INDUSTRIES WE SERVE - PRECIOUS METAL, BANK NOTES, & GEMSTONES
Gold, gemstones, and the valuable exports.
Air freight forwarding for Tanzania’s most valuable exports; gold plates and bullion, banknotes, precious metals and rough gemstones. Handled under strict chain of custody from airport terminal to aircraft hold.
THE INDUSTRY
Tanzania’s highest-value exports, demand a higher standard of forwarder.
Gold, precious metals, bank notes and rough gemstones are among the most valuable consignments leaving Tanzania by air. They demand secure airport handling, disciplined customs work and a reliable airline booking you can count on.
International security logistics companies moving bullion, gold plates and banknotes through Tanzanian airports rely on us for terminal handling, airfreight booking and clearance. While gemstone exporters and the international buyers who purchase from them, rely on us to take rough stones from dealer or mine to destination country with the paperwork and custody intact.
SECURITY LOGISTICS PARTNER
Bullion, banknotes and gold plates in transit.
We work with international security logistics companies like Brink’s Secure Logistics and Ava Global Logistics on their exports and transfers through Tanzania.
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Airfreight booking & AWB
We book the export flight for the security company’s gold plates, bullion, banknotes directly with the airlines. We also issue the air waybill under the agreed routing.
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Arrival & airport handling
When a security logistics consignment lands at JNIA, we are on the ground at the airline terminal handling recovery from the carrier, secure tarmac-to-terminal movement, storage in controlled custody and marshalling for the next uplift.
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Customs clearance
Once customs entries and assessment are completed, we manage the clearance process through TRA: document lodgement, inspection coordination where required, release and delivery to the aircraft side
GEMSTONE EXPORTS
Rough stones out of Tanzania, delivered with confidence.
From the tanzanite fields of Merelani to dealers in Arusha and parcels bound for Geneva, Bangkok, Jaipur and Antwerp.
We move rough and faceted gemstones for the people who mine, cut, trade and buy them.
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For gemstone shippers
Exporters of rough gemstones like tanzanite, tourmaline, garnet, sapphire and others, who arrange their own freight leg to different International destinations. We handle export documentation, mineral-declaration-aligned paperwork, IATA-compliant secure packing, airline booking and export customs so the parcel leaves Tanzania effortlessly.
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For international buyers
If you buy gemstones in Tanzania from abroad, you do not need to be on the ground to get what you paid for. We coordinate directly with your sellers to verifying the consignment against the invoice, supervising packing and sealing, booking the flight and clearing export customs. Then ship to your designated country and forwarder or door.
WHY MILLENIUM
The forwarder this cargo deserves.
A high-value shipment only needs to go wrong once. Our clients in this industry stay with us because the protocol never varies regardless of value, route or counterparty.
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We already have 10+ years experience
Our high-value workflows were built alongside international security logistics companies operating in Tanzania. We know the handoff protocols, the escort arrangements and the discipline that sealed valuables demand.
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Customs fluency on both sides
Precious metals and gemstones sit at the centre of Tanzania’s export-control regime. We manage TRA entries, assessment follow-through, mineral and gemstone declarations and inspection coordination so clearance never becomes the bottleneck.
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Direct airline access
As Cargo Sales Agent for KLM, Air France and Martinair and GSA for South African Airways Cargo, we book space directly. This is critical when a high-value consignment needs a confirmed uplift, not a waitlist.
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Discretion as standard
We do not publicise consignments, routes or counterparties. Documentation moves on a need-to-know basis, and every handover is logged, sealed and photographed. Twenty-five years of valuable-cargo work rests on that discipline.
NEXT STEP
Tell us the commodity, value band and destination
We will come back within the working day with a routing, carrier recommendation, packing and custody plan, and a chargeable-weight quote