Customs clearance and high-security transport through the Baghdad, Erbil and Umm Qasr gateways — for embassies, banks, importers, and institutions.
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Every movement, one system.
At the gate
End-to-end clearance and documentation performed by our own team, not brokered out — by air through Baghdad International Airport, and by road and sea through the Baghdad, Erbil and Umm Qasr gateways, with our own staff and agents at each. From Jebel Ali and the Gulf, overland and by sea via Istanbul and Mersin, and from China and East Asia, custody stays sealed until the signed handover.
Within this service
- Air clearance through Baghdad International Airport
- Cleared by our own team, not brokered out
- Baghdad, Erbil and Umm Qasr gateways — our staff and agents
- Diplomatic and institutional consignments, and importers
Custody & secured movement
Bonded facilities, secured and monitored, hold high-value goods between clearance and the onward movement, under the eye of a 24/7 operations room. A consignment enters sealed and numbered at collection and leaves against signature, within committed delivery windows, handled by vetted crews.
Within this service
- Secured, monitored bonded storage
- Round-the-clock operations-room oversight
- Sealed, numbered custody in storage
- Release against signature, within committed windows
What enters our custody is sealed and numbered at collection, then moves under armoured guard until the signed handover. A 24/7 operations room follows every movement by live GPS, minute by minute, while vetted crews hold responsibility gate to gate, on licensed and insured movements.
Within this service
- Luxury vehicles, bullion, and heavy assets
- Sealed, numbered custody with signed handover
- Live GPS tracking from the operations room
- Vetted crews, licensed and insured movements
The route is drawn and its stages planned before the consignment moves: lead vehicles take the front while a protective escort surrounds the convoy for the most sensitive movements. The operations room keeps watch around the clock, and status reports reach you until handover.
Within this service
- Lead vehicles and escort units
- Routes planned before every movement
- Protective convoys for sensitive consignments
- Status reports until handover
Freight & supply
We book and coordinate freight by sea, air, and road as forwarder of record, consolidating part-loads into one documented movement. Across the Jebel Ali and Gulf, Istanbul, Mersin, and East Asia corridors into the Baghdad, Erbil, and Umm Qasr gateways, transport documents are issued and custody stays sealed to handover. Since 2022 we have held DSV's Authorized Agent & Vendor appointment for DSV Air & Sea across Baghdad and Iraq, connecting our corridors to its global network.
Within this service
- Forwarder of record: sea, air, and road
- Part-load consolidation and transport documents
- Gulf, Istanbul, Mersin & East Asia corridors
- Temporary admission & re-export on one record
We carry the trade transaction, not only the freight leg: coordinating with the supplier at origin or the buyer at destination, preparing and checking documentation before the goods move rather than after, following through on what the authorities require, then booking the right corridor and clearing on arrival with our own team. Inbound from China and East Asia, from Jebel Ali and the Gulf ports, and through Istanbul and Mersin — outbound from Iraq by the same routes. One file, one accountable desk at both ends.
Within this service
- One file from origin to delivery
- Documents checked before the goods move, not after
- Import and export routed by what each load needs
- Arrival clearance handled by our own team
In the cold chain, custody extends to the temperature itself: held and recorded from collection to handover — on the road, in the air, and in cold storage. The consignment stays under the same sealed, signed custody as everything we move, with live GPS tracking and committed delivery windows.
Within this service
- Refrigerated transport, cold storage, refrigerated air freight
- Temperature held and recorded end to end
- Same sealed, signed custody chain
- Committed delivery windows
What we source, we also guard. Sourcing and supply for institutions and large corporates travel under one accountable team from source to your door — via Jebel Ali, Istanbul and Mersin, and East Asia into Baghdad, Erbil, and Umm Qasr — under the same sealed custody, with status reports until handover.
Within this service
- Sourcing and supply for institutions
- Coordinated supply for large corporates
- Gulf, Istanbul–Mersin, and East Asia corridors
- One accountable team, source to handover
Heavy and oversized cargo leaves no room for improvisation — every lift, crossing, and handover is planned before anything moves, and you leave the first session with a route-and-risk plan and custody spec for your consignment. A team working in logistics since 1965 stays with your project to the final signature.
