Top Logistics Company in Los Angeles, California

Look to Approved Freight Forwarders to deliver complete logistics services in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and worldwide. We work to simplify your supply chain, create new efficiencies, and reduce your overhead costs. As a Top 100 3PL headquartered in Los Angeles, California we’re equipped to partner with you on every aspect of moving your cargo.

Our experts can deliver a complete suite of logistics services as we have assets, teams, and terminals in Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico. We are also the only freight forwarding and logistics company with locations on all major Hawaiian Islands: Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and The Big Island. Our local logistics solutions will keep your operations running smoothly.

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End-to-End Logistics Services: From Trucking to Warehousing, We’ve Got You Covered

Trucking

We’ve got you covered from door to door. We can connect you with FTL, LTL, and drayage/short-haul solutions that keep your supply chain moving.

Warehousing & Distribution

We deliver scalable storage and inventory management solutions in our secure facility, plus shipping & distribution services.

Trucking

We’ve got you covered from door to door. We can connect you with FTL, LTL, and drayage/short-haul solutions that keep your supply chain moving.

Warehousing & Distribution

We deliver scalable storage and inventory management solutions in our secure facility, plus shipping & distribution services.

Warehousing & Distribution

We deliver scalable storage and inventory management solutions in our secure facility, plus shipping & distribution services.

Trucking

We’ve got you covered from door to door. We can connect you with FTL, LTL, and drayage/short-haul solutions that keep your supply chain moving.

Warehousing & Distribution

We deliver scalable storage and inventory management solutions in our secure facility, plus shipping & distribution services.

Trucking

We’ve got you covered from door to door. We can connect you with FTL, LTL, and drayage/short-haul solutions that keep your supply chain moving.

Sorting & Segregating

We manage inventory on all levels—pallets, cartons, product type, SKUs, or UPCs—through our advanced electronic inventory management system

Transloading

Our services can reduce both risks and costs in moving cargo between road, rail, air, or sea, while ensuring the security and integrity of your shipment.

Transportation Management

Let our experts complete a detailed analysis of your transportation usage to find new efficiencies—and cost savings

Customized 3PL Logistics Services for Every Business Need

Industry-Tailored Logistics Solutions

You need a logistics partner who understands not just your business, but also your industry and its inherent challenges. Over the years, we’ve partnered with leading organizations in just about every vertical—including retail, food & beverage, construction, hospitality, energy, and automotive—from Fortune 500 companies to small and mid-size businesses. We’ve even worked on behalf of government agencies moving cargo all over the world.

The Simplicity of Truly Complete Logistics Solutions

Don’t settle for a logistics partner that can only get you partway there. We offer door-to-door cargo solutions in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and worldwide. Our full range of transportation, trucking, warehousing, and distribution solutions mean that we can offer you all-in-one simplicity.

Global Expertise, Local Resources

We have assets, teams, and terminals in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and California to provide a complete range of logistics services. We will work with you and your needs to provide you with a custom-fit solution for all your 3PL and logistics needs. Get started by reaching our to our logistics experts today.

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Experience the Ease and Simplicity of Complete Logistics Solutions

Warehouse to port, port to port, port to warehouse, all the way to your cargo’s final destination, the Approved experts will be with you. Whether it’s in Hawaii, Guam, or Puerto Rico, you can trust our logistics team, to uncover new efficiencies, new cost savings—and a new level of ease within your supply chain.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Logistics Services

What Are Logistics Services?

Logistics services are the supply chain activities that keep goods moving from the supplier/manufacturer to the end consumer. These include services such as project management, warehousing, distribution, sorting and segregating, and the project management that ties it all together. Additional solutions such as freight, transloading, and final mile delivery may also fall under the banner of logistics services.

Some companies choose to outsource their logistics services. Read more about the advantages and disadvantages of logistics outsourcing.

What Does a Logistics Provider Do?

A logistics provider—who might also be called a 3PL (third-party logistics company)—handles the movement of goods for another company and may help manage their supply chain operations. For example, this might mean coordinating all of that company’s freight, storing and managing their inventory, and even shipping orders to customers.

What does ''Final Mile'' Mean in Trucking?

“Final mile” refers to the last leg of transportation, which delivers goods to an end consumer. For example, when the USPS delivers an Amazon package to a customer, that’s considered final-mile delivery. If a driver is moving office furniture from a warehouse to the office building where it will be installed, that’s also considered final-mile delivery.

What Is the Difference Between Cross-Docking and Transloading?

Cross-docking is a logistics strategy used to keep freight moving quickly and storage costs at a minimum. In a cross-docking scenario, goods are unloaded from one mode of transportation, then set aside for a short period of time before being reloaded onto another mode of transportation.

For example, take a container coming from the Port of Los Angeles. It might pull into a loading dock, where all the pallets are off-loaded. Rather than taking all the pallets into the warehouse, several of them are simply moved to another area of the loading dock. A truck pulls up a few hours later, and those goods are loaded onto the truck and sent on their way. That’s an example of cross-docking.

Transloading is similar to cross-docking, in that it involves transitioning goods from one mode of transportation to another. The major difference is that transloading involves repackaging goods for transit. For example, a 3PL may receive 10 pallets of goods that need to be depalletized, sorted, repalletized, and distributed to a list of retail locations. That’s an example of transloading.

What Is a 3PL in Logistics?

3PL stands for 3^rd–Party Logistics. A 3PL is a company that offers outsourced logistics services to other companies. To learn more about 3PLs, check out our article, “Logistics Terms Made Easy: What Is a 3PL?”

Additional Resources on 3PL & Logistics Services