forwarder (now under A.P. Moller-Maersk) offering online FCL/LCL booking; directly competes with Lontex's FCL and consolidation services for SMB customers.
• Salabed Cargo: Saudi Arabia–headquartered freight/cargo brand sharing Lontex's contact infrastructure ([email protected]) and Riyadh collection point; effectively a sister operation covering the ME region with the same agent-and-collection-point model.
• Skynet Worldwide Express: Privately held, mid-sized international courier and freight forwarder with comparable door-to-door, parcel, and air/sea forwarding services for SMBs and individuals.
• 1st Move International: UK-based international shipping and removals specialist with a strong Africa lane, directly comparable to Lontex's personal effects, baggage, and vehicle shipping offering.

Emerging players

• Flexport: US-headquartered digital freight forwarder scaling internationally with software-led ocean, air, and trucking services; emerging threat in the SMB/digital-forwarder segment Lontex serves.

Broad incumbents

• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarding arm of DHL with air, ocean, road and customs services; broad incumbent against which Lontex competes on niche UK-Africa personal effects and Africa customs clearance.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with full air, sea, road and contract logistics capabilities; competes with Lontex on larger container loads and corporate customers from the UK.

Regional players

• Aramex: Middle East and Africa headquartered logistics provider with express, freight forwarding and customs capabilities; overlapping coverage in Lontex's ME expansion and Africa lanes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lontex-cargo

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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