2. About CSS Group
CSS was established in the year 1995 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
With its unmatched presence in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent, CSS has grown to become a leading NVOCC
300,000 sq. ft. of CFS & SCM facilities
Enviable Global Network
Staff strength of over 750
Offering Integrated Freight Forwarding & Logistics solutions

3. The Group Corporate Office (Dubai)
Air Freight operations office & Warehouse (Dubai Cargo Village)
CSS Logistics L.L.C. (Dubai Airport Freezone)
Supply Chain Management Facility- (Jebel Ali Free Zone)
Container Freight Station Facility- (Jebel Ali Free Zone)
CSS Homeward Bound (Dubai Creek Customs)
Consolidated Shipping Services L.L.C. - (Abu Dhabi)
Consolidated Shipping Services W.L.L. – (Bahrain)
Consolidated Shipping Services W.L.L. – (Kuwait)
Consolidated Shipping Services (Saudi Arabia)
Console Shipping Services India Pvt. Ltd. – (Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin,
Coimbatore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Tirupur & Tuticorin)
Twin Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Hindustan Shipping & Clearing House – (Kochi)

4. CSS Geographical View of Offices
4/1/2017

5. Core Activities NVOCC Ocean Freight Air Freight & Air Charter Services
Land Transportation
Industrial Packing & Lashing
Multimodal Operations (Sea-Air, Sea-Land)
Heavy Transport Services
CFS
3PL & 4PL
Projects, Oil & Energy
Relocations
Yacht & Marine Logistics
Heavy Equipment Logistics
Corporate Travel & MICE Tourism

6. Certifications & Associations
Governed by ISO 9001:2008 Certification
Members of IATA, FIATA and NAFL Dubai
Member of CAM (Canadian Association of Movers)
Member of IAM (International Association of Movers)
Member of ARA (Asian Relocation Association)
Member of GPLN (Global Project Logistics Network)
Member of THLG (The Heavy Lift Group)

7. Our Software - FINS
Fins is a fully integrated ERP Solution for Freight Forwarding, Logistics, Accounts and HR & Payroll
Developed by Twin Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Twin is the BPO partner for CSS and functions from India
FINS Handle all operational and finance requirements
Air / Sea / Rail / Road / Warehousing & Logistics, Multimodal, single & consol jobs
Numerous MIS reports and charts
Full pre- and post job costing
Automatic on-forwarding and transshipment details
Quotations and bookings
Automatic creation of jobs upon confirmation
Costing based on filed rates
Tracking of documents and full job history

8. Our Management

9. Our SCM Facility - Jebel Ali Free Zone
The Facility
Strategically located warehouse in Jebel Ali Free Zone
Staff strength of over 40 personnel
Integrated software system developed in house
Operational space of 140,000 sq.ft. with 22,000 CBM capacity
12,200 pallet positions
100% double deep racking system
Staging and reworking areas
Operational with 10 forklifts
19 loading bays
Computerized inventory management
Designated space for handling value added services
Managed and Operated by CSS Staff and equipment

10. Our SCM Facility - Jebel Ali Free Zone
Value added services offered
Re-working and modifications
Repacking
Promo and gift packing
Picking and sorting
Bar coding, labeling and scanning
Case packed distribution
RFID facility
Warehousing and inventory management
Documentation services
Customs clearance
Shipment track and trace
Transportation
Door delivery to end user
Well trained and experienced professionals
Customer service 24x7

11. Our CFS Facility - Jebel Ali Free Zone
Container Freight Station
Total area of 200,000-sqft
80,000-sqft State-of-the-art insured warehouse facility
4535 pallet positions
10,000 CBM capacity
12 custom-built dock levelers that facilitate easy access to
trailers, ensuring safe and efficient loading & unloading of cargo
‘Health Safety Environment’ (HSE), with the latest fire-
protection systems
Managed & Operated by CSS staff & equipments
12,000-sqft modern administrative set-up
100,000-sqft open yard storage area (Suitable for project cargo)
Additional warehouse facility to be added in 2010
All operations monitored by CCTV

12. What is Sea - Air Cargo Movement?
Sea - Air cargo movement is simply transshipment cargo that is moved 
Inbound by SEA
&
Outbound by AIR 
Simply put – it is transshipment cargo that is
IN BOUND by SEA
OUT BOUND by AIR

13.   What is Sea - Air Cargo Movement?
Advantage of using Sea - Air mode as against Sea
Freight or Air Freight from/to any given destination:
Faster than SEAFREIGHT
More Cost-Effective than AIRFREIGHT
Ideal for TIME-BOUND Cargo  
Its main comparison to thorough Seafreight & Airfreight to any given destination is
FASTER than Seafreight
More cost effective that AIRFREIGHT
What one would call IDEAL FOR TIME-BOUND CARGO

