We can manage your transportation chain,
or any part of it.

Mission Statement:

We at TBS are committed to providing superior integrated logistics and ocean transportation services
in partnership with our customers.


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TBS is not just any shipping company.

We are a world-class transportation resource that serves an extraordinary list of clients including many international Fortune 500 companies.

These demanding organizations understand that it takes a lot more than a ship to get their cargo where it's going. They rely on TBS because we bring uncompromising professionalism — and a host of value-added services — to every facet of OCEAN, PORTSIDE, AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION.

By combining JUST-IN-TIME SHIPPING with FREQUENT SAILINGS — and by offering a broad range of breakbulk, bulk, RoRo, container and project cargo options — we provide the flexibility you need to manage your inventory efficiently. Our LOGISTICS services complete the picture, enabling us to manage your entire transportation chain, or any part of it.

As an elite resource responsible for protecting our clients' cargoes, deadlines and bottom lines, TBS leaves nothing to chance. We have invested without compromise in the people, education, resources and infrastructure required to deliver as promised, client after client, shipment after shipment.

TBS maintains a diverse and flexible fleet of multipurpose cargo ships and bulk carriers that meet or exceed the highest industry standards in every regard. We employ port captains and cargo managers, and maintain an international network of local region-savvy offices in all major trading areas.

Our diversely experienced, multinational management team takes pride in solving problems that other carriers can't, often with dramatic savings for our clients. We are supported by highly-trained staff in all areas including operations, port management, customer service, documentation and risk management. Having served clients in the automotive, steel, engineering, construction, mining, chemical, heavy equipment, utilities, and fishing industries, among others, TBS brings a broad perspective to the table, including innovative solutions for HIGH-VALUE, TIME-SENSITIVE AND CHALLENGING CARGOES.

If your company has a transportation manager, he or she will find us a powerful and resourceful ally. If your company doesn't have one, we can perform that function as a direct extension of your management team.

Whether your rely on TBS to take your cargo from door to door, or port to port, you will enjoy the enormous advantages of A COMPREHENSIVE ONE-SOURCE SOLUTION. You will discover, as all our clients do, that every TBS ship is, indeed, a partnership.