Logistics and Freight licence
Ajman NuVentures Centre Licence for Logistics and Freight
A logistics licence covers freight forwarding, shipping services, customs clearance support and warehousing. This is the activity where the zone's physical infrastructure stops being a detail and becomes the whole decision.
In short
A logistics licence covers freight forwarding, shipping services and warehousing. Unlike most activities, the zone's physical infrastructure and customs position matter more than the licence fee.
- Licence type
- Commercial or service, logistics activities
- Licence from
- AED 4,888
- With one visa
- AED 10,800
- Outside approval
- Yes, see below
Figures on this page were last checked on 2026-10-04. Government fees can change without notice.
What this licence covers
The activity list is what the licence actually permits. Everything else follows from it.
Included
- Freight forwarding by sea, air and road
- Shipping and cargo services
- Warehousing and storage
- Supply chain and distribution management
- Customs clearance support
Not included
- Operating as a customs broker without the relevant registration
- Passenger transport
- Courier services requiring a separate permit
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Approvals and the customs position
The two things that move a timeline from weeks to months.
Outside approvals
Freight forwarding and customs related activities frequently require registration with the customs authority in addition to the zone licence. Dangerous goods handling carries further requirements.
Customs
Central to the activity. Goods inside the zone are outside UAE customs territory, which is exactly what makes consolidation, bonded storage and re-export work. Understanding the boundary is the business, not an administrative detail.
Banking this activity
Compliance teams assess activities differently. This is how yours reads to them.
Documented well by contracts and bills of lading. The counterparty jurisdictions matter: routes through sanctioned or high risk territories will be scrutinised heavily regardless of how legitimate the trade is.
Where people go wrong
- Choosing a zone on licence price when the warehouse rate is the real cost
- Sizing a unit without checking the visa allocation it supports
- Overlooking customs registration alongside the licence
- Assuming ceiling height and loading access rather than confirming them
Freight forwarders, distributors and anyone whose operation needs real space rather than a registered address.
Other activities in Ajman NuVentures Centre
The licence category changes what you can do, what it costs and who has to approve it.
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