Brief history of our company

KL Shipping, was established in 2001 as liner agency for European short sea operator Kursiu Linija. Multilingual and experieced staff with high sense of responsibility contributed to  developing the business and since 2002 the company started to provide forwarding services for both local and international clients.

In 2005 shortsea operations were passed over to the subsiduary,  KL Shipping was appointed as agents to global Japanese shipping and logistics company, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd, known as "K" Line.  "K" Line is one of the 15 major container carriers of the world, also operating fleets of car carriers, bulk vessels, tankers, LNG carriers, total sales ranked the company within the top 5 shipowners in the world.

In 2006 KL Shipping started to develop own trucking department, operating own vehicles with satelite tracking that helped to raise the level of service to the highest standards.

Year 2008 was marked with new initiatives by shipping bulk liquids in flexitanks, contributing to the previous experience of work with ISO tankcontainers, as well as the first call of KESS Ro-Ro vessel at the Port of Ventspils.

In 2012 and 2013 the company took part in International Exhibitions for Transport and Logistics Services and Technologies “TRANSRUSSIA”, that broadened the customer base to distant regions of Russian Federation.

 

Nowadays KL Shipping provide deliveries to and from any place in the world, insurance, storage, railway forwarding, customs clearance, representation and customer consultancy in the field of logistics. We have all the necessary tools to create a service package that will meet every customer's individual needs.

Throgh the years of operation and development the main values of the company remain unchanged – personal attitude to every client and the highest level of the service.