LEIGHTON MERIDIAN LIMITED - Mbale, Uganda

OUR HISTORY
Leighton Meridian Limited was founded by a group of freight forwarding experts in 2014.
The growth of the business led to the commencement of international freight forwarding services.
Since 2016, Leighton Meridian Limited has progressively built and grown its unique logistics model in response to increasing customer demand for a complete end-to-end logistics solution. These solutions incorporate the critical components of operational expertise, scale, diversity of services and technology capabilities.
Today, Leighton Meridian Limited is one of Uganda’s leading providers of integrated logistics services.

OUR VISION
To be the leading provider of world-class integrated solution in Uganda.
OUR MISSION
Is to continually strive to ensure we deliver world-class  

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logistics service using state of the art technologies to our customers in order to ensure efficient, reliability and cost effectiveness in all their logistics needs.
VALUES
Integrity
Team work
Passion for customers
Excellence
INTEGRITY:
We are committed to conducting ourselves in a manner consistent with the highest standard of integrity. We are honest, ethical and fair in all our business dealing. We keep our word & deliver on promises.
TEAM WORK:
Our spirit binds us together with our organization and with our global network of partners. It transcends organizational functional and geographic boundaries; working hard towards a common goal and delivery beyond expectation.
PASSION FOR CUSTOMER:
Customer always comes first. We develop a deep understanding of our customers and responding creatively to their needs. We will always deliver on contracts, agreements undertaking and assurances.

EXCELLENCE:
We strive to attain the highest possible standard of service delivery in our dealing with our clients, through our passionate and painstaking attention to details service delivery channels.

OUR PEOPLE
Our greatest asset is the individual and collective potential of our people. Our fresh approach and energetic team has created an environment for success. We are not afraid of challenges and we welcome the opportunity to solve your problems.
It is embedded in the Leighton Meridian culture for our people to accept accountability. This ensures we do not let down our clients, our workmates or ourselves. Leighton Meridian Limited is an expression of who we are, a symbol of what we believe in and fair in all our business dealing. We keep our word and deliver on promises.
CORPORATE IMAGE
At Leighton Meridian, we are known for achieving excellence in a unique way, inclining to creativity and innovativeness tailored to customer satisfaction. Our target is to be the best in every service that we render and hence remain outstanding as a corporate entity offering world-class service building on professionalism and integrity while maintaining healthy business conduct of the international freight forwarding industry.

OUR SERVICE
1. Freight forwarding (sea and air)
2. Supply chain
3. Purchase order management
4. Buyers’ cargo consolidation
5. Customs brokerage
6. Door to door service (airport to door and seaport to door)
7. Project service
8. Specialized domestic freight
9. Supply chain integrated
10. Warehousing
11. Ship agency
12. Ship chartering
13. Off dock services
14. Airport ground operation



AIR FREIGHT
The Leighton Meridian Global Forwarding network provides a complete range of air freight services to meet both your import and export requirements. Our market-competitive offering delivers shipment, order and product line visibility.
The range of air freight service outlined below is provided in a choice of time-specific options including:
First class – the quickest air freight service available for urgent and time-sensitive shipments
Business class – a premium consolidated air freight services, based on confirmed space with the most direct flight schedule
Economy class – a lower priced consolidated air service, based on confirmed space for more cost conscious movements
Sea/Air – a combination of air and sea transportation for instances when all air is too expensive and the all sea lead time is too long.

SEA FREIGHT
Our sea freight services are designed to meet both your import and export requirements. Our competitive pricing, delivers shipment, order and product line at competitive prices.
The suites of sea freight service outlined below are provided in a choice of transit time options:
20 and 40 foot general purpose and high cube Full Container Loads (FCL)
1. Operating and non-operating reefer containers
2. Special container equipment
3. Less than Container Load (LCL)
4. Break bulk cargo/non-containerized loads
In addition to the sea service options Leighton Meridian Limited Global Forwarding offers the following sea service expertise:
a. Project Services
b. Ship charter
c. Special handling

SUPPLY CHAIN
The journey of building a partnership with a potential client commences with a thorough supply chain review. This step is fundamental in gaining an understanding of your business and is intrinsically driven by our value to provide world-class solution for our customers at industry competitive rate and most cost effective manner
Purchase order management
Purchase Order Management is a critical competency in the management of supply chains, in particular, those involving international sourcing. Leighton Meridian Global Forwarding best practice methodology provides visibility down to a Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) level, to assist in lowering costs, eliminating non value-added processes and optimizing inventory levels. The key features of our approach involve:
1. Critical path events management
2. Vendor management
3. Vendor progress checks
4. Purchase orders linked to bookings
5. Bookings linked to shipments
6. Purchase orders reconciled (at a line level) against the commercial invoice / physical goods
7. Vendor compliance measurement
8. KPI reporting and lead time analysis.
9. Buyer cargo consolidation (Dubai, South Korea, China, U.K etc)
Buyer's Consolidation/Multi-Country Consolidation (MCC) involves consolidation at one of our facilities strategically located close to your vendors. The process enables economic order and inventory quantities, whilst maintaining cost-effective shipping movements.

CUSTOMS BROKERAGE
Our global network provides in-house export and import customs clearance including border control formalities. Leighton Meridian Global Forwarding offers a complete menu of customs brokerage services including:
1. Tariff classification and duty file maintenance
2. Import and export clearance
3. Consulting services and advice
4. Pre-shipment authorization and pre-clearance
5. Export document preparation
6. Asycuda online declarations
Leighton Meridian Limited diverse knowledge of customs clearance requirements avoid costly and inconvenient delays. Leighton Meridian Limited end-to-end capability means we can arrange the transshipment or local delivery of cleared merchandise through our integrated network.

Supply Chain Integrated
Many logistics providers claim to offer supply chain integration, yet very few have the infrastructure to provide this service. The Leighton Meridian strategy is to be a specialist in each segment of the supply chain and integrate these businesses to provide a single offering to our clients.
Leighton Meridian's land-based logistics services include contract warehousing and distribution services in both the originating and destination countries.

PROJECT SERVICE
We have over five years’ experience in providing client-specific solutions for a wide range of market sectors including:
1. Mining
2. Energy
3. Power
4. Industry
5. Logistics

The suite of services provided by Leighton Meridian includes:
1. Feasibility studies
2. Route surveys
3. Supply chain consultancy and network optimization
4. Export packaging and quality inspections
5. Export and import customs and border control formalities
6. Air freight and sea freight transportation of all cargo sizes including over dimensional movements
7. Off-site receipt and delivery to project site

LOCATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAMANDA PLAZA, PLOT 1, RUSSEL ROAD, KAMPALA
REPUBLIC STREET, PLOT 21, OPPOSITE REPUBLIC SUPER MARKET, MBALE
P.O.BOX 10840, KAMPALA-UGANDA
Contacts:
+256 (0) 392 003432
+256 (0) 702 356361
+256 (0) 775 065671
E-mail: leightonmeridian@gmail.com
Website: http//leightonmeridian.com/