About Us
Liberty has its main office at Amman, with branch offices at Amman Customs, Sahab Customs, Aqaba City, Aqaba Container Terminal, Aqaba Customs Center and Queen Alia Airport.
Liberty being very keen to render its services up to the utmost satisfaction of its clients had employed the most qualified staff to meet our vision.
Liberty Offices are very well equipped with the most advanced, sophisticated computerized communications and info systems.
Liberty in its capacity, as such is the GENERAL AGENTS IN JORDAN FOR IGNAZIO MESSINA & C. one of the most prominent Italian Shipping Lines widely known with its reliability, regularity and punctuality having been served Aqaba Port since 1958 and now on a weekly service.
CARGO FLOW FROM AND TO MEDA
Together with Messina Line, the only line that is connecting Genoa Port with Aqaba Port regularly offering container, RO/RO services, having its headquarters in Genoa / Italy and owns private terminal in Genoa Port as a hub Port linking other MEDA ports such as Marseilles, Castellon, Napoli, Tripoli, Benghazi, Algiers, Tunisia, Beirut, Alexandria and Malta by sea in addition to linking other European Countries by rail and overland service, a fact that makes cargo flow to Aqaba with a direct service from Genoa not exceeding 7 days smooth and ensures a swift delivery of cargo to the Jordanian Port of Aqaba.
Liberty being very well established in the fields of Shipping agencies, Customs Clearance and overland transportation, immediately after receiving cargo and freight manifests of any vessel of Messina by EDI & PDF starts coordinating with all cargo receivers for issuing delivery orders electronically, arranging with the customs department in Aqaba all documentations and customs declarations for cargo that Liberty is asked either by Messina to arrange clearing, Trucking and delivery to consignees warehouses whenever cargo is booked from Europe to consignees premises on Door – to – Door basis or when consignees ask Liberty to take that role.
Moreover, Aqaba Port being geographically located as such it is considered the most appropriate port for serving IRAQ which is putting Liberty in a unique situation to work very closely with the customs in Aqaba to prepare customs transit declarations, arrange trucks and transportation cargoes to various destinations in Iraq.
Liberty Shipping & Transport Co. being a member of Talal Halawani Group, had established a specialized company for containers handling in Amman, this company is called LIBERTY CONTAINER TERMINAL of 7.000 square meters enough for storing 200 empty containers always available for satisfying exporters needs as these empty containers (20’ + 40’) are always ready for prompt delivery to the Jordanian
exporters for stuffing and transport to Aqaba, loading on Messina vessels and shipping to all ports served by
Messina, therefore such a complete and mature multimode system that both Messina and Liberty are providing, not only serving cargo flow from MEDA to Aqaba but also serving cargo from Aqaba , matter that contributes positively in activating the region economy.
Above needs a tight control of CONTAINER TRAKING SYSTEM that both Messina and Liberty are adopting using the most advanced IT system fully computerized linking Messina Italy and Liberty Jordan transactions by EDI avoiding paper use.
To ensure smooth operations of above Liberty coordinates very closely with ACT (Aqaba Container Terminal) by giving them well in advance all details of vessels arrived, vessels discharging and loading plans of RO/RO and full / empty containers enabling ACT to plan for berthing and operating the vessels including providing cranes, mafi trailers and gangs required using the IT system in addition to the close cooperation with the customs by providing them with containers numbers and each container seal no whether imported or exported containers together with the chassis numbers of each RO/RO unit imported or exported on each vessel.
Furthermore Liberty Shipping Agencies being an active member of shipping Agents Association strictly applies rules and regulations including tariffs as set by the association who interns work very closely with ACT, APC and MOT.
Therefore as a private Company, Liberty works in total harmony with other shipping agents and forwarding agents in Jordan together with all trucking companies.
OUR MULTIMODAL SYSTEM:-
Together with Messina lines of Genoa, Italy, we connect
European export points with Genoa Port by:-
- Train and trucks from South Germany, Austria, Switzerland to load REEFER containers loaded with Foodstuff and confectionery as well as other Italian Points such as Bestoia using reefer and other special equipment such as the 40 Feet High Cube Containers loaded with Live Plants .
Taking advantage of the nature of Messina vessels being Ro/Ro, Lo/Lo (Multipurpose vessels) we also pick up all kinds of cars and trucks from European destinations as well as Italy to Genoa for Aqaba Port serving Jordanian destinations and regional countries.
Messina has its own vessels is running a regular service between Merseilles and Castellon, the last being very important place for Tiles and Ceramics with an average of 9 KM distance from Factories and a major export port to Jordan and Iraq has our best attention for carrying Spanish Cargoes to Aqaba, Where we as Liberty Shipping arrange customs Clearance and trucking to various customers in Jordan and Iraq as third parties' trucks offering European Exporters to the Middle East the most unique DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE this beside exports from Aqaba to all ports served by Messina.