Approved Freight Forwarders
Paul Talbert
Vice President of Sales
At Approved Freight Forwarders, our expert team provides global services while specializing in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico. We leverage advanced technology to create custom shipping solutions for our customers and work diligently to ensure that your shipment arrives on time and intact, with constant communication. We are proud to be recognized for the last seven years as a Top 100 3PL provider by Inbound Logistics magazine.
Entrusted with the world’s freight
Approved Freight Forwarders is part of The DeWitt Companies, a fourth-generation family-owned business that provides relocation, logistics, and freight/cargo to corporate, households, and military customers all over the world. With owned assets in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Mainland, our customers trust us for easy, affordable, and safe transportation of their goods.
Since 1991, we have been your key link to the Pacific, providing ocean and air freight, over-the-road transport, warehousing, and consolidation. With more than 300,000 square feet of space, our warehouses can accommodate a diverse set of logistics needs.
We learned long ago that customers are looking for a complete service…and we listened. Over the years, we have added project management, white-glove delivery, assembly and installation, drayage, pickup and delivery, consolidation and deconsolidation, sorting and segregation, inventory management, and most every conceivable freight and logistics service required along the supply chain.
Full circle supply chain management
With direct access to ports in Los Angeles, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, and across the globe, our professionals know the infrastructure of the industries they serve including ocean routes, air, and the roads our trucks travel. This comes, simply, from experience. We have been serving the freight forwarding and supply chain management industries’ needs for nearly 30 years. Our goal was to create a one-stop shop for businesses of all sizes shipping cargo of any kind to anywhere in the world. Through our hard work, teams, technology, and growing network of partners, we have accomplished that objective.
Our services include:
- Transportation
- Warehousing
- Consolidation
- Sorting & Segregating
- Drayage
- Transloading
- Project Management…and much more
Our core values
The company is built on a simple set of values. Our goal has always been to build trusting and loyal relationships. Our focus on transparency in our pricing, process, and policies is a cornerstone in helping us remain a world-class company. At Approved, safety is everyone’s responsibility. From the loading dock to a customer’s front door and everywhere in between—safety is part of who we are. This year, we proudly celebrated seven years without a lost time accident or injury.
Let Approved Freight Forwarders tackle your tough logistics challenges so you can focus on your core business.