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Food and beverage

Cargo that is regulated, dated and temperature-aware

Food and beverage freight carries shelf life, temperature requirements and agency oversight at the same time. We plan the move around all three rather than treating compliance as a document produced at the end.

How we help

Shelf life is a routing constraint

In food and beverage, transit time is not just a service level — it is a portion of the product's saleable life. A cheaper routing that costs a week can be the more expensive option once shelf life is counted.

We are a leading food and beverage distribution and logistics provider in the United States and worldwide, moving both temperature-controlled and ambient cargo across ocean and land.

For bulk liquids, flexitanks carry full kosher certification with documentation available on request, and are suitable for kosher goods.

What we move

Typical food and beverage cargo we handle:

Packaged foods Beverages Bulk liquids Ingredients Frozen goods Dry ambient stock
Services for this sector

Chilled, ambient or bulk liquid

Equipment matched to the product, with the regulatory work handled alongside.

Reefer capability

Temperature-controlled equipment and monitoring.

Ocean freight

FCL and LCL through all major ports, on our own NVOCC.

Ocean freight

Flexitanks

Bulk liquids in standard dry containers.

Flexitanks

Customs brokerage

Licensed in-house clearance and classification.

Customs brokerage

Land transportation

Drayage, intermodal rail, FTL and LTL nationwide.

Land transportation
Visibility

Know where it is, and what it cost

WorldScope aggregates and normalises data from multiple carriers into one system, so you can track shipments, manage documents and invoices, and report on shipping activity across every lane in one place rather than reconciling four portals.

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Licenses & memberships

UWL is a full-service licensed NVOCC, Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI), licensed and bonded freight forwarder with FMCSA broker authority, holds a National Customs House Brokerage License, and is C-TPAT certified.

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Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs Broker License FMCSA Broker Authority Member of the NCBFAA
Get in touch

Shipping food or beverage?

Call 440-356-5353 or send the form and a member of our team will get back to you.

UWL does not handle shipments of personal effects for private individuals.

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Tell us about the shipment and we will get back to you.

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