Egetrans

What Egetrans does

EgeTrans (legal name: EgeTrans Internationale Spedition GmbH) is a German-headquartered international freight forwarder and logistics provider, established in Marbach am Neckar and operating as a subsidiary of the Steinmüller Gruppe conglomerate. The company delivers door-to-door logistics across sea, air, and land transport modes, with specialized capabilities in transatlantic and global supply-chain coordination via a worldwide partner network, plus owned operations in Chicago (EgeTrans USA, Inc.) and Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico.

Its service portfolio spans four core lines — Seefracht (ocean freight), Luftfracht (air freight), Landverkehre (truck, rail, and inland waterway), and Lagerlogistik (warehouse and order-fulfillment logistics) — supplemented by Zolldienstleistungen (customs clearance in EU, US, and Mexico), cargo insurance, Incoterms 2020 advisory, and ISPM 15 compliance. The technology layer is modest: the ET Connect web portal provides 24/7 shipment tracking and supply-chain transparency, while an online-based warehouse management system supports inventory recording and demand-based retrieval. ET Pay handles payment processing and ET Academy is an internal training program.

EgeTrans monetizes through transaction-fee freight services, professional-services customs brokerage, managed warehouse services, and ancillary cargo insurance. It sells via a direct, sales-led B2B model with personalized consultation rather than self-serve onboarding, and targets enterprise customers with complex international import/export requirements — Deere & Company being the most prominent named relationship, sustained for 19 consecutive years of Partner-Level-Supplier recognition. Multi-jurisdictional customs certifications (AEO-F, Authorized Shipper, US Customs Broker License) form a meaningful regulatory moat across its three-country operating footprint.

Name

Egetrans

Legal name

EgeTrans Internationale Spedition GmbH

Website

https://egetrans.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

EgeTrans is a German-headquartered international freight forwarder and customs broker offering multi-modal sea, air, and land logistics, warehousing, and cross-border customs services across Europe, the United States, and Mexico for enterprise import/export customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Export Forwarding (Booking/VGM/SI/BL) (TLACABAF)

Keywords

• International freight forwarding
• Sea freight services
• Air freight services
• Customs clearance
• Warehouse logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Marbach Am Neckar

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Freight Logistics Services: Sea freight, air freight, and land transport services for international cargo. Coordinates various transport modes (sea, air, land) for complete supply chain solutions.
2. Customs Clearance Services: Import and export customs clearance services across EU, USA, and Mexico. Includes customs brokerage, tariff classification, and customs bonds management.
3. Warehouse Logistics: Modern warehousing solutions including commissioning, storage strategies, and just-in-time delivery. Long-term partnership-based warehouse management.
4. Cargo Insurance: Goods transport insurance services for international shipments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

EgeTrans is a premium international freight forwarder and logistics services provider coordinating sea freight, air freight, and land transport (truck, rail, inland waterway) for global import/export customers, with particular strength in transatlantic EU-North America trade. The company complements its core transport services with managed warehousing, customs clearance across the EU, USA, and Mexico, cargo insurance, Incoterms advisory, and ISPM 15 compliance, all supported by a 24/7 online tracking portal (ET Connect) for end-to-end shipment visibility.

Product overview

EgeTrans is a premium logistics services provider offering an integrated portfolio of freight and supply chain solutions. The core services include Seefracht (ocean freight), Luftfracht (air freight), Landverkehre (land transport via truck, rail, and inland waterways), and Lagerlogistik (warehouse logistics). These are complemented by Zolldienstleistungen (customs clearance) covering EU, USA, and Mexico operations, plus ancillary services including cargo insurance, Incoterms advisory, and ISPM 15 compliance. The digital platform ET Connect provides customers with an online portal for real-time worldwide shipment tracking, while ET Pay handles payment processing. The company positions itself as a one-stop solution for door-to-door logistics across transatlantic and global routes, coordinating transport by sea, air, and land through its worldwide partner network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ET Connect: Online tracking portal for shipment visibility and supply chain transparency
• ET Pay
• ET Academy

Products and services

• Seefracht (Ocean Freight) Ocean freight services with customized routing solutions designed to deliver containers to their destinations on time, safely, and cost-efficiently. Targeted at enterprise customers engaged in international import/export trade.
• Luftfracht (Air Freight) Air freight services bundling cost, flexibility, and time factors into optimal service packages, including express and individual transport concepts for time-sensitive international shipments.
• Landverkehre (Land Transport) Land transport services covering truck, rail, and inland waterway shipments, professionally handled with an optimal price-performance ratio for first- and last-mile and intra-continental connections.
• Lagerlogistik (Warehouse Logistics) Modern warehousing solutions including customized warehouse strategies, commissioning, order picking techniques, inventory management via online-based warehouse management software, and just-in-time delivery under long-term partnership arrangements.
• Zolldienstleistungen (Customs Clearance Services) Import and export customs clearance services across the EU, USA, and Mexico, including tariff classification, customs bonds management, and full regulatory compliance for international shipments.
• Warentransportversicherung (Cargo Transport Insurance) Goods-in-transit insurance services that protect customer cargo against loss or damage during international shipments.
• ET Connect Online customer portal providing worldwide shipment tracking and logistics chain transparency, enabling customers to monitor their cargo 24/7 across the multi-modal supply chain managed by EgeTrans.
• ET Pay Payment service offered by EgeTrans to handle transaction processing in connection with its logistics services.
• Incoterms 2020 Advisory Advisory service that explains and implements the Incoterms 2020 international trade terms for customers engaged in cross-border transactions.
• ISPM 15 Compliance Service Wood packaging material compliance service that ensures treatments of wooden packaging meet international ISPM 15 phytosanitary standards for cross-border shipments.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Steinmüller GruppecoreOthersParent company/group. Egetrans operates as part of the Steinmüller Group, a larger corporate entity managing multiple business units including logistics, arena operations, and other ventures.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kuehne + Nagel: One of the world's largest global freight forwarders with leading positions in sea and air freight, contract logistics, and customs services. Comparable as an end-to-end multi-modal forwarder serving enterprise shippers, but at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth than EgeTrans.
• DHL Global Forwarding: The air and ocean freight forwarding arm of Deutsche Post DHL, offering integrated international supply chain solutions. Comparable because it offers door-to-door multi-modal forwarding and customs brokerage across the same EU–North America corridors EgeTrans serves, but at global mega-scale.
• DSV: Danish-headquartered global freight forwarder with strong positions in air, sea, and road transport following the Schenker, Panalpina, and UTi integrations. Directly comparable as a multi-modal forwarder serving enterprise industrial customers, though substantially larger and more geographically diversified than EgeTrans.
• Geodis: French global logistics provider offering freight forwarding, contract logistics, and supply chain optimization across sea, air, and road. Comparable as a multi-modal forwarder with European roots serving enterprise shippers, though much larger and with deeper contract logistics operations.
• DB Schenker: German-headquartered global logistics provider with strong European land transport and global air/ocean forwarding, now under DSV ownership. Comparable as a multi-modal forwarder with strong Germany–North America transatlantic flows and enterprise industrial customers, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• CEVA Logistics: Global third-party logistics provider offering freight management, contract logistics, and supply chain solutions, owned by CMA CGM. Comparable as