14. Natural transit point of all major Shipping Lines & Routes
DUBAI: Prime Hub for Sea - Air
Natural transit point of all major Shipping Lines & Routes
Scheduled and Non-Scheduled
Airlines & Charter Services
Speedy transfer of freight from Seaport
to Airport
What makes Dubai a primarily ideal platform for Sea-Air transshipment is that it is located as a natural transit point of all major Shipping Lines whereby we have
...Dubai Ports & Authority's infrastructure as such that it greatly facilitates speedy transfer of freight from Seaport to Airport
...as well as the set-up at DNATA (i.e.Dubai National Air Travel Agency) handling a large number of scheduled and non-scheduled airlines that operates passenger, freighter flights and charter services out of Dubai.
DUBAI

15. What CSS Offers Within The Sea - Air Service
Flexible Routing
Loadability of large volumes
Transit time to various destinations (or DOOR) is half the transit time
taken by sea route and most of the times, even less!
Very competitive rates
Booking and handling on Prime Sea Carriers/Airlines
Single point of contact for accurate cargo status at any given time
CSS has always stressed on finding solutions that saves its customers time and money. It is based on this principle that we have managed to promote our Sea/Air service quite successfully. This movement has allowed CSS to develop a highly professional service that allows for huge savings in freight, as well as cutting down on transit times by Ocean Freight as mentioned earlier.

16. CSS Sea - Air Service
Offers weekly/bi-Weekly sailings on Prime Carriers from our origin
ports in the Indian-Subcontinent and the Far-East
Excellent support and relations with Airlines and Shipping Lines
helps CSS to have an edge over competitors
Ability to deliver within the given time-frame to meet customer
satisfaction
CSS has used it's reliability in Ocean Imports as well as Air Exports to profess a truly competitive and successful Sea-Air service. With plus weekly import sailings from origins all over the Indian Sub-continent as well as the Far East, we are able to guarantee movements of freight on pre-determined schedules.
Strong ties with airlines and shipping lines allows us the flexibility to use prime carriers of our choice, while maintaining our competitiveness as well as the tight delivery time-frames that we can and have committed to.

17.  Sea - Air Procedure PRE ADVICE AIR FREIGHT OCEAN FREIGHT
Checks ETA of vessel
Pre-booking on Airline is done
Await original docs
Pre-Clearance arranged
aprx 2 days prior to shpt arvl
Delivered within hrs
of cntr discharge
FCL: Within 6-8 hrs
LCL: Within 24 hrs,
after De-stuffing at CSS CFS
Prepare export docs
AWB issued
Cargo handed over to DNATA for loading onto flight booked
PRE-ADVICE: is basically a notification from origin regarding shpt that is set to arrive into Dubai. This notification usually consists of information such as gross weight, chargeable weight, eta of vessel, commodity and container number
Airfreight Dept. receive pre-alert
Check ETA of vessel
Pre-booking of Airline is done
Receive original docs
Pre-Clearance is arranged approx 2 days prior to shpt arvl
FCL: Cleared from Port & trucked to Airport within 6-8 hrs of cntr discharge
LCL: De-stuffed at CSS CFS & trucked to Airport within 24 hrs of cntr discharge
Export documentation is processed; the AWB issued; and then cargo is handed over to airline for loading onto flight booked
Flight Uplifts... 
Flight Uplifts...

18. / Archival & Retrieval CARGO STATUS REPORT
Thorough shipment details such as
weight, dimensions, volume,
vessel details, flight details etc.
Updated on a Daily Basis
Circulated Weekly for ready
reference.
/
SYSTEM UPDATION
Thorough and accurate shipment details updated on job-file on CSS in-house database
CARGO STATUS REPORT
Thorough shipment status and other details such as weight, dimensions, volume, vessel details, flight details etc. updated on a daily basis on our Status Report by the Sea/Air Coordinator and circulated for ready reference of all involved in the handling of the shpt.
SYSTEM UPDATION
Thorough and accurate shipment details updated on job-file CSS In-house software program.

19. Destination – Transit Time Sea/Air Via Dubai

20. Mission and Vision Mission
“Consolidated Shipping Group will strive to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction by providing cost-effective solutions within our areas of expertise, while creating a healthy professional environment to nurture business relationships that will promise mutual growth”
Vision
“Consolidated Shipping Group will innovate and adapt to the latest trends within the industry to become one of the most preferred service providers globally. Our positive and professional approach in the various segments of our business will be the foundation of becoming one of the world’s largest integrated freight forwarding and logistics solutions provider”

21. We nurture relationships and promise mutual growth…
Our Philosophy
We nurture relationships and promise mutual growth…
With us you can always begin and end with a smile!

22. Contact Details Dubai Cargo Village P. O. Box 27802 Dubai, UAE
Tel:
Fax:
Ahmed Al Rais
Senior V P – Airfreight
Jacob Isaac
General Manager
Consolidated Shipping Services – Corporate Office
P. O. Box 27802, Dubai, UAE
Tel: ext: 232
Fax:
Aparna Renjit
Team Leader – Key Information Desk

23. Thank you