LCL International Ltd was formed in 1980, as a service to transporters using the Port of Dover. We provided Customs Clearance and third-party ferry-crossings, and quickly realised Eastern European road hauliers needed reliable representation in the UK and assistance in finding re-loads.
‘LCL’ reflects the initials of the three founding members; it is just a coincidence that the popular shipping term ‘Less than a Container Load’ is known as ‘LCL’. Consolidation traffic, combining smaller consignments to one shipment to spread the cost, for road transport is usually referred to as ‘Groupage’ and, for Airfreight as ‘Air Consols’.