Mathez Freight Forwarding

 Mathez Freight Forwarding is a French freight forwarder, customs broker, and shipping agent. Born in Nice in 1950, the group has developed specific skills in the fields of yachting, arts, entertainment, trade shows & congresses and VAT.

Who are we?

Service is our DNA

A family-run company founded in 1950, Mathez Freight Forwarding has become a major independent freight forwarding company in France with 16 branches providing a full coverage of France and Monaco, and a powerful network: selected partners in 191 countries share our business philosophy of quality service at competitive price.

Accredited by all major international freight organizations, and enjoying “AEO-Full” status since 2013, Mathez Freight Forwarding has reached a unique position, where buying power meets with flexibility . We offer a wide range of services including air freight, sea freight and multimodal transport for traditional industries, marine industries and prestige clientele. We offer a particular expertise in customs and VAT compliance.

Combining advanced skills in all these fields across several brands and subsidiaries, our teams are committed to offering tailor-made solutions to the most complex logistical issues, and offer our customers and partners the highest level of satisfaction in terms of deadlines, prices and safety.

16Branches in France & Monaco

162Employees in 4 companies

843Cities, ports and airports around the world

29300Freight, customs & VAT operations, per year

34500000Euros in sales in 2020

In a world often guided by the sole concern of short-term profitability, we are embracing a long-term project, and we are proud to encourage our employees and our company to progress by providing a quality service to our customers.

Our group believes in cultivating values such as respect for each other and for our word, a sense of pride in a job well done, courtesy and honour.
With these values in mind, we look to the future with determination and confidence.

Marc Fagnen, Brigitte Mathez, Pierre C. Mathez,
Mathez Freigth Forwarding

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Our story

Since 1950, passion transports us!

1970-80

Growing up fast

Over time, activities expand. The company becomes a freight forwarder and then a customs broker. Goods from all over Europe, coming by road, and mainly from Italy are cleared by Mathez Freight Forwarding , which becomes the first Nice company to organize groupage on Milan. The company soon becomes the preferred freight forwarder for Grasse manufacturers as well as exhibitors at French Riviera trade fairs. It opens an agency at Roissy-CDG airport.

1979 – creation of department dedicated to trade fair logistics, now known as Onsite.
1987: Paris-CDG agency opens.

1970-80

1990

Building new ambitions

In 1986, Pierre Mathez, son of Raoul Mathez, takes over the management of the company with his wife Brigitte and Marc Fagnen. Aware of the need to expand and ensure a national network, the company in Nice decided toopen branches in all the main ports and airports in France, to strengthen the export air service, and to develop services dedicated to the specific markets of the French Riviera. It also adapted its offers to the new European context and invested in the creation of an international network of independent agents.

1992: creation of the “sister” company MMCI, in Monaco.
1992: opening of an agency in Marseille.
1992: start of the VAT recovery offer at trade shows and congresses.
1993: creation of Mathez Intracom, specialized in intra-EU VAT procedures.
1998: Mathez Freight Forwarding becomes a founding member of the WCA network of independent freight forwarders.
1998: Shipping agent activities restarted.

1990

2000-2010

Developing specialized services

The extremely volatile regulatory environment, the intensification of cross-border flows and technological developments create new risks for companies operating internationally. Mathez Freight Forwarding sets up expert services to support and assist its customers with the maze of regulations, and pursues its development in France to offer local contacts and specialized services.

2000: creation of Easytax, specialized in VAT fiscal representation.
2000: creation of a department dedicated to arts and show logistics – MMCI Art Logistics.
2007: opening of an agency in Paris-Orly.
2007: creation of a department dedicated to funeral transport: Eclip’s.
2008: opening of an agency on the shipyards of La Ciotat.
2012: creation of Mathez Conseil Formation, a subsidiary dedicated to training and compliance assistance in the fields of VAT, customs and taxation.
2013: the company obtains “AEO-Full” certification, a European label recognized on the international scene and which helps to streamline customs procedures.
2015: opening of an agency in Lyon .
2015; opening of the Paris office for MMCI Art Logistics.
2017: opening of an agency on the Marine Activity Park in Saint-Mandrier.
2018: Mathez Freight Forwarding posts its best results ever.