17Branches in France & Monaco
215Employees in 6 companies
1104Cities, ports and airports around the world
43220transport, customs and VAT in 2024
55200000in sales by 2024
MATHEZ FREIGHT & COMPLIANCE – profile, values, history of the group
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International freight forwarder born in Nice in 1950, MATHEZ FREIGHT & COMPLIANCE has developed specific skills in the fields of yachting, arts, entertainment, shows & congresses and VAT.
Who are we?
Service is our DNA
At the origin of the group, MATHEZ FREIGHT is a family-owned company founded in Nice in 1950. Freight forwarder and shipping agent , MATHEZ FREIGHT has become a player in the international transport with 17 agencies in France and Monaco and a international network of selected partners in 197 countries, with whom we share a philosophy based on service quality at a competitive price.
MATHEZ FREIGHT is approved by all the major international freight authorities, and enjoys O.E.A.-Full “status since 2013. The company has reached an optimal size, ensuring purchasing power and rates while maintaining its 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.
These specialties led to the creation of various brands and companies, now grouped together under the MATHEZ FREIGHT & COMPLIANCE umbrella. Combining cutting-edge skills in all these fields, our teams are committed to providing customized solutions to the most complex issues, to offer their customers and partners the highest level of satisfaction in terms of deadlines, rates and security.
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.
Marion SABATIER, Frederic MERCIER, Alexandre HIERNAUX , MATHEZ FREIGHT.
Our story
Since 1950, passion transports us!
1950
The origins
Raoul Mathez, SNCF correspondent for national freight, founded his company in 1950. Located in the heart of Nice, the company built its reputation on the shipment of fresh flowers, at a time when the famous flower market represented the bulk of Nice’s air traffic.
- 1953: opening of an agency in Cannes.
1950
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 , 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 a exhibition servicetoday named MATHEZ ONSITE LOGISTICS.
- 1987: Paris-CDG agency opens.
1970-80
2000-2020
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 is setting up expert services to support and assist its customers with the maze of regulations, and pursues its development in France to offer specialized services and local contacts.
- 2000 : birth ofEASYTAXspecialized in VAT fiscal representation.
- 2000: creation of a department dedicated to arts and show logistics – MATHEZ 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 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 MATHEZ ART LOGISTICS.
- 2017: opening of an agency on the Marine Activity Park in Saint-Mandrier.
- 2018: MATHEZ FREIGHT posts its best results ever.
- 2020: Covid and Brexit – MATHEZ FREIGHT goes into task force mode to transport the masks and protective equipments and set up customs solutions to be used after Brexit.
2000-2020
2021
New management and new brand architecture
New brands MATHEZ FREIGHT & COMPLIANCE
As the French group’s management changes, so a new graphic identity has been created for the updated brand architecture.
2021
2023
Focus on services
- March 2023: MATHEZ FREIGHT launches Demarches-Plaisance.Net, the “self-service” portal for all French yachtsmen, supported by the experts in our Cannes office.
- April 2023: MATHEZ FREIGHT structures and expands its offerings MATHEZ CAR SHIPPING and MATHEZ AVIATION SOLUTIONS.
2023
march 2025
With Mathy in Dubai
In Dubai at the WCA World Congress, the MATHEZ FREIGHT team presents its logistics tour of France with Mathy its new mascot, and launches #MathyTheDuckChallenge.
Frédéric Mercier receives WCA Hall of Fame Award 2025.
march 2025
april 2025
75 years in good company
April 1, 2025: we’ve been accompanying our customers and partners through the changing world of transport, customs and regulatory compliance for 75 years. We love reinventing ourselves!
april 2025