Freight forwarder in Phoenix and Scottsdale.

Who this is for

Most people who call us run a business in the Phoenix metro and have freight to move, but no logistics department to move it:

• Importers buying from Asia, Europe, Latin America or Mexico.
• Exporters sending goods, parts or equipment overseas.
• Online and retail sellers who need a container broken down and delivered to a distribution center on an appointment.
• Manufacturers and contractors waiting on machinery, tooling or materials, where a missed week costs real money.

You do not need the vocabulary. You need to know what it costs, when it lands, and who to call when something changes.

How freight actually reaches the Valley

Phoenix has no seaport, so anything arriving by sea comes overland. Four normal paths in:

Ocean through Los Angeles or Long Beach

The usual route from Asia. The container sails into the San Pedro Bay ports, clears customs, then runs I-10 by truck, roughly 380 road miles and about six and a half hours of driving. That is inside one driver's day, which makes this a truck lane, not a rail lane.

Air through Phoenix Sky Harbor or LAX

Sky Harbor takes international air cargo directly. On thinner lanes freight flies into LAX and trucks over, which still beats waiting for the next direct flight. We price air next to ocean so you see the tradeoff in dollars.

Truck from Mexico through Nogales

For west coast Mexico and the Bajio, the natural crossing is the Mariposa commercial port of entry at Nogales, Arizona, far lighter than Laredo. Its lanes keep set hours, so a late truck waits for the next opening, and most of the added time is the Mexican export paperwork, the U.S. entry and the carrier handoff, not the inspection queue.

Domestic truckload and LTL

Plenty of Phoenix freight never leaves the country. We book truckload, LTL and hotshot with vetted carriers, and name the carrier before pickup.

Planning ranges as of 2026, not quotes. Schedules change. Your written quote shows the carrier and schedule for your dates.

What we coordinate

BGL is non-asset. We own no ships, planes, trucks or warehouses. We pick the carrier and route, book it, handle the paperwork and stay on it until delivery. An Arizona shipment usually needs some mix of:

• Ocean freight, full container or shared container space.
• Air freight and air charter when the date matters more than the rate.
• Trucking, truckload, LTL and hotshot.
• Drayage between port, rail ramp and your dock, timed against storage and detention.
• Customs entry, coordinated with a licensed customs broker, duties and fees explained first.
• Warehousing and transloading at partner facilities, with pallet and label prep.
• Documents, invoices, packing lists, bills of lading and cargo insurance options.

To see how those become line items, read a freight quote line by line. For ocean imports there is the ISF filing guide, and Incoterms for importers shows where your supplier's job ends. More in the guides library.

What working with us looks like

1. Itemized quotes in writing. Origin charges, freight, destination charges, customs and final delivery, broken out so you can compare us line for line.
2. One contact. The same person from quote to delivery. No ticket queue.
3. A reply within 1 business day. Mon to Fri, 8am to 6pm MST, and a real person at (708) 846-9992.
4. No minimums and no long-term contract. One pallet or forty containers, and the next one is yours to quote elsewhere.

The shipper tools estimate container loading, landed cost and the Incoterm split if you want a number first.

Three Arizona details that matter

Your clock matches the port's, all year

Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, so Phoenix shares a clock with the Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals in summer and sits an hour ahead in winter. A terminal, dispatcher or broker on the coast is reachable inside your own working hours.

Summer heat is a planning input

Valley summers are long and hot, and a trailer on a yard is hotter still. Electronics, cosmetics, food, supplements, batteries and adhesives all care. Say so at the quote stage: a reefer, a liner or a night delivery window is cheap planned and expensive unplanned.

Valley delivery appointments

The large distribution centers here take freight on scheduled appointments, and a truck without one gets turned away. We book it as part of the move and work backward from it.