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  • Ocean freight must be 100% prepaid to ship. Thank you for understanding.
  • A minimum charge of $300 applies for ocean shipping
  • No alcohol, tobacco, drugs, arms, or any illegal or restricted items.
  • Free warehouse dropoff at 2120 Hutton Drive, Carrollton TX 75006
  • 75-90 Days lead time – please plan ahead

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Ocean Shipping Frequently Asked Questions

Illegal and restricted goods like drugs, alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited.

We DO NOT SHIP CBD oil or CBD containing products, even CBD cosmetics.

Yes. You can drop off your packages at our warehouse Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.

2120 Hutton Drive, Ste 300
Carrollton, TX 75006

Absolutely. Call us 9-5PM Monday – Friday CST.

Calls outside this window shall be returned the following business day.

Yes! if you have already have bought credentialed and baled shoes or clothes, we can help you with processing C0C, loading, and shipping to Kenya. Your shoes MUST be credentialed, paired, separated between men, women, kids, flat, heels, etc packed in 50KG clear bags ready to load. WE DO  NOT offer credentialing and packing service for used shoes and clothes from the US to Kenya.

To process CoC, load a container with all the required paperwork – including public health certificate, we charge $5,000 excluding haulage and vessel charges to Kenya. You’ll handle the clearing process in Kenya

NO

If you have collected goods from different people and you are looking for someone to load and process export paperwork, we do not handle this process. we apologize

Yes.

Kentex Cargo has been built by small businesses at the micro-level. Some of our customers started shipping a few lipsticks and today they run multi-million shillings a month empires, some with multiple branches.

We ship small businesses consolidated products to help small businesses start, grow, and thrive, even at a shoestring budget.

Yes, we do at an additional $20 per box within

Prices quoted are up to our warehouse in Nairobi, opposite JKIA gate.

If you need your package delivered to the door, an additional local fee applies. It is very negligible.

We do consolidation of small packages into a single shipment.

The customer must do this and either deliver everything packaged and manifested into shippable units.

We do not have crating services for heavy items requiring crating.

Heavy items like car engines and car parts must be crated before being shipped into our warehouse.

We recommend using uship.com if you live outside Dallas and you would like to ship your ocean freight to our warehouse in Dallas.

Prices are very competitive there.

We also can help you organize with other carriers.

NO.

At the moment, we do not handle tractors or heavy equipment. Our warehouse does not have the facilities and machinery needed to load heavy equipment and tractors into a container. We, however, can facilitate outsourcing for Kenyans in Kenya at a flat rate of $3,000 prepaid.

We promise 60-75 days to deliver your packages to Kenya.

Filling up a consolidated container can take up to 6 weeks. Sailing time from Houston to Mombasa, depending on the shipping line can take up to 65 days.

Considering clearing and deconsolidation, you clearly can see why we ask for 90 days minimum.

Our ocean freight delivery time is determined from the day the container leaves our warehouse in the USA to the time when it arrives in our Nairobi warehouse.

We promise 90 days from the day when the container leaves our warehouse In the USA to the time the container arrives in our warehouse in Nairobi Kenya.

It takes about 30 days for us to fill a container and 45 to 52 days of transit time to Nairobi. Pre-exportation verification of conformity procedures takes about 2 weeks, and clearing in Nairobi takes about 1 to 2 weeks.

These are the reasons why we ask our customers to give us 90 days to deliver your ocean cargo from the USA to Kenya.

Sea shipping cost is $30 per cubic foot for consolidated goods. These are household goods either new or used.

Commercial goods less than a container load will be quoted on per case basis.

If you want to ship a full container full of commercial merchandise, we can only quote you for the cost of shipping from our warehouse to Nairobi. This does not include the cost of customs duties and taxes In Kenya.

We have special discounts for US returning residents shipping less than a container load.

If you need further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

In situations where pre-exportation verification of conformity requires lab testing, as is the case in cosmetics, supplements, and food products, the client is responsible for such testing.

Please note that cosmetics, food products, and medical-related products are regulated and cannot be shipped as household goods or consolidated as general goods.

Medical equipment and food supplements are regulated by the Pharmacy and poisons board of Kenya. Such approval must be provided by the customer before the shipment can be allowed to clear in Kenya.

Unlike air shipping where we allow customers to pay for their shipment on arrival, ocean freight must be prepaid before picking up or before shipping from our warehouse.

For our clients in the diaspora, we can only schedule for pick up or accept the shipment in our warehouse if it is 100% paid for.

This is to avoid a common problem with abandonment or pickup delays, especially with used clothes and shoes.

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