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FORE+AFT
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Over 20 Years
Experience

Kelly Brown from FORE+AFT

We’re improving the way you freight by eliminating logistical headaches

Kelly Brown is at the helm of FORE+AFT, offering over 20 years’ experience in the freight industry. She has built strong client and supplier relationships, and demonstrates impeccable dedication to creating a seamless freight forwarding experience.

What we do

At FORE+AFT, we elevate your freight experience by eliminating the common headaches associated with getting your goods from A to B. Our seamless user portal allows a totally transparent way of shipping your cargo and is supported by a committed customer service team.

In short: we make your life easier.

Who we are

FORE+AFT are a group of freight industry experts and digital masterminds with a common goal: to harness the power of digital to deliver cargo smoothly around the globe.

Why us

Through careful selection of hands-on experts and forward thinkers, Kelly has created a boutique team at FORE+AFT to deliver an exceptional customer experience for every delivery.

Digital freight technology in a logistics environment

Is FORE+AFT Good For Small Business Freight?

Why Australian Small Businesses Choose FORE+AFT

Yes—FORE+AFT's boutique model is built for small and medium businesses. It removes the common pain points smaller shippers face with large forwarders: minimum volume requirements, tiered portal access, impersonal call-centre support, and inflexible pricing.

Instead, our My F+A portal, one-on-one team support, and transparent quoting work at any scale. Whether you're shipping a single 20ft container of scrap metal from Melbourne or managing regular trans-Tasman freight, you receive the same level of service and digital visibility.

With Kelly Brown's 20+ years of freight industry experience behind every shipment, you get specialist knowledge—particularly for scrap metal exports—without the complexity of an enterprise system.

When Boutique Beats Big

FORE+AFT vs. Global Forwarders

Large global forwarders like DHL, FedEx, Freightos and Mainfreight are built for very high-volume, multi-continent operations with existing enterprise contracts. They excel at standardised, repeatable processes at global scale.

FORE+AFT is built for Australian and New Zealand shippers who want specialist cargo knowledge (scrap metal), direct communication, transparent digital tools, and flexibility. You deal with a dedicated Melbourne-based team rather than a call centre, and the My F+A portal gives you full visibility over every shipment.

FORE+AFT is the freight forwarder you call when you want to speak to the same person twice.

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Common Questions

Choosing a freight forwarder

How does FORE+AFT compare to larger freight forwarders like Seaway or Toll?
FORE+AFT is a boutique forwarder: every shipment has a dedicated point of contact, and Managing Director Kelly Brown brings over 20 years of freight industry experience. Larger national and global forwarders such as Seaway and Toll operate at greater scale across more trade lanes, which suits high-volume enterprise contracts. FORE+AFT focuses on tailored support for Australian and New Zealand shippers — particularly specialised cargo such as ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal — and every client gets the same My F+A portal access for quotes, tracking, documents and payments, whatever the account size.