Outstanding

General Transport SARL

36 containers delivered on credit, all resold, USD 28,500 still unpaid. Blacklisted by MG-Atlantic.

Published 7 October 2026 · Updated 9 October 2026

As of 9 October 2026, General Transport SARL, registered in Gabon under RCCM GA-LBV-01-2023-B12-00039, has not paid invoices totalling US$28,500 for gate-buy sale (delivered to the buyer's depot), according to documents reviewed by MG-Atlantic SA.

MG-Atlantic SA is a creditor in this case.

En novembre 2025, MG-Atlantic SA a livré 36 conteneurs 40HC à General Transport SARL (Libreville, Gabon) pour 64 800 USD. La société les a tous revendus, l'a confirmé par écrit devant huissier et n'a payé qu'une partie, après l'intervention de l'huissier. 28 500 USD restent impayés. Elle ne répond plus depuis mars 2026. MG-Atlantic l'a placée sur sa liste noire et recommande de ne traiter avec elle que contre paiement intégral d'avance.

Key facts

• Amount outstanding: US$28,500
• Unpaid since November 2025
• Transaction type(s): gate-buy sale (delivered to the buyer's depot)
• Containers: 36 × 40HC cargo-worthy, delivered to the buyer's yards in Libreville, 3 to 12 November 2025
• Creditors reporting: 1

Gate-buy sale: containers delivered into the buyer's depot before payment.

Company identification

• Legal name: General Transport SARL
• Registration number: RCCM GA-LBV-01-2023-B12-00039
• Country / city: Gabon / Libreville
• Address: Zone industrielle d'Oloumi, BP 242, Libreville, Gabon

Persons

• NC Noé Carbonie — Managing director (gérant)

Summary

In November 2025, MG-Atlantic SA delivered 36 cargo-worthy 40HC containers to General Transport SARL in Libreville, Gabon, for USD 64,800. The company resold all of them and confirmed it before a court bailiff. It paid part of the price only after the bailiff intervened. USD 28,500 remains unpaid. It has not responded since March 2026.

Details

At a glance

• 36 cargo-worthy 40HC containers delivered to General Transport SARL in Libreville, Gabon, between 3 and 12 November 2025.
• Price: USD 64,800, all costs included, payable in two instalments, 15 and 30 days after delivery.
• Nothing was paid on time. USD 36,300 was recovered only after a court bailiff intervened in January 2026.
• Before the bailiff, General Transport confirmed in writing that it had resold all 36 containers and reinvested the proceeds.
• USD 28,500 is still unpaid. No reply since 19 March 2026. MG-Atlantic has blacklisted the company.

This case concerns General Transport SARL, registered in Libreville under RCCM GA-LBV-01-2023-B12-00039, with its yard in the Oloumi industrial zone. It does not concern other companies trading under the name General Transport.

October 2025: 36 containers, payment within 30 days

On 15 October 2025, MG-Atlantic confirmed its offer by e-mail: cargo-worthy 40HC containers, gate-buy, all costs included, payable in two instalments, 15 and 30 days after delivery.

General Transport confirmed the terms in writing on 17 October:

"Ok pour les modalité de paiement 2 fois a 15j puis 30j après livraison."
(Agreed on the payment terms: two instalments, 15 days and then 30 days after delivery.)

The company sent its registration extract. A sale contract was signed by both parties on 21 and 22 October. It states that ownership of the containers passes to the buyer only once MG-Atlantic has received full payment.

November 2025: 36 containers delivered, nothing paid

The containers were delivered to General Transport's yards in Libreville from 3 November. By 12 November, the company had received 36 units, confirmed by its own receipt report listing every container number.

MG-Atlantic invoiced in two parts: 22 containers for USD 39,600 on 5 November, then 14 containers for USD 25,200 on 26 November.

The first instalment fell due on 20 November. Nothing came. That day, Noé Carbonie, managing director of General Transport, explained:

"Le virement passera .. j'attendait encore que quelques containers soient vendu pour avoir la totalité et te transférer."
(The transfer will go through. I was waiting for a few more containers to be sold so I could transfer the full amount.)

