Alonso Forwarding, the international logistics division of Grupo Alonso, has opened a new office in Italy. Alonso Forwarding Italy is headquartered in Milan and expands the company's coverage in Europe with international transport solutions designed for a highly competitive and connected market.
The new office manages maritime loads under FCL and LCL regimes, air transport, cross trade operations, customs logistics, warehousing, and consolidation and deconsolidation services for goods. In maritime transport, the FCL modality implies the use of a full container for a single client, while LCL groups loads from multiple clients into the same container, a common option for volumes that do not justify a full container. Cross trade operations, on the other hand, allow for the transportation of goods between two countries other than the forwarder's country of origin, a practice common among operators with an international network.
These services are complemented by customs management, which covers the necessary documentation and tariff procedures for a good to enter or leave a country, and warehousing, which includes both the temporary storage of the cargo and the tasks of consolidation and deconsolidation: grouping shipments from different origins into one transport in the first case, or separating them at their final destination in the second.
This offer is directed at companies operating in both the Italian market and the rest of Europe and in the main international trade corridors. The delegation also works with temperature-controlled loads, hazardous goods, and high-complexity logistics projects, segments that require specific protocols and certifications based on the type of goods transported.
Milan is one of the main logistics hubs in southern Europe, a condition supported by its industrial weight and its position within the main trade routes in northern Italy. The Alonso Forwarding Italy office is located in a place close to the main airports, industrial zones, and international transport corridors in the region, a factor that facilitates the connection with international markets.
The Managing Director of Alonso Forwarding Italy, Flaminio Rizzi, explained that the new hub "allows us to efficiently connect our clients with the main destinations of international trade." According to Rizzi, the delegation's priority is "to provide flexible, agile solutions adapted to the needs of each transport operation."
The activity of Alonso Forwarding Italy is particularly directed at sectors with specific logistics demands, such as the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, biotechnology, textiles, food, and high-value goods. These are sectors where temperature control, delivery times, or traceability of the goods directly influence the transport operations. The specialized facilities of the delegation allow for maintaining the integrity of the logistics chain in these types of operations, considered critical by the company.
The opening in Milan adds to the international network of Alonso Forwarding, a forwarder brand with a presence on five continents. In recent years, the company has opened new offices in America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Within the European continent, the most recent office before Italy was Alonso Forwarding Netherlands, based in Rotterdam, a city where one of the main ports in Europe is located. The combination of both offices expands the brand's presence in two of the logistics markets with the highest cargo transit in the continent.
A forwarder acts as an intermediary between the client needing to transport a good and the shipping lines, airlines, or ground and rail transport companies that physically move it. Its function includes coordinating the different segments of the journey, handling documentation and customs, and sometimes the temporary storage of the cargo, so that the final client interacts with a single contact rather than contracting each segment separately.
Alonso Forwarding currently ranks 41st in the world forwarders ranking, a ranking that is usually compiled based on criteria such as the volume of cargo managed or the billing of each operator. The company maintains a network that combines its own offices across different continents with a range of services covering maritime, air, land, and rail transport, as well as customs management and warehousing, a model with which it now adds a new connection point in the Italian market.
