Replace Your Fleet of Global Trade Partners with Redwood International

It’s clear that 2025 marks a turning of the tides for global trade. International shippers were already challenged to master the complexities of customs clearance and documentation, currency fluctuations, duties and taxes, legal compliance and reporting, and packaging and sustainability guidelines. Then the first six months of this year brought a tidal wave of new pressures, from frequent tariff shifts to growing geopolitical tensions and blocked shipping lanes.

If you’re like most international shippers, you’re probably managing global trade via a fleet of multiple vendors, siloed processes and disconnected technology solutions. As worldwide trade has expanded, fueled by e-commerce, it’s only natural that many shippers today rely on a set of homegrown processes, systems, and carrier networks that have evolved organically over time.

The problem with this approach? Your suppliers, workflows, and solutions aren’t connected and aligned, so your global cost and service results may be sailing off course—but you lack the end-to-end, near real-time visibility to recognize it. And addressing cost overruns, customs delays, extreme weather, or other disruptions may take multiple vendor contacts, along with hands-on interventions from your already overwhelmed internal crew.

Redwood: One Partner for All Challenges, Modes, and Borders

You might think of Redwood as a leader in domestic and North American logistics. But Redwood International offers the same unique combination of hands-on experience and technical expertise for all shipping modes and all key trade routes. We’re the single partner you need to navigate today’s global trade challenges.

As part of a modern 4PL, Redwood International’s services and solutions encompass every aspect of global trade, including transportation, freight forwarding, and customs clearance. By replacing your fleet of vendors with one expert partner, you’ll benefit from a clear, integrated view of your global logistics from end to end, increasing your awareness and control.

Redwood International offers the best of both worlds: global reach, combined with localized expertise, cultural understanding, and on-the-ground resources. Redwood is small enough to care about every shipment, yet big enough to serve all your needs. When the unexpected occurs, Redwood International applies its decades of experience, its proven expertise, and its deep worldwide resources to get your shipments right back on course.

Redwood International’s comprehensive services and solutions include:

• Air cargo. Redwood provides import and export services to and from the U.S., handling palletized and crated air freight. Redwood focuses on the most-in-demand routes, including China-U.S. and trans-Atlantic, Europe-U.S. freight movements.

• Ocean cargo. Look to Redwood for ocean-cargo import and export services to and from the United States, with a specialty in containerized freight.

• Customs brokerage. Redwood’s expert team manages all customs complexities and details, from required documentation and customs clearance to tariffs, duties, reporting, and regulatory compliance.

• Drayage and door-to-door solutions. Redwood relies on a network of drayage carriers to offer door-to-door solutions in all major global markets. Working with our vetted partners, we manage the entire shipping process, including booking ocean bills of lading and coordinating inland transport.

By leveraging Redwood International as a single source for all your global trade needs, you’ll simplify complexity, reduce inefficiencies, improve service levels, and cut costs. You’ll also reduce time lags and administrative burdens by having a single contact for all your worldwide logistics activities.

“At Redwood International, we understand global logistics, and we’ve defined a set of expert capabilities that address every shipper’s critical challenges today,” says Scott Hollinger, Vice President of International Services. “That enables us to act as a one-stop provider. When something changes mid-shipment, our customers simply call us—not five different providers.”

With clear pricing, consistent communication and near real-time updates, Redwood International ensures you maintain complete control, steering the ship while we do the heavy lifting.

Enjoy Smoother Sailing, No Matter the Conditions

Redwood International’s broad capabilities are an important advantage as you navigate the frequent disruptions that characterize global trade today. Shipment delayed by weather or a geopolitical event? We can quickly switch you not only to a new carrier, but also to an entirely different transportation mode and lane. Customs issue? We understand all the required documentation and reporting. Want to streamline your end-to-end transportation management? We can manage first-to-last mile, loading dock to destination, across land, sea, and air.

And, in addition to our transportation and distribution partner networks, we can also call on partners to modernize your technology systems for improved disruption management. We collaborate closely with leading software providers and leverage their solutions, from Oracle Global Trade Management (GTM) to CargoWise. Our proprietary platform, RedwoodConnect, enables you to integrate all your global trade tools and systems for seamless data-sharing and real-time connectivity—which are critical when conditions are constantly shifting.

As a modern 4PL, Redwood International also has strategic advisory experts who can take a “big picture” look at your global trade model, considering tariff exposure and other concerns. They can help you explore nearshoring, friend-shoring and other strategic initiatives that help keep your global trade costs low and your service levels high.

It all adds up to a big competitive edge as you’re forced to navigate some increasingly murky waters on your way to global trade success. Why manage it alone when you can partner with a single-source, full-service global trade expert?

Set sail with Redwood International. It all starts by contacting us today.