Port of Dar es Salaam · Customs Clearing & Freight Forwarding
Bridgelight Logistics Company Limited handles the documents, the declaration and the movement — so your cargo leaves the terminal on schedule and reaches its destination with the paperwork to prove it.
WE BRIDGE. YOU MOVE FORWARD.
Six activities cover everything Bridgelight does. They are not separate departments — most consignments touch four or five of them, handled by the same team, under one file reference and one point of accountability.
PILLAR 01
End-to-end handling of goods entering or leaving Tanzania — from the moment a supplier issues a proforma invoice to the day the cargo is signed for at your gate.
PILLAR 02
The regulatory core of the business. We prepare, lodge and defend the customs declaration, and hold the file open until release, delivery and post-clearance records are complete.
PILLAR 03
Moving the box. Sea and air freight coordination, port haulage, upcountry road transport, containerised and break-bulk cargo, and storage where the schedule demands it.
PILLAR 04
Transit cargo destined for the landlocked markets moves under customs control on our own security bond, with border handovers managed as part of the same movement.
PILLAR 05
The work that happens before a purchase order is raised: classification opinions, landed-cost modelling, exemption eligibility and permit mapping for regulated goods.
PILLAR 06
Documented processes, retained records and reporting your finance and audit teams can use — because a clearance that cannot be evidenced is a liability waiting to surface.
Every file follows the same eight stages. Each stage has an owner and a document that must exist before the next stage begins — which is why exceptions surface early rather than at the terminal gate.
Dar es Salaam is the gateway for a group of landlocked economies. Cargo destined beyond Tanzania moves under customs control, and the quality of the border handover usually decides whether a corridor shipment runs to plan.
| Destination | Principal crossing | Typical cargo |
|---|---|---|
| Zambia | Tunduma / Nakonde | Mining inputs, general commercial cargo |
| DR Congo | Tunduma onward to Kasumbalesa | Mining machinery, spares, consumables |
| Rwanda | Rusumo | General, project and equipment cargo |
| Burundi | Kabanga / Kobero | General commercial cargo |
| Malawi | Kasumulu / Songwe | Commercial cargo, agricultural inputs |
| Uganda | Mutukula | General cargo and equipment |
7 days
Entries pre-lodged ahead of vessel arrival
TZS 100M
CB11 customs security bond in force
24 / 7
Clearance desk, weekends and holidays
7 markets
Landlocked destinations served via Dar
Early intervention
Document and permit gaps are identified at review, not at the assessment counter, when correcting them still costs nothing but a phone call.
Compliance discipline
We do not under-declare, mis-classify or take informal shortcuts. A saving that creates a post-clearance liability is not a saving — it is a transfer of risk to our client.
One accountable team
Customs, freight, border handover and inland delivery sit with one team, so nothing falls between a clearing agent, a transporter and a border broker.
Verify us before you appoint us. Every registration number above can be checked with the issuing authority, and we will provide certified copies of the licence, tax clearance and bond confirmation to any prospective client on request.
Documents & forms
The forms that start a clearance and the document set customs will expect.
Regulators
TRA, TASAC, TBS and the sector bodies — mandate by mandate.
Guides
Step-by-step guidance on procedure, timing and avoidable costs.
Glossary
Incoterms, HS codes, demurrage, T1 and the rest of the vocabulary.
Share your shipping documents and we will confirm classification, duty exposure and a clearance timeline — then lodge the entry before your vessel berths.
