Our services

Columbia mappa mediterraneo

Where
we operate

We are present in the Mediterranean area, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

Columbia Srl

Logistics and international shipping

Specialized mainly in land and sea transport, through “outsourcing” we are able to provide the customer with a complete door to door service, organizing for each shipment that we are entrusted with a package able to guarantee an efficient, cutting-edge service and with the  best possible economic conditions of the market.

Custom

Our staff is specialized in customs and daily deals with carrying out all the necessary practices for import and export of goods.

Port assistance

Our main purpose is to allow the customer to always be informed about what happens to the shipment entrusted us, step by step, as if it were on site.

In the port area we provide various outsourced services, through serious, specialized,  and highly qualified companies.

These services include:

 

  • Introduction of goods in the port area
  • Goods packaging
  • Stowage of cargo
  • Lashing / Unlashing
  • Storage
  • Container filling / emptying

 

Our quality system annually provides an assessment of the work of these companies, so that we can choose suppliers that guarantee our customers the best result at the lowest cost.

Our staff coordinates external work by making available the experience accumulated over all these years of activity which represents the know-how necessary to make the difference compared to competing companies.

Heavy lift cargo / Project cargo

Columbia s.r.l. works daily with leading companies in the sectors of plant engineering and construction of machinery of all kinds; our staff is fully aware of the problems related to the delicate phases of handling and transport of particularly heavy and / or cumbersome packages.

Thanks to our experience we have developed know-how and specific skills on international transport and we are able to provide the customer with a complete door to door package.

Columbia Srl

Shipping agency

Columbia s.r.l., and the subsidiary company Medimar Shipping & Transport s.r.l, provide assistance to all types of ships and cargo through a complete and accurate service, able to minimize the costs and time spent of the ship in port.

Among the various activities carried out by our companies we can include:

 

  • Assistance during the crew changeover phases
  • On-board provisions and equipment
  • Consultations in case of accidents occurred at quay or at sea

 

Finally, we can count on a dense network of agencies carefully selected through our Quality System Procedures and operate in numerous Italian and foreign ports.

Vessel chartering

The Shipbroker or Yachtbroker is the professional who promotes and facilitates contact between the parties, becoming the protagonist in the conclusion of contracts for the construction, sale, leasing and chartering of naval units.

Our “Vessel Chartering” division deals with the chartering of ships on basis “part or full cargo” for shipments that are acquired by the company itself and for shipments of third-parties.

Our company defining all the technical / legal and commercial aspects related to the charter contracts with the shipowner.