He also described how he dealt with his own customers:

"ici rien ne sort de chez moi si le cash n'est pas déposer sur le bureau."
(Here nothing leaves my yard unless the cash is on the desk.)

General Transport required cash from its buyers before release. It did not apply the same rule to its own supplier.

December 2025: containers sold, promises instead of payment

On 8 December, the company stated that 20 of the 36 containers had already been sold. No payment followed. Promises of a transfer "tomorrow" or "next week" succeeded one another until the end of the year.

On 29 December, MG-Atlantic sent a formal notice: USD 64,800, seven days to pay.

January 2026: transfers that never arrived

On 5 January, Noé Carbonie wrote:

"Je ne souhaite qu'a terminer de payer tes 2 factures."
(All I want is to finish paying your two invoices.)

In the same message, he announced a test payment of XAF 1,000,000 "aujourd'hui ou demain" (today or tomorrow). It never arrived. On 12, 14 and 16 January, he stated that transfers had been made through a private intermediary. None reached MG-Atlantic's account, and no proof of payment was ever produced.

January 2026: the court bailiff's findings

MG-Atlantic instructed a court bailiff (huissier de justice) in Libreville.

On 23 January 2026, the bailiff inspected General Transport's yard. Of the 36 containers, seven remained. The managing director declared that the others had been sold.

On 27 January, the bailiff served a formal summons (sommation interpellative). The managing director answered it in writing, signed it and stamped it with the company's stamp:

• he received 36 containers from MG-Atlantic;
• he confirmed the agreed price;
• he sold all 36, the last 12 on 25 January 2026;
• apart from the proceeds of those last 12, the money had been "réinvesti" (reinvested);
• he undertook to pay the balance in two instalments, on 5 and 12 February 2026.

In other words, General Transport sold containers it had not paid for and used the money for its own business.

February and March 2026: partial recovery, then a new silence

After the summons, General Transport handed cheques to the bailiff. The first was honoured. The second bounced in early February. On 11 February, MG-Atlantic received USD 16,525 by bank transfer, sent by a third party.

In total, USD 36,300 of the USD 64,800 was recovered. Every dollar of it came after the bailiff's intervention.

On 17 February, the managing director committed to a schedule for the balance. It was not met. On 24 February, still in arrears, he offered to buy 12 more containers for one of his customers. MG-Atlantic refused: no new business before full payment.

On 4 March, he announced funds "tomorrow" and asked MG-Atlantic to bear USD 4,754 of transfer costs. The agreed price included all costs.

His last message dates from 19 March 2026:

"ton argent en intégralité et sans faute tu vas l'avoir !"
(You will get all your money, without fail!)

Nothing has been paid since. MG-Atlantic's messages since then have gone unanswered.

Blacklisted by MG-Atlantic

MG-Atlantic has blacklisted General Transport SARL. We will not sell, lease or release containers to this company.

We advise container sellers, lessors, depots and transport providers to deal with General Transport SARL only against full payment in advance, and never to release containers to it on credit.

Is General Transport Gabon a scam?

Companies search for "General Transport Gabon scam" or "General Transport Libreville arnaque" before trading with it. MG-Atlantic does not issue legal findings: only a court can establish fraud. What we can document is what happened to us:

• they agreed to pay within 30 days of delivery, in writing;
• they took delivery of 36 containers;
• they resold all of them before paying, and said so before a court bailiff;
• they reinvested the proceeds instead of paying the supplier;
• they announced transfers that never arrived;
• they paid part of the price only under the bailiff's pressure, then stopped responding.

Judge for yourself. Our decision is made: General Transport SARL is on MG-Atlantic's blacklist.

