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Share the move
Origin, destination, cargo and ready date through the quote desk.
Nairobi · Kampala · worldwide agents
Freight that keeps East Africa moving.
CIEN Logistics ships aircraft spares, pharma, humanitarian cargo, industrial parts, renewable energy, beverages, cosmetics and apparel — from partner origins worldwide into Kenya and Uganda.
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Uganda
Kenya
Uganda
Kenya
2017Kenya office opened
2026Uganda office opened
24/7ops coverage
Track a shipment
Use your CIEN reference. Sample files are live so you can preview the workspace.
What we handle
Specialist cargo, not a generic brochure.
From AOG engines to cool-chain vaccines and solar panels, the same team owns routing, dangerous-goods papers, exemptions and last mile.
Aircraft spares
AOG support, bulk items such as propellers, high-value engines, and declared dangerous goods including paints, aerosols and lubricants. Routed on the right aircraft type with airline and DG paperwork in one file.
Laboratory and pharmaceutical
Temperature-controlled vaccines, delicate laboratory instruments, and dangerous goods with gases that require cargo-aircraft-only (CAO) handling. Cool-chain and documentation stay with the same coordinator.
Humanitarian
Exemption processing for goods used by the United Nations and diplomatic missions, including duty-relief files, permits and last-mile delivery into the field.
Industrial spares
Machine parts covering hydraulics, motor-vehicle components, electricals and mechanical spares. Timed to plant shutdowns and line-down events.
Green and renewable energy
Cross-border logistics for monofacial and bifacial solar panels, supercapacitor and lithium batteries, PV inverters, cables, connectors and accessories, with DG rules applied where batteries require them.
Beverage
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and milk. Bonded or free-circulation storage, appointment delivery and intact seals from origin to the cold or ambient dock.
Cosmetics
Perfumes, lotions, roll-ons and jelly. Many SKUs sit in limited-quantity DG. We classify early so the airline or trucker is never surprised at acceptance.
Clothing and apparel
Clothes, shoes, bags, earrings, necklaces, plus wooden and bone artifacts. Packed for theft-aware handling and customs descriptions that match the commercial invoice.
Visible inventory
Inbound, bonded and outbound lots in one file.
Why shippers stay
Professionals on the lane, not tickets in a queue.
Kenya office since 2017, Uganda office since 2026 — so cargo does not stall at the border or the airport shed.
- Dedicated coordinator per active file
- Customs entries prepared before cargo arrives
- Secure handling for engines, vaccines and lithium batteries
- Transparent rates, no surprise gate fees
How it works
Five steps from enquiry to POD.
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We engineer the lane
Mode mix, transit plan and duty estimate before you commit.
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Pickup and papers
Collection, packing advice and export or import entries.
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In-transit control
Milestone tracking, exception alerts and border management.
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Delivered with POD
Signed delivery, photos and a closed file you can archive.
Need a rate before close of business?
Air, ocean or road. Tell us the cargo and we return a structured offer with transit and documents included.
Shippers
Teams that already run with CIEN.
“Malaba used to be a black box. Now we get a timestamped update before the truck even queues.”
Operations lead, Kampala FMCG“JKIA cool-chain handoff was clean. Documents were lodged while the aircraft was still inbound.”
Procurement, Nairobi healthcare“One invoice, one coordinator, Nairobi to Mombasa to Kampala. That is rare in this market.”
Founder, regional retailer