BEST aims to live up to its name in providing service

A comprehensive knowledge of the freight and shipping business led David Sousa and Judy Hagen to create Bermuda Export Sea Transfer (BEST) in 1987 as a company with a difference.

It was based on the belief that a successful firm doesn’t just provide a service to their clients, but rather, provides a full client relationship, one-on-one.

Known now as BEST Shipping, they have always prided themselves on being the best freight forwarding, import and export firm in Bermuda, servicing both the domestic and international communities.

BEST’s central location has custom made space for storage, a convenient customer parking and pick-up area as well as easy access to and from Hamilton.

BEST offers a variety of services inclusive of air freight and ocean freight service/consolidations, customs brokerage and deliveries, insurance, international shipping, international removals, fine art and antique packing and crating, office and employee re-locations as well as product sourcing, purchasing and delivery.

One might say they are the BEST shipping company!

Through BEST Source service a consumer can simply inform BEST of the item they are seeking.

Their experienced buyers will then source the product in the U.S. at the lowest price possible and arrange for it to be shipped to Bermuda.

This might include such items as the newest golf club, the latest high definition television, or perhaps even the most energy efficient appliance. No matter what the item, BEST can arrange to get it here for the customer, quickly and as economically as possible.

It gets even better.

With BEST Direct (formerly BEST Express), the customer has his/her own personal address in the U.S. and the U.K.

It is the easiest, fastest and most efficient way to get product shipments to Bermuda.

And BEST is now also able to extend BEST Direct for small package items from the U.K. and European markets. Whether purchasing items via catalogue or Internet shopping, BEST Direct is the best way to import packages weighing up to 150 pounds.

BEST Relocation handles company sponsored employee relocations, both domestically and internationally.

They understand that each employee-relocation is unique in nature. For each relocation there are normally a minimum of three parties involved; the company executive being relocated, the human resource manager and more often than not, the spouse or significant other.

It is vital that each party be completely assured that the move will be efficient and smooth and that the goods will arrive safely.

The BEST team of qualified international moving specialists oversee the move every step of the way, from initial planning at origin to final unpacking in the new home.

With carefully selected agents all-over the world, their resources deliver world-class moving.

With close to 20,000 square feet of warehouse space locally and over 100,000 in their U.S. depot, BEST warehousing can accommodate a business’ needs for long or short-term storage.

Be it a retailer’s regular merchandise, seasonal merchandise, household goods, office equipment, industrial machinery or sensitive technical equipment — their warehousing provides safe and secure storage with the latest security and hazard-protection systems.

They have a computerized tracking system that efficiently records the precise location in the warehouse ready for quick retrieval, shipping and delivery.

They also offer their customers the ability to track their own inventory online. This service can enable a company to manage their cash flow more efficiently as they can eliminate up-front duty payments and increase their profits by reducing and/or eliminating expensive warehouse space in Bermuda.