Your international capability. Extended.
Confidently say “Yes” to more international business…
International opportunities don’t always fit neatly into an existing network.
A new route. A different destination. More volume. A customs requirement that changes the economics. A customer asking for something that sits just beyond your usual footprint.
That doesn’t mean changing what you do well. It means having the right capability around you when you need it.
And preferably not with seven different suppliers, twelve email chains and someone in operations quietly (or not so quietly) regretting the whole thing.
This is where Mark 3 earns its keep.
We work behind logistics providers, couriers and 3 & 4PLs, adding the international capabilities you need without asking you to build them all yourself.
You keep the customer.
We help you say yes.
Your international capability. Extended.
Sometimes you need a lane.
Sometimes you need a broker.
Sometimes you need technology to solve a customs or duty problem.
And sometimes a customer drops something on your desk that needs all of the above with change.
When you need a single specialist service or a more connected international journey, Mark 3 gives you the capability to build around your customer.
No passing it around the houses. No vying for the best solution and cost.
So, when an opportunity sits just outside your existing network, you have another trusted option.
Because “we can do that” is only the beginning.
Winning the business is the good bit. Undoubtedly.
Delivering it repeatedly, at volume, without creating an operational monster is where things get interesting.
A linehaul schedule has to work with the clearance window. Customs needs usable data before the freight arrives. Duties need dealing with. Cleared shipments need getting out of the gateway and into the right downstream network.
If those pieces belong to different providers, somebody has to join them up.
Usually, that somebody is you.
Mark 3 can take more of that coordination off your desk.
Fewer gaps between providers. Fewer loose ends for your operations team. More confidence when you tell a customer, “Yes, we can handle that.”
We’re happy behind the scenes.
Your customer doesn’t need another logistics provider competing for their attention.
And you’re probably keen to avoid that, too.
We’re comfortable being the international capability behind your service – bringing specialist infrastructure, customs knowledge and technology into the picture while you retain the relationship you worked hard to win.
Need us for one part of the journey? Fine.
Need something more joined up? Also fine.
We’re built to work around the way your business operates, rather than arriving with a rigid product and asking you to change everything to fit it.
Your customer. Your proposition. More capability behind it.
Customs included. Not bolted on afterwards.
Unfortunately, you already know this bit.
The freight can move perfectly and the shipment can still go nowhere.
Wrong classification. Poor data. A duty issue. A customs requirement nobody picked up at origin.
So customs isn't something we leave until the shipment lands.
Mark 3 combines customs expertise with technology that supports HTS classification, duty calculation and collection, customs data and clearance processes – alongside exclusive brokerage expertise in the USA and UK.
It means the physical movement and the customs process can be planned together.
Which is considerably more useful than discovering they disagree when the freight is already on the ground.
Give us the awkward jobs.
The unusual lane. The customer requirement that doesn't fit your standard product. The international opportunity that's commercially interesting but operationally… less so.
Those are often the conversations we like most.
We’ve spent 35+ years working with logistics businesses, building solutions around real operational requirements rather than expecting every shipment to behave itself.
Sometimes the answer is something we already do.
Sometimes we need to configure it differently.
Sometimes we build something.
The important bit is that we start with what you need to achieve – not with what we happen to have on the shelf.
Your network just got bigger. Your to-do list didn’t.
You don’t need to own every aircraft, build every customs system or establish operations in every market to offer your customers more.
You need good people in the right places who know what they’re doing – and who understand that their job is to make your service stronger.
That’s the role Mark 3 plays.
More international capability. More problems you can solve. More reasons for your customers to keep coming back to you.
Got a customer asking, “Can you do this?”
Before you say no, talk to us.