How to protect yourself when selling containers in Central Africa

Before releasing containers on credit to a new buyer, in Gabon or anywhere else:

• ask for full payment, or at least a deposit, before gate-out or delivery;
• release containers in batches, each one against payment of the previous one;
• verify the legal entity: registered name, RCCM number and who is authorised to sign;
• keep title to the containers until full payment, in writing;
• accept only bank transfers from the buyer's own account, and ask for a bank confirmation (SWIFT) rather than a screenshot or a promise;
• search the buyer's name with "scam", "fraud", "arnaque", "blacklist" and "unpaid" before the first deal.

Amount claimed

As of 6 October 2026:

• principal: USD 28,500.00, balance of invoices INVMG261884TR of 5 November 2025 and INVMG579837TR of 26 November 2025;
• late-payment interest and recovery costs are claimed in addition.

Owed money by General Transport?

If General Transport SARL or Noé Carbonie owe your company money for containers, transport, storage or any other service, use the creditor form on this page. Claims can be combined and legal costs shared. Creditor names are never published.

For General Transport

This case will be marked "Resolved" once MG-Atlantic SA has received the full amount: principal, interest and recovery costs. The page will remain online with that status. Payment instructions: info@mg-atlantic.com.

Actions taken

• Payment reminders sent
• Formal notice sent
• Court bailiff inspection
• Formal summons answered and signed by the buyer
• Partial recovery through the bailiff
• Payment schedule (not honoured)

Documents reviewed by MG-Atlantic

• Price confirmation and credit terms
• Contract or booking
• Company registration extract (RCCM)
• Drop-off order
• Buyer's own receipt report
• Invoice(s)
• Formal notice or lawyer letter
• Bailiff's inspection report
• Bailiff's summons with the buyer's signed answers
• Bank transfer confirmation
• Correspondence

Timeline

• 15 October 2025 — MG-Atlantic confirms by e-mail: 40HC cargo-worthy, all costs included, payable in two instalments, 15 and 30 days after delivery.
• 17 October 2025 — General Transport confirms the payment terms in writing and sends its registration extract.
• 21 October 2025 — Sale contract signed by both parties. Ownership passes only on full payment.
• 3 November 2025 — First deliveries to General Transport's yards in Libreville. By 12 November, 36 containers received, confirmed by the buyer's own receipt report.
• 5 November 2025 — Invoice INVMG261884TR: 22 × 40HC, USD 39,600.
• 20 November 2025 — First instalment due. No payment. The buyer says it is waiting to sell more containers.
• 26 November 2025 — Invoice INVMG579837TR: 14 × 40HC, USD 25,200.
• 8 December 2025 — The buyer states that 20 of the 36 containers have been sold. No payment.
• 29 December 2025 — Formal notice: USD 64,800, seven days to pay.
• 5 January 2026 — The buyer announces a test payment of XAF 1,000,000 "today or tomorrow". It never arrives.
• 16 January 2026 — The buyer says transfers were made through a private intermediary. Nothing received, no proof produced.
• 23 January 2026 — Court bailiff's inspection: 7 of the 36 containers remain at the buyer's yard. The buyer declares the others sold.
• 27 January 2026 — Formal summons: the buyer confirms in writing receiving 36 containers at the agreed price, selling all 36 and reinvesting the proceeds. Undertakes to pay on 5 and 12 February.
• 6 February 2026 — A cheque handed to the bailiff bounces. An earlier cheque had been honoured.
• 11 February 2026 — USD 16,525 received by bank transfer, sent by a third party.
• 17 February 2026 — The buyer commits to a schedule for the balance. It is not met.
• 24 February 2026 — Still in arrears, the buyer offers to buy 12 more containers. Refused until full payment.
• 4 March 2026 — The buyer announces funds "tomorrow" and asks MG-Atlantic to bear USD 4,754 of transfer costs, although the price included all costs.
• 19 March 2026 — Last message from the buyer: "You will get all your money, without fail." No payment since.
• 6 October 2026 — No reply since March. USD 36,300 recovered, USD 28,500 outstanding. General Transport SARL blacklisted by MG-Atlantic.

This notice is based on documents reviewed by MG-Atlantic SA. Last reviewed 9 October 2026.

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