North America
Whether your organization is based in North America, or halfway around the world, AIT’s experienced North America logistics team is ready to develop a customized supply chain solution to fit your business needs.
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AIT Worldwide Logistics: Freight forwarding for North America and beyond
As one of the leaders in freight forwarding in North America, AIT is your go-to contact for sea, air and road transportation services, including:
- Import and export
- Customs clearance
- Transborder services
- White glove, concierge-level delivery options
- Exclusive charter access
- Home delivery offerings
- Reverse logisticsand asset recovery
- Long- and short-term warehousing
- Best-in-class asset monitoring and shipment tracking
- And more!
AIT serves as a strategic partner in your global supply chain. Our international freight forwarding services combine deep industry knowledge with global infrastructure to streamline your operations.
Experts at freight forwarding in North America leverage decades of experience and powerful technology to manage multimodal cargo movements, while maintaining visibility and compliance at every step.
Our collection of logistics support services includes a mix of offerings shippers won't find anywhere else, including advanced technology integrations, a Middle Mile Network connecting major U.S. metro areas, core carrier relationships across modes for increased capacity access, low- and no-cost emissions reduction solutions, and more.
Our team of freight forwarding experts in North America is part of a global network that creates transportation logistics solutions every day for nearly every industry, with a strong focus on the aerospace, energy, specialized home delivery, life sciences, marine and technology sectors.
AIT’s transborder services include cross-border trucking for ground distribution coverage, North America air cargo and warehouse management.
Our in-house customs brokerage team—in collaboration with AIT’s multilingual, in-region teams around the world—are ready to handle all the complex details of North America freight imports and exports, from tricky customs declarations and confusing tariffs to strict border security and beyond.
So, whether you need assistance with customs clearance for North America air cargo, ocean freight, or any other mode, with AIT’s pros on your team, you can focus on what matters most: growing your business.
As a member of the Transport Asset Protection Association, AIT’s North American locations feature multiple, advanced safety and security features, including 24-hour monitoring, closed-circuit cameras, keypad access and a driver check-in and escort policy. All our United States facilities are also authorized economic operators.
Yes! AIT’s expanding footprint currently includes more than 150 facilities across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, including dozens of facilities throughout Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
This global reach enables our North America shipping professionals to offer fast, connected solutions that scale with your supply chain.
For a broader range of logistics services, our subject matter experts are ready to help.
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North America supply chain management in action
June 17, 2025
When every second counts—and every degree matters—AIT Worldwide Logistics’ Critical Solutions Group (CSG) delivers.
Recently, our team partnered with a clinical-stage biotech company to transport a highly sensitive, life-changing shipment: a cornea bound for a regenerative medicine and cell therapy organization in Tokyo, from a donor tissue site in Seattle.
This advanced therapy, aimed at treating diseases of the eye, requires strict temperature control (between 2 to 8°C) and precise timing to preserve its viability.
With only a handful of days to prepare, AIT’s CSG provided van pickup, specialized single-use Credo Cube packaging with built-in GPS tracking, and coordination with the hospital to ensure everything was in place for final delivery.
The result? A flawless cornea delivery and a new partnership. After experiencing missed flights and communication gaps with a previous provider, the biotech client now trusts AIT’s patient-centric solutions for all their shipping needs.
June 06, 2025
As part of our biotechnology customer’s work on a potential cure for type 1 diabetes, they needed to quickly move the samples from a university in Sweden to their lab in the United States.
AIT's hand carry (also known as “on board courier”) service ensured that these vital samples were delivered promptly and safely, clearing customs much faster than a typical shipment, and eliminating chain of custody concerns.
From scheduling just-in-time pickup immediately after a major holiday to providing shipment packaging and dry ice, AIT’s life sciences logistics pros meticulously managed every detail to guarantee success.
We are incredibly honored to have played a role by providing same-day transatlantic delivery for this potentially transformative research.
April 25, 2025
When the customer needs to swap a cooler, AIT deploys ground transportation to pick up the end-of-life or broken unit and brings it back to our warehouse in Phoenix. There, the coolers are consolidated into full truckloads and sent to designated recycling centers in Houston and Reno, Nev. for decommissioning, recycling and, if possible, repairs.
Since the program began, the AIT-Phoenix team has delivered 12 truckloads, totaling 678 coolers, to recycling facilities. This initiative supports the customer’s can-to-cooler recycling goals, including a commitment to ensuring that harmful refrigerants and other materials are disposed of properly. The reverse logistics process also highlights AIT's dedication to minimizing waste and providing cost-effective asset recovery solutions.
April 15, 2025
Our global aerospace logistics experts recently completed an oversized shipment for an aviation customer, transporting aircraft parts and engines from the south of France to Arizona via ocean shipping between Antwerp and Los Angeles.
This door-to-door, multi-modal solution for out-of-gauge equipment included trucking from France to the Port of Antwerp, coordination to load three flat racks at the port, and securing special permits—all while ensuring the cargo was protected every step of the way, including the ocean voyage and final delivery.
With the first 1,128-kilometer leg completed in just five working days, this is far from a one-off success. Since this first shipment, our team has completed multiple additional deliveries for the same customer with high-quality results.
Thanks to AIT’s meticulous planning and seamless execution, we’re helping aerospace customers keep their operations soaring.
March 13, 2025
For example, a major sporting goods retailer relies on our experts to provide customized final mile delivery, with value-added white glove options including room-of-choice, assembly, and thorough clean-up.
From start to finish, our home delivery professionals ensure a seamless customer experience, picking up big and bulky items like exercise equipment from retail stores and expertly assembling them in customers’ homes.
One delighted consumer recently shared, “The two techs were very nice! Super impressed by the speed and efficiency. The treadmill looks great. Cleaned up area. Made sure it worked ok. Couldn’t believe how fast they were. A+++.”
Kudos to the team for going above and beyond to uphold AIT’s commitment to exceptional service!
January 30, 2025
Faced with the challenge of moving frozen and dry products door-to-door, including securing customs clearance, within 72 hours, AIT’s food logistics experts in Los Angeles delivered exceptional results:
- 24-hour turnaround to plan and execute the solution
- Two last-minute pickups consolidated on time
- Shipment insulated and packed with dry ice to maintain product integrity
- Effective escalation and coordination with air carriers to navigate flight delays without compromising timelines