Calling at Vizhinjam (VISL), Kochi, or Chennai? We're already there.
Flagship Services is a family-run shipping agency operating at Vizhinjam International Seaport (VISL), Kochi, and Chennai, offering vessel & cargo agency, container transportation, and customs clearance, with one person, not a call queue, answering for your vessel at every port call.
One coordinated operation, plus two services on the side.
Vessel and cargo agency work doesn't split cleanly into separate line items. It's run as a single operation. Transportation and customs clearance sit alongside it as their own services.
Vessel & Cargo Agency
Vessel handling, husbandry, container vessel agency, transhipment, port-to-ICD haulage, empty container / shortage yard management, and bunkering, run as one coordinated operation for the length of the call and not split across desks that don't talk to each other.
Container Transportation
Road transport of containers beyond the port-to-ICD leg, covering factory, warehouse, and door movements scheduled around your operation and not ours.
Customs Clearance
Import and export filings handled directly with customs, with duty calculated up front so there's no last-minute number nobody expected.
Three ports. One agent who already knows the terminal.
If your vessel is calling at any of these, we're already working the port, so there's no lead time spent finding a local contact.
Let us know before you arrive, and we'll have things ready on the berth.
Five stages. Every one has a name attached to it.
Inquiry & quote
Tell us the cargo, the origin, the destination, and the timeline. We come back with a real quote, not a range that hides the surprises for later.
Booking & documentation
Carrier space is booked and the paperwork (invoices, packing lists, bills of lading) is prepared and checked before it becomes anyone's problem at the port.
Customs clearance
Import and export filings are handled directly with customs, with duty calculated up front so there's no last-minute number nobody expected.
Transit & tracking
Once cargo moves, we track it against the carrier schedule and flag delays before they become your problem to explain to someone else.
Delivery & proof of receipt
Final-mile delivery is confirmed and documented, closing the shipment with a paper trail that holds up if anyone ever needs to check it.
Flagship Services is a family-run shipping agency based in Kochi, Kerala, working vessel calls at Vizhinjam International Seaport (VISL), Kochi, and Chennai. We handle the agency, transportation, and customs work a vessel needs while it's in our waters, kept deliberately narrow so nothing gets handed off to someone who wasn't briefed on it.
"We built this business on the idea that someone should always be reachable about your cargo, not a department, a person."
The founders, Flagship Services
What a port call actually looks like.
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Tell us your vessel's next port call.
Your vessel name, the port at Vizhinjam (VISL), Kochi or Chennai, and expected arrival is enough to start. We'll take it from there.
+91 98950 84400