Al MadinaShipping Group
About Al Madina

Founded on a working port.
Run for shippers who can't
afford a missed vessel.

Operating since 2014 out of Houston, with branches in Savannah, New Jersey, California, and on-the-ground presence in the UAE, Libya, Egypt, and Nigeria. We moved into the business because diaspora shippers and small importers kept getting handed the same playbook: opaque pricing, slow paperwork, and a status update only when something had already gone wrong.

What we operate

Since 2014
Houston HQ
7 branches
US + 4 countries
In-house
US + UAE customs
24/7
CCTV + chain of custody
How we operate

Four operating principles. No exceptions.

Run by people who know the port

Our coordinators have spent their careers on Houston's working docks. They know which terminal gates back up at 4pm and which surveyor your underwriter actually trusts.

Built around the paperwork

Every shipment lives or dies on its documents. We treat the BOL, the ISF, and the 7501 like the load-bearing pieces they are — never afterthoughts.

Calibrated for diaspora trade

We move household goods, vehicles, and small-business cargo to people who depend on it. The price has to be right; the timing has to be right; the answer has to be there when they call.

No hidden line items

You see the carrier rate, the THC, the chassis, the BL fee, the customs work — itemized, with our markup as a separate line. We compete on service, not opacity.

On the dock

The people you call when the vessel cut-off is in two hours.

Dispatchers, surveyors, drivers, brokers. Houston-based, on a working port, with a desk you can walk into. The portal is built; the people are real.

Licensed & bonded

The credentials shippers actually verify.

Documentation isn't marketing — it's the difference between a vessel sailing on Tuesday and your container sitting through the weekend. Here's what we hold and the bonds that back it.

FMC OTI#12345-6
NVOCC Bondcontinuous
CBP Customs Brokerin-house licensed
C-TPATTier II
IMO DG CertificationIMDG Code 41-22
BIC BoxTechConsumer access

Want to see the desk?
Come visit the yard.

We'll walk you through intake, photo bay, and the bonded yard. Bring a hard hat and a question.