Within this service
- Heavy and oversized cargo, fully planned
- Route-and-risk plan from the first session
- Custody spec for every consignment
- Operations-room oversight to the final signature
Specialist custody
When a piece can bear neither delay nor many hands, one accountable custodian carries it from collection to signature on a committed window. It is sealed and numbered in that custodian's charge alone — bags, instruments, or single high-value items — and diplomatic bags move under seal, tracked live from the operations room.
Within this service
- One accountable custodian, collection to signature
- A committed delivery window
- Bags, instruments, single high-value items
- Diplomatic bags moved under seal
A secured, monitored strongroom holds bullion, documents, and precious valuables round the clock, sealed and numbered on deposit and released against signature, separate from our bonded warehousing. Fine-art handlers take pieces and collections under museum-grade crating; and when an asset's life ends, it is destroyed under sealed custody, with a documented record.
Within this service
- Secured, monitored strongroom, round the clock
- Bullion, documents, and precious valuables
- Fine-art handling with museum-grade crating
- Secure destruction under sealed custody, documented
For luxury-vehicle importers, the car travels inside an enclosed carrier that shields it from road and view, and rests in a secure space monitored round the clock. Condition is documented on inspection at intake, and it leaves only on a signed handover after a second inspection — the same sealed custody from collection to the key.
Within this service
- Delivery inside a dedicated enclosed carrier
- Secure, monitored storage round the clock
- Documented inspection at intake and release
- Signed handover under the same sealed custody
A mission's move is no less sensitive than its most valuable shipment, so office or residence relocates under sealed custody and diplomatic clearance, with interim bonded storage between departure and arrival. Contents are packed and crated with specialist partners, and numbered, signed inventories hold door to door.
Within this service
- Mission office and residence moves under seal
- Diplomatic clearance and interim bonded storage
- Packing and crating with specialist partners
- Numbered, signed inventories, door to door
What is hard to move is hard to install, so we hold both under one work order and one point of accountability. Elevators and heavy plant arrive under the same sealed custody; Al Janabi Contracting & Engineering then rigs and installs them — planned with a route survey and a lift-and-crating scheme, even for elevators we did not supply.
Within this service
- Delivery of elevators and heavy plant
- Rigging and install via Contracting & Engineering
- Route survey, lift, and crating plan
- One work order, one point of accountability
The record
Clients & partners
Shipments & operations a year
The standard
Operations & oversight
Core capabilities
Six decades in custody
Accountable team, gate to gate
Import & Export
From Jebel Ali and the Gulf ports, overland and by sea via Istanbul and Mersin, and from the ports of China and East Asia — into the Baghdad, Erbil, and Umm Qasr gateways.
Who we serve
Trusted by institutions that cannot afford a mistake.
How we work
From collection to handover — one controlled path.
- 1
Assessment & planning
We assess the consignment and its risks, then fix the route, timing, and contingency plan before anything moves.
- 2
Collection & documentation
Dual-custody collection — sealed, numbered, and signed. The chain of accountability starts here.
- 3
Secured movement
Armoured transport with trained escort on an approved route, run to procedure with no improvisation.
- 4
Live tracking
An operations room watches position and status moment by moment until the destination.
- 5
Signed handover
Seals opened before the recipient, verified and signed — custody closes the way it opened: documented.
- Licensed & insured
- Sealed, numbered custody
- Live GPS tracking
- Vetted crews
The logistics pledge
- A 30-minute walkthrough
- A needs call with operations
- A readiness assessment
From the first session, you leave with a route-and-risk plan and a custody spec for your consignment.
Begin your consignment brief.
Same-day reply — and from the first session, a route-and-risk plan and custody spec for your consignment.
Or write to us directly: info@al-janabi.com
The other divisions
And for construction projects, our project logistics extends into the Group's contracting and engineering arm.


