Welcome.
We are AL-MA
A team of customs brokers and international freight forwarders based in Piraeus.
We specialise in customs clearance, international freight and getting spares on board ships.
On time, hassle free, flexible and tailored to your specifications.
From collection at your supplier to delivery on board,
we coordinate every step around your own schedule.
Piraeus.
Since 1969.
AL-MA was founded in Piraeus in 1969 and has grown up alongside Greek shipping.
For more than fifty years we have been clearing customs and delivering spares on board. Along the way we have built a worldwide network of partners, and today we are trusted by some of the largest shipping companies globally.
Our work brings together local customs knowledge and practical coordination across borders.
As routes and requirements change, the focus stays on providing personal attention to all our clients and their commodities.
Rooted in experience, we continue to invest in technology. We develop and maintain our client portal and all our process tools in-house, with security and operational practices aligned with SOC2 principles.
Every leg.
Handled.
We take care of import, export and transit formalities and prepare the paperwork for every stage, so you don’t have to.
We clear your orders and get them on board in time, planned around your vessel’s next port of call.
By air, road, sea or combined transport, with partners around the world, we move your cargo wherever it needs to be.
We consolidate, store and pack your orders, so everything is ready for the next shipment.
Your shipments.
One place.
Follow your orders and shipments, and find everything we handle for you, whenever you need it, in the AL-MA client portal.
Shipment details and documents are kept together, so you can see in real time what is waiting to ship and what has already been delivered.
Your next port.
Our starting point.
Send us the collection point, the details of your goods and the vessel’s next port. We will arrange the route, the documentation and the final delivery.
Terms of Use
Definitions
By using or browsing our website, the web-applications and any online service hosted by AL-MA.NET and its subdomains, you are aggreeing to comply with and be bound by our terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern our relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website, or any other online service provided or hosted at AL-MA.NET
The terms 'AL-MA', 'AL-MA O.E.', 'AL-MA.NET' or 'us' or 'we' refer to the owner of the website whose registered office is located at No. 2, Gergiou Kasimati Street (renamed from Loudovikou Street), Piraeus 185 31, Greece.
The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website or any other entity that is viewing or consuming any of our online services.
General Terms of Use
- The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
- This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you choose to not save cookies, the website will still operate but not entirely as it was designed and expected to operate. For more information regarding our use of cookies, please refer to Our Cookie Policy.
- Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
- This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
- You may re-use any material provided ONLY after you have obtained written consent and permission by the owners of this website.
- All trade marks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the website.
- Any unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
- From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
- Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of the Hellenic Republic.
Data and Privacy
One of our main core values and source of competitevenss lies in our Trustworthiness.
Building Trust
As a major player in the field of customs brokerage and representation for over 60 years, we have become experts in managing sensitive client data and information against official customs offices, port authorities and carriers. We build trust by ensuring that no third parties get access to any customer data that we may be exposed to. In addition, we refrain from out-sourcing to third parties core company processes that hold valuable or sensitive information. All information is treated on a need-to-know basis and it is only transmited to third-parties when neccessary to complete a client order and only after we have receieved the client's written or oral consent.
Customs Rerpesentation
AL-MA is a company mandated by the Greek Law regarding customs brokerage (4955/22 ex. 718/77) and customs representation. This law, as well the wider EU legislation on customs representation, enforces very strict rules on data accumulation, maintenance, archival, dissemination and exploitation. Thus, we do not make use of any data or customer information for any reason other than executing client orders and subsequently for the invoicing of our services. To make sure we adhere to the strict rules encompassing customs representation, all our information and communication technologies are produced and maintained in house by the AL-MA team. These include, bur are not limited to, our mail servers, our invoicing and auditing system, our document manager, as well as this website and the hosted web applications and online services portal.
General Data Protection Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
We take data privacy very seriously. We will not sell your data or share it with anyone unless compelled by a court of law or in the case that is needed in executing our services. In certain cases while executing our service, it is possible that we may ask for personal information. We will only use this personal information for the sole purpose of executing this order / service and according to the Greek Law pertaining to customs brokerage and freight transportation.
Types of data we may gather through our online services:
- When you visit the website for the first time, we will store your IP address and web browser version. This information is used to match your preferences (for example language or login username) and save it in a cookie to make repeat visits easier.
- When you register as a new user for our web application and online services, we ask you to provide us your first and last name, your company name and email address. To complete the registration you will have to enter a password. The password is hashed and stored in a secret manager while the information will be transmited only under SSL encrypted connection. The password will never be visible to us, and if lost, it can be reset but not retrieved.
- Once the online registration is submitted, accounts will not be online unless verified by offline sources. In most cases, we will need contact you directly via phone or email communication or in rare cases in person, to verify your identity and registration information.
- Registered and verified users will be able to access their orders as well as certain trade tools that optimize the customs brokerage and freight forwarding process.
- By registering on this website you agree and give us consent to store the information for the purposes outlined herein and under our terms of service.
- This information will never be sold or shared with anyone except the AL-MA team and only for the reason of trouble-shooting problems or optimizing the services provided.
Privacy by design
As we are not in the business of profiting by exploiting customer data and user information, we do our outmost by design to protect and maintain our customer and user privacy. To help with this, we refrain from using any third party plugins the monitor for example, website traffic or website usage statistics. We do not have advertisements, endorsements or any form of marketing or sales campaigns. The website and any online service hosted by us, is created in-house using the ASP.NET Core 6.0 framework and it is maintained and operated exclusively by us. Our core invoicing system is maintained offline.
Right to access your data
We will not at any point withold you from accessing your own data and we can provide copies of the stored data for your review or backup should you request it. However, we do reserve the right to delete or discard your data, should we believe that you have broken our terms of service or on the rare occasion that your account or login credentials have been compromised.
Right to be forgotten
All users and our customers always maintain the right to have their data deleted from our systems. This can be very easily done by sending a request through our communication channels. In some cases, especially those relating to customs office cases, note that we might be obliged to maintain hard copies of the customs documentation for up to 10 years, and as stipulated by the Greek and EU law.
Our Cookie Policy
To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How do we use cookies?
A number of our pages use cookies to remember: your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font size, your language preference, the username you typically use to login to our services and if you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site. Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended. The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Company Registration Information
- Full Company Title
- "AL-MA" I. TSACHILIDIS - E. KOULOURIS OE
- Legal Company Type
- General Partnership
- Headquarters Address
- 2, Georgiou Kasimati Street, Piraeus 185 31, Greece.
- Company Registration
- 44237307000 of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- VAT/VIES Number
- EL082615248 / A' Piraeus Tax Office
- EORI Number
- GR082615248
Data Protection Controller Information
Contact information for all concerns around the processing and control of Personal Data as stipulated by the GDPR law contact:
- Title
- Data Protection Officer
- dpo@al-ma.net
- Phone
- +30 210 4177181