Freight forwarding & contract logistics
IGS moves air, ocean, road and rail freight, clears it through customs and stores it — on one shipment record, with one account team, and one number to call when a vessel rolls.
Capabilities
Most supply chains break at the handover — between the forwarder and the haulier, the warehouse and the broker. We run the modes ourselves so the handovers are ours to get right.
When it has to land tomorrow
Consolidated and direct air services on scheduled and charter capacity, booked against allocation rather than spot rates so the space is there when the market tightens.
FCL, LCL and everything awkward in between
Full and part container loads on contracted carrier space, with weekly LCL consolidations out of the main UK and European gateways and buyer's consolidation at origin.
Groupage, full loads and the last mile
Domestic and cross-border road freight across the UK and Europe, with rail used on the lanes where it genuinely beats road on cost and carbon rather than as a talking point.
Storage, handling and fulfilment
Shared-user and dedicated warehousing with pick, pack, kitting and returns handling, run on our WMS and reported against the same service levels every week.
How we work
We work from Glasgow and buy carrier space and origin handling through established partners rather than pretending to own a terminal in every port. It is the normal way a forwarder of our size operates, and it is what keeps the routing decision about your cargo rather than about filling our own assets.
Every account gets a named operator and a named manager. You will deal with the same two people whether it is a routine booking or a container sitting in a customs hold.
We map the lanes, volumes, cargo characteristics and the service levels you are actually judged on before quoting anything.
A written proposal with mode, routing, transit, and a rate card that separates freight, surcharges and duty so you can see what moves with the market.
Systems integration, SOP sign-off and a phased cutover with the incumbent still running until the new lanes prove out.
Named account team, weekly operational reporting and a quarterly review that looks at cost, service and where the plan needs changing.
Sectors
Some freight is forgiving. Most of what we handle is not — it is temperature-bound, time-bound, oversized, or holds up a production line if it stops.
Temperature-controlled storage and distribution with monitored cold chain and a full audit trail from collection to delivery. Tell us the temperature range and the documentation your market requires and we will confirm what we can support.
Out-of-gauge and heavy-lift movements — route surveys, lifting plans, permits and escorts handled as one scope rather than farmed out piecemeal.
Peak-season capacity planned months ahead, origin consolidation to cut container count, and fulfilment that survives a Black Friday without a recovery plan.
Inbound-to-line sequencing, AOG and production-critical movements, and the documentation discipline both sectors audit you on.
Ambient, chilled and frozen handling with date-code rotation, plus the health certification and border control paperwork that goes with it.
Component logistics for wind, solar and grid infrastructure, including port storage, pre-assembly space and site-delivery sequencing.
Visibility
Our operations desk works from the same shipment record you see. When something slips, you hear it from us with the recovery option already attached — which is the only version of visibility that is worth anything.
Get in touch
Send the lane, the commodity and the volume and we will come back with a routing and a rate — or tell you straight if another mode or another provider suits you better.