Logistics Support & Management

Blacklightening LLC, with over two decades of experience, has been successful in providing security and risk mitigation solutions and logistical support to major corporations invested in some of the continent’s most hostile areas.  Possessing the capabilities and resources to deliver extensive critical support and management, we have a proven and solid track record of pioneering coherent and comprehensive strategies to meet our client’s needs.  We have ongoing operations in the Gulf of Guinea, now known as the world’s most dangerous waters. We are responsible for the safety and security of hundreds of lives and a multi-billion dollar infrastructure.  Recently in Niger, we designed and managed security operations for the world’s leading uranium producer in the region when Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was most active and dangerous.  We are well established in the Sahel, working in unstable regions of both Mali and Niger. Blacklightening LLC is the only US private security firm actively involved in Mali, including Executive Protection for the Presidential elections in 2013.  We secured high level contacts and cooperation with the Minister of Defense allowing us to have a legal and recognized armed presence on the ground.

 

Our network of partners and collaborators position us to provide a leading integrated logistics network and be the leading operator of public-private partnerships in the port and rail sectors.  With unrivaled territorial coverage, and an effective global presence, Blacklightening LLC offers logistical support in the following areas:

 

• Haulage
• Supply Chain Management & Warehousing
• Customs Formalities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haulage

We offer unique understanding and experience in the management of corridors that ensure local deliveries and cross-border transport from Conakry to Mombasa and from Port Sudan to Cape Town.

 

Interconnected with all the other forms of transport ─ sea, air, rail and inland waterway ─ road haulage is central to our multimodal logistics solutions. It offers the finest-grained capability for delivering merchandise to final destinations anywhere in the continent.

 

With our proven expertise in the management of transit corridors and customs clearance, we optimise your long-distance transport times. This is a unique knowhow, based on the unrivaled density of our network’s coverage of the continent.

 

By delivering fast, safe and efficient answers in every circumstance, we are contributing to opening up the hinterland and facilitating the circulation of raw materials, consumer goods and the capital goods that are vital to economic development and daily life of many populations.

 

Via our Partners we have access to a fleet of 6,000 vehicles supported by preferential agreements with reliable local haulers.

A network of workshops where we take care of fleet maintenance and check the technical quality of the equipment used by our sub-contractors.

Our long-distance fleet with GPS tracking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supply Chain Management and Warehousing

Established in countries around the globe with 8 million square meters of proprietary or rented warehouse space, our network brings a full range of storage capability, from secured conventional warehousing to agricultural produce and shelving, via more complex added-value and supply chain services.

 

We can now offer our customers some sixty added-value warehouses spread across the African network and are seeking to develop this network going forward. Whether they are dedicated to one or multiple customers, our added-value warehouses notably provide secure facilities for merchandise, with CCTV, burglar detection and access control, bonded warehouses, temperature-controlled storage and facilities for sensitive, perishable or dangerous goods.

 

With specialized equipment and information systems, we ensure state-of-the-art reception and inspection procedures, fine management of stock and inventory levels, electronic data interchange (EDI), the production of key performance indicators (KPIs) and regular reports on the storage of your merchandise.

Recognised, efficient Q-HSE management system.

Compliance with the most stringent international industry standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001).

 

 

 

 

 

Customs Formalities

With our extensive network, Blacklightening LLC can save valuable time by anticipating routine checks and formalities, and ensuring the timely availability and delivery, not only of your goods but also of the mandatory documentation and vouchers.

 

Our scrupulous observance of strict procedures and the deployment of the best IT solutions ensure top-quality management of customs operations.

 

Finally, each of the many subsidiaries in the countries where we have operations has received approval from the customs authorities. One of the many reasons that our network offers added value is the recognition it now enjoys as a reference partner by many different customs authorities.

 

Our knowhow

• Anticipation of demands and formalities
• Clearance for home use
• Local transit
• Tax-free transit into the hinterland
• Temporary admission
• Private warehouse
• Bonded warehouse
• Break bulk facilities
• Collateral management approval