Cargo Services

E. C. Colley is the name frequently associated with R. H. Keen, Dock Lift Services, and Mardi Gras Logistics, and is the most familiar to its industry. While all four companies perform their distinctive functions, they can operate as a single unit, handling an assortment of duties. These may include freight forwarding (which became a natural outgrowth of its weighing and sampling operation in 1982), to drayage (which evolved from its warehousing operations in 1985). Sampling is routinely performed wherein containers are brought to the warehouse, their cargo is unloaded, and then the containers are returned to the shipyard.

While E. C. Colley stores and arranges for shipment of cargo brought to the port, it can also supervise the loading, inspecting, and processing of goods either at the port or at its own warehouses. Colley handles clients' inventory and assumes responsibility for its inspection. When necessary, repair and reconditioning of all crates and/or cargo are also performed. Cargo loaded onto trucks at the port, however, becomes the sole responsibility of Dock Lift Service which also examines the overall condition of its clients' freight and advises its customers of its findings.

Each company within the E. C. Colley enterprise plays a major role in assuring that each customer is taken care of to our fullest capabilities. In addition to container stripping/stuffing, labeling/re-labeling, palletizing, stacking, shrink wrapping, sorting cargo, reconditioning rubber, local flatbed hauling, local container drayage, and breakbulk drayage from the port, E. C. Colley also has a brokerage company, Mardi Gras Logistics, which offers competitive rates for flatbed, van, and LTL trucks. For local and OTR trucking needs Mardi Gras Logistics can provide rates.