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Your partner for every step of the journey.

Our operations team works with you to develop customized solutions for your specific needs, drawing on experience to find the most reliable and cost-effective routing.

Drayage & trucking

As a licensed USDOT motor carrier, we move cargo from your door to the railhead or port. We also offer standalone over-the-road trucking and less-than-truckload (LTL) moves.

Ocean freight

Our status as an NVOCC licensed by the Federal Maritime Commission, combined with relationships with major ocean carriers, lets us move cargo reliably across the ocean.

Inland & on-carriage

Experience, long-standing relationships with trusted providers, and diligent monitoring and supervision are critical to navigating the most complex portion of your cargo’s journey.

Where we’ve delivered

From U.S. ports of export to the hardest routes on the map.

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Everything SLG handles.

Part 01 of 03

Origin

  • Drayage and over-the-road trucking as a licensed USDOT motor carrier
  • Warehousing: receiving, consolidation, container loading, crating and labeling
  • Bonded cargo: in-bond moves and bonded warehouses
  • Export clearance: AES filing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection clearance, vehicle titles, and license and denied-party screening

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Ocean

  • Ocean carrier bookings and contracts
  • Full and part containers (FCL and LCL)
  • Vehicles (RoRo), breakbulk, oversized project cargo and hazardous cargo
  • Our own house bill of lading and published rates as an FMC-licensed NVOCC
  • Optional cargo insurance for your shipment

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Destination

  • Cargo tracking notes (ECTN / BESC) and Angola CNCA (ARCCLA)
  • Pre-shipment inspection and certificates of conformity, such as Kenya PVoC and Nigeria SONCAP
  • Duty-exemption letters for NGO cargo
  • Certificates of origin, consular legalization, fumigation and ISPM 15 wood packaging
  • Customs clearance with trusted local agents
  • On-carriage across borders to the final address
  • Every shipment tracked in mySLG
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Featured lanes.

Regions where we ship humanitarian aid most often. Pick one to see how we get cargo there.

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Every country we’ve shipped to.

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Who we are

About us.

We have moved thousands of humanitarian cargo shipments to 85+ countries, for more than 100 NGOs, charities and ministries.

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Credentials & experience.

Insurance
Professional liability coverage

Special Logistics Group maintains professional liability coverage, including errors and omissions, contingent cargo, and contingent auto liability. Certificates of insurance are available upon request.

We can also arrange optional cargo insurance for your shipment, which protects your interest as the shipper if goods are lost or damaged in transit.

Partners & risk management
Vetted worldwide

Special Logistics Group draws on exclusive industry networks, including WCA Inter Global and FIATA, for access to fully vetted partners around the world. We also rely on relationships cultivated over decades in the field with trusted trucking and delivery partners who know the routes, ports, and customs requirements in their regions.

SLG maintains a rigorous vetting protocol for transport partners and monitors all vendors through weekly reviews and updates from independent watchdogs.

Our commitment
Execution and integrity

Clear commitments, reliable delivery, accountable communication.

Humanitarian focus. Worldwide expertise.

Our focus is shipping humanitarian aid, backed by a deep understanding of nonprofit organizations and their priorities. We bring that same expertise to commercial cargo.

ThousandsHumanitarian cargo shipments delivered
100+NGOs, charities & ministries served

The people behind the promise

A lifetime of experience. A shared commitment.

Robert J. Boucek

Robert J. Boucek

Founder & CEO

“As far back as I can remember, I have been fascinated by ships.

“As a kid, I built fleets from scrap wood in my grandfather’s cellar. Later, before I could drive, I took the train to the piers to watch freighters load and discharge cargo.

“I shipped out at the age of 18 aboard the S.S. Jean Lykes, bound for the Mediterranean and the Soviet Union. Later, I worked at United States Lines, where the pioneer of containerization, Malcolm McLean, was building the world’s largest ships. Each chapter has been richer and more exciting.

“Over the years, I have met amazing people from all over the world and developed a knack for solving transportation challenges. To get more cargo up the river to Paraguay, I re-rigged the stowage patterns on the vessels. When there was no reliable transport in a country devastated by war, I modified surplus army trucks, shipped them along with the food they were to deliver, and taught nationals how to drive them.

“Having established liner service to the Amazon and built supply chains into the Great Rift Valley, with a lot of other adventures along the way, I have marshaled a lifetime of experience to form Special Logistics Group, with a mission to provide expert logistics services with a focus on challenging destinations.”

Robert J. Boucek

Significant experience

  • United Marine LinesPresident
  • Southern StevedoringPresident
  • Signet Maritime CorporationGeneral Manager
  • Provident Maritime ServicesPresident & Principal
  • LeSEA Global Feed The HungryDirector of Operations
  • Del Monte Tropical Fruit Co.Refrigerated food supply chain

Key projects

  • International oil rig transport
  • Pioneered container shipping services to Paraguay
  • Launched an independent container service to the Amazon
  • 20+ years of NGO field operations and logistics
  • Opened humanitarian missions in multiple nations
  • Established supply chains to remote African sites and refugee camps
  • Purchased, chartered and operated vessels for commercial and humanitarian work
  • Managed the refrigerated food supply chain for Del Monte Tropical Fruit Co.

Academic & service

  • United States Merchant Marine AcademyB.S.
  • U.S. Naval ReserveLieutenant
  • U.S. Coast GuardLicensed Merchant Marine officer
  • New York UniversityInternational trade coursework
  • Midwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryGraduate coursework
Corbin Boucek

Corbin Boucek

General Manager

Corbin Boucek is General Manager of Special Logistics Group.

He brings 15 years of broad experience in management, leadership, finance, and project execution, including roles at a Fortune 500 healthcare company and a leading information security firm. His main professional interests are leadership and process improvement.

Corbin holds a bachelor’s degree from Cedarville University and has served on church staff and on a nonprofit board. He lives just south of Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Jordan, and their four children.

Norman Wilkinson's painting I Will Not Abandon You: the liner President Roosevelt stands by the foundering freighter Antinoe in a storm
Alpha over India

We will not abandon you.

Norman Wilkinson, I Will Not Abandon You, 1926

I Will Not Abandon You is a painting by Norman Wilkinson, created in 1926, which depicts the true story of a dramatic rescue at sea involving the U.S. liner President Roosevelt and the British freighter Antinoe.

The artwork commemorates the heroism and maritime solidarity of Roosevelt’s Captain Fried and his crew during a fierce storm. The President Roosevelt stood in rough seas by the foundering Antinoe for eighty-five hours and forty minutes. The hurricane-force winds and blizzard conditions frustrated repeated attempts to rescue the crew of the Antinoe, causing the loss of Roosevelt crew members’ lives. Still, there was no shortage of volunteers willing to take the risk to rescue those in peril.

The two signal flags, Alpha over India, flown over the Roosevelt, sent the powerful message: “Standing by to assist; we will not abandon you.” This was the only hope and comfort to those aboard the sinking Antinoe. Little did they know that Captain Fried had communicated their life-threatening plight, and prayers on behalf of both vessels were being lifted all over the world. The crew of the Roosevelt ultimately rescued the entire crew of the Antinoe.

The commitment demonstrated by the Roosevelt’s crew members has become the inspiration for our commitment to you: in the same way, we will not abandon you, even when the passage is difficult or perilous.

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Special Logistics Group LLC · Elkhart, Indiana · Last updated November 2026