What started from humble beginnings as a need to have cargo purchased in source markets, forwarded and shipped to the islands cost effectively, no longer serves to protect the interests of the serious investor. For the freight forwarder, merely being a warehouse facility to be used to consolidate all of an investor's cargo and using the cheapest method of ocean freight or airfreight does not necessarily equate to growth of the investor's bottom line. While freight forwarding has served its time admirably, survival in today’s commercial jungle tells a different story.