Emerald Freight Express is Ireland’s premier independent Freight Forwarder, established in 1981 by Mr Owen O’Brien & the Late Mr Tom Freeney to serve Dublin – Cork – Shannon – Belfast, with a full range of multi modal transportation services and 3PL Logistics.
The 30th September 2017 saw the retirement of Mr O’Brien and the Management Buyout (MBO) take place with a new team of Directors joining the Operations Director Mr John McDermott to include, Mr Glen Warnock as CEO; Ms Anna Barden as Financial Director and Mr Mick Woods as Sales Director.




Our Team consists of 36 dedicated logistics professionals.
“As CEO I believe that it’s my customer focused team that provides Emerald with the competitive edge over other forwarders. The Emerald team are highly qualified logistics professionals that live by our company ethos which includes”
- Leadership by Example
- Our Reputation is Key
- Accountability
- People Passion Performance
- To go above and Beyond Our Customer’s Expectations.
We believe it’s our team at Emerald who make us dynamic and special, with hands on customer care and personal commitment to meet our customers’ service demands on a daily basis, 24 7 365.
Why choose us
Our People, Passion, Performance are what separates us from competitors.
Our mission
To provide our customers with transparent, economic, transport solutions, without compromise to the quality of service & to remain responsive to your needs at all times.
About us
Emerald Freight Express is Ireland’s premier independent Freight Forwarder, established in 1981 and serving Dublin – Cork – Shannon – Belfast, with a full range of multi modal transportation services and 3PL Logistics.
A COMPANY YOU CAN TRUST
Our mission is to provide our customers with transparent, economic, transport solutions, without compromise to the quality of service and to remain responsive to your needs at all times.
OUR SERVICES
AEROSPACE LOGISTICS
Emerald Freight Express is actively involved in the Aerospace industry in association with our Global Agency Network.
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
We provide customs clearance service for both Air & Ocean inbound shipments at all Irish Ports/Airports.
AIR FREIGHT
We are Ireland’s premier Independent Air Freight Forwarder, with 30 years experience in the market.
SEA FREIGHT
We offer clients & Overseas Agents a full range of Sea Freight services (FCL & LCL) to and from Ireland.
ROAD FREIGHT
Emerald Freight is licensed by the Department of Transport to operate road freight services throughout the EU and Ireland.
Industry Verticals
We cater to a wide variety of industrial sectors, with 36 years service in the field of International Freight Forwarding and Logistics