Our Clients
Built for exporters, by people who exported
Portage Collections began as an international trading company. We know what it costs to fulfil an order, wait on a bill of lading, and watch the payment deadline pass — because it happened to us before it became our business.
Today we act for creditors on five continents:
- Exporters & manufacturers — goods delivered against open account, CAD or unhonoured LC terms
- Wholesalers & distributors — repeat buyers who stretched terms until terms broke
- Service & engineering firms — milestone invoices ignored after delivery
- Freight & logistics operators — demurrage, freight and handling charges left unpaid
- Law firms & insolvency practitioners — outsourcing cross-border enforcement of judgments and awards
The common thread: a documented B2B debt of US$25,000 or more owed by a debtor in one of our covered jurisdictions.
Debt Categories
What we take on — and what we don't
| Category | Typical profile | Our read |
|---|---|---|
| Delivered goods, unpaid invoice | FOB/CIF shipment, 30–90 day terms, silence after delivery | Strongest category — highest recovery rate |
| Partial payments stopped | Debtor paid 40–70%, then stalled | Strong — admission of debt in the payment trail |
| Quality-dispute pretexts | Sudden "defects" raised only when payment is chased | Workable — documentation decides |
| Judgments & arbitral awards | Won at home, unenforced abroad | Strong — enforcement is our specialty |
| Debtor dissolved / "restructured" | Company closed, same people trading under a new name | Case-by-case — asset tracing first |
| Consumer debts, loans between individuals | Personal lending, crypto, romance-adjacent transfers | Not our practice — we'll say so in the audit |
