Supply chain consultancy
Network design, landed-cost reduction, sourcing and procurement strategy, S&OP, inventory policy and operational turnaround.
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UK registered · Operating from Doha
Supply chains that hold up in the Gulf.
Freeman Gulf Logistics advises on, and takes hands-on responsibility for, the movement of goods into, across and out of the GCC — joining supply chain strategy to the freight and logistics execution that has to deliver it.
What we do
Two disciplines, one accountable point of contact.
Most consultancies stop at the recommendation. Most freight companies only sell you their own capacity. We work across both — designing the network and then running the movements that prove it works.
Freight & logistics management
Freight tendering and rate benchmarking, forwarder and 3PL selection, customs and clearance, transport and warehouse operations.
Explore →GCC market entry & setup
Standing up a compliant logistics operation in a new Gulf market: partners, licensing routes, warehousing, and the first shipments.
Explore →Interim & fractional leadership
Stepping in as supply chain or logistics director — through a gap, a transformation or a start-up phase — on a retained basis.
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How an engagement runs
Diagnose, design, deliver — in that order.
STAGE 01
Diagnose
Two to three weeks on your data and your sites. Landed cost by lane, supplier and carrier performance, inventory positions, customs and clearance exposure, and where time is actually lost. You get the findings whether or not the work continues.
STAGE 02
Design
A costed target operating model: network and routing, sourcing and contracting strategy, service levels worth paying for, and the KPIs to hold them to. Each recommendation carries the saving, the effort and the risk of doing it.
STAGE 03
Deliver
We stay through implementation — tendering the freight, onboarding providers, rewriting the SOPs, training the team — and hand over a supply chain your own people can run without us.
Why Freeman Gulf
Gulf logistics is a local trade, not a global template.
Customs regimes, in-country value rules, port congestion patterns, Ramadan and summer shutdowns, agency law, sponsorship and the difference between a carrier's quoted transit and its real one — these decide whether a plan survives contact with the region. We have spent a decade inside them.
- Operators, not observers. Every recommendation has been carried out by the person making it, in this region.
- Commercially independent. We hold no carrier agencies and take no forwarder commissions, so the cheapest answer is allowed to win.
- Numbers before opinions. Findings are built on your shipment, spend and inventory data, and are handed over in a form your finance team can audit.
- Built to hand over. The measure of the work is that your team runs it afterwards without a retainer.
- Senior attention throughout. No pyramid of juniors learning on your account.
Sectors
Where our experience is deepest.
Construction & EPC
Project cargo, phased site deliveries and materials that cannot arrive late or early.
Energy & industrial services
Spares, rig and plant support, dangerous goods, and long-lead procurement.
FMCG, retail & food
Temperature-controlled lanes, shelf availability, and distribution across GCC borders.
Healthcare & pharma
Cold chain integrity, regulatory clearance and tender-driven supply obligations.
Manufacturing
Inbound materials planning, in-country value commitments and export routing.
Government & large programmes
Multi-supplier programmes where reporting and compliance matter as much as delivery.
Tell us what is not moving.
A short conversation is usually enough to say whether we can help, what it would take and what it would cost. No obligation either way.