LCA AFRICA LOGISTICS
Logistique Commerciale d’Afrique (LCA) Sarl, operating as LCA Africa Logistics, is a forwarding company with a young, professional team focused on tailoring forwarding packages to meet client needs. Headquartered in Lomé, with a presence across West Africa including Cotonou, Abidjan, Burkina Faso, Niger and Bamako, the firm emphasizes local knowledge and a hands-on approach to logistics. This network supports its ability to manage commercial cargo, project cargo, oversized shipments, and break-bulk operations with efficiency and reliability. LCA’s in-house capabilities extend to a substantial fleet and heavy equipment, enabling more control over movements and competitive pricing.
The company highlights its broad geographic reach through a global network of agents, reportedly encompassing over 300 offices in more than 170 countries. This global footprint enables LCA to offer services across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, in addition to its core operations in Africa. The breadth of services includes project forwarding, air freight, sea freight, and shipping agency activities, underscoring LCA’s capacity to provide end-to-end logistics solutions. The project forwarding segment is particularly emphasized, noting handling of oversized and break-bulk shipments with professional precision. LCA owns a sizeable portion of its transport assets, including more than 500 trucks and heavy equipment such as 80 lowbeds and cranes, which supports its ability to deliver on time and offer competitive rates.
Air freight is presented as a flexible service capable of consolidations to and from various African locations, with a suite of value-added options such as AWB issuance, customs brokerage, packing and crating, specialized door-to-door service, out-of-gauge cargo handling, and AOG support. LCA’s sea freight division is described as offering a wide range of options to and from African destinations, with an emphasis on customized solutions that align with client-specific requirements. Services include export and import consolidation, door-to-door delivery, customs brokerage, LCL and FCL consolidations, warehousing, distribution, order tracking, and multi-modal transport coordination. The company also highlights shipping agency capabilities, including vessel operations, cargo tracking, and related expertise.
Overall, LCA Africa Logistics positions itself as a locally grounded forwarder with global reach, combining a robust fleet and equipment base with a network of partners to deliver a broad spectrum of logistics services. The emphasis on project cargo experience, reliable road transport across West Africa, and integrated air and sea solutions suggests an emphasis on complex and large-scale shipments, supported by a comprehensive service portfolio and strategic asset ownership.
