Freight, NVOCC & Logistics Debt Recovery
Hammer Worldwide recovers unpaid invoices for freight forwarders, NVOCCs, and logistics companies — from US and European debtors — on pure contingency, with court-backed enforcement available in the debtor's own jurisdiction.
Most freight protection programs cover agent-to-agent debts up to a cap, or member-to-member arrangements — not a shipper or consignee who simply stops paying, and not amounts above the cap or outside the claim window. If your unpaid party is a customer, not a partner agent, it's almost certainly outside what your existing coverage handles.
Yes — this is a specific structural strength. As a US firm, we can pursue European debtors using enforcement mechanisms available in their own jurisdiction, including cross-border tools most domestic-only agencies can't access.
Freight and warehousing services are structurally incompatible with LC protection — LCs secure the sale of goods, not the service of moving them. The vast majority of global trade runs on open-account terms with no LC involved at all, which is exactly why this exposure exists.
We regularly take on files that were closed as uncollectible elsewhere. A fresh, specialized approach often succeeds where an earlier attempt didn't, at no cost to review.
Yes — this is a specialty, not a generalist add-on. We work directly with the evidentiary patterns specific to freight claims, including bill-of-lading disputes and FMC-related documentation.
Generally $3,000 and above.
How We Compare
| DIY collection calls | Generalist collection agency | Hammer Worldwide | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freight/FMC documentation expertise | — | Rarely | Yes |
| Cross-border EU enforcement capability | No | Rarely | Yes |
| Cost if nothing recovered | Your time | Often a fee anyway | $0 |
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