Delivering excellence
across the corridor.

Orbis Logistics
Road
freight
Customs
pre-clearing
Warehousing
& storage
Live GPS
tracking
Courier &
projects

Road freight from Dar es Salaam
to Zambia & DR Congo

Row of Orbis trucks in the yard
150
Trucks in the fleet
Map of East and Southern Africa
8
Countries served
Tri-axle flatbed trailer
32 t
Truck class
Truck moving at speed on the highway
2,000+ km
Of corridor road

Built for the corridor.

Orbis Logistics Limited is a Tanzanian freight company carrying cargo by road between the port of Dar es Salaam and the mines and markets of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A modern fleet, live GPS tracking, daily client reporting and early customs preparation, so cargo moves with as few surprises as possible.

Cross-border freight.

Dar es Salaam to Zambia and DR Congo.

Row of Orbis trucks in the yard

Fleet of 150.

Howo and FAW. Tracked every minute.

A line of Orbis trucks at sunset

Warehousing.

Secure storage for cargo waiting to load, transfer or clear.

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Courier & projects.

Urgent documents, consignments and installation of industrial machinery.

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One corridor. One trip.

More than 2,000 km of road, two border crossings and three customs systems, from Dar es Salaam to the Copperbelt.

Route map from Dar es Salaam through Tunduma and Kasumbalesa to Lubumbashi, Likasi and Kolwezi

Illustrative route map. Borders and positions are approximate, not for navigation.

Modern trucks.
Watched every minute.

150 Howo and FAW prime movers in the 32-tonne class, registered in Tanzania and fitted with GPS tracking. Every vehicle is visible to our operations team in real time.

Orbis trucks lined up under a cloudy sky

Live position and history.

Location, speed and stops for every truck, with a full trip record.

Driver contact.

Drivers report loading, dispatch, border and offloading milestones to the operations desk.

Daily report.

Clients receive a tracking report that matches what the trucks are actually doing.

Eight steps. One standard.

  1. Step 1

    Booking

    Order confirmed with the client; truck and driver assigned and documents requested.

  2. Step 2

    Loading

    Truck reports to the load point; loading is confirmed and the load date recorded.

  3. Step 3

    Dispatch

    Road manifest issued; truck leaves and the dispatch date is reported to the client.

  4. Step 4

    Pre-clearing

    Customs documents and the inward report are sent to the border agent before arrival.

  5. Step 5

    Tracking

    Live GPS and driver check-ins on every leg, with delays reported as they happen.

  6. Step 6

    Border clearing

    Status updated at each border until the truck is released and moving again.

  7. Step 7

    Offloading

    Arrival at the consignee is confirmed and the offloading date recorded.

  8. Step 8

    Proof of delivery

    Signed POD collected and sent to the client, closing the trip.

Made for mining freight.

Cu

Copper cathodes

Loaded at DR Congo mines and carried across Zambia to the port of Dar es Salaam for shipping.

S

Sulphur in bags

Carried from Dar es Salaam to mining operations in DR Congo, loaded to full truck capacity.

Why clients stay

We tell you first

When something changes on the road, you hear it from us, with the facts and the plan.

Documents before borders

Pre-clearing is done at dispatch, so trucks are not waiting on paperwork at the crossing.

Corridor focus

We concentrate on the Dar es Salaam to Copperbelt route, so our team knows every stage of it.

Accountable leadership

Directors and operations managers who answer directly for each delivery.

Leadership.

Amir Ali Khan

Amir Ali Khan

Director

Sets the strategic direction of the company, oversees governance and compliance, and backs the investment in fleet, systems and people that keeps Orbis reliable.

Abdulrahman Twaibu

Abdulrahman Twaibu

General Manager

Leads day-to-day operations, client relationships and delivery performance across the corridor, and holds the operations team to a daily reporting standard.

Let’s move your cargo.

Tell us the route and the load. We’ll come back with a quote.

Trusted by

The clients we move cargo for, every day.

Reload Logistics
AGL – Africa Global Logistics
Vin Mart
Fracht Group – Polytra Group
C. Steinweg Group
Impala
Imperial Road Haulage Ltd