Wherever your cargo starts — Houston, Baltimore, Antwerp, Le Havre, Hamburg, Jebel Ali or Shanghai — AD TRANS LOGISTICS receives it at the Port of Cotonou, clears it and delivers it across Benin and the Sahel corridors to Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria. One contract, one coordinator, one tracking link.
Shipping lines calling Cotonou connect it to every major port. These are the corridors we know best — ask for any other origin.
Vehicles from Copart and IAAI auctions, RoRo and containerised, plus machinery and general cargo. Grimaldi, ACL and container lines.
Containers FCL/LCL, RoRo vehicles, industrial equipment and project cargo from the main European hubs.
RoRo vehicles from Dubai and consolidated cargo from Jebel Ali, with pre-shipment document checks to avoid delays on arrival.
FCL and LCL from Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta, sourcing support and supplier coordination for importers in Benin and the sub-region.
Your shipment is met at the quay by a team that works at the port every day. You get one contact, in English, from arrival to delivery.
Declaration lodged through our licensed customs-broker partners, duties and taxes itemised before payment, release and exit of the port.
13 tracked steps in 4 phases, with the port, terminal and BESC approvals run in parallel. How it works →
Used and new vehicles, RoRo or in containers: valuation, duties, IM8 declaration and registration support in Benin.
No entity in Benin? We are named consignee, provide the importer credentials and handle compliance end to end. IOR service →
Appoint AD TRANS LOGISTICS as your destination agent in Benin. Before the vessel sails we check your documents, confirm the BESC/ECTN requirement and send a landed-cost estimate, so nothing waits on the quay.
Cotonou is the shortest sea-to-Sahel route for Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, and the practical gateway for western Nigeria.
Cotonou, Porto-Novo, Parakou and nationwide delivery. Short-term storage and regrouping at the port.
Bonded transit (T1) Cotonou → Niamey under customs escort via Malanville–Gaya. Niger corridor →
Transit to Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, including fuel and mining-sector cargo.
Transit to Bamako with guarantee and escort organised from Cotonou.
Clearing in Cotonou and delivery to Lagos (own warehouse at Alasia, Ojo) and Abuja through Sèmè-Kraké. Nigeria corridor →
You receive a pro-forma invoice first. Duties, taxes and port charges are passed through at cost with the official receipts; our fees are shown on a separate line.
USD or EUR to our corporate account — details on every pro-forma invoice.
Visa / Mastercard through a secure payment link sent with the invoice.
MTN MoMo, Moov and Celtiis for customers in West Africa.
Monthly statement for forwarders and regular shippers after a first shipment.
Send the B/L or the invoice and the destination. You get a full landed-cost quote and a timeline within 24 business hours.
WhatsApp +229 01 97 50 05 55 adtranslogistics@hotmail.comAlso in French: Couverture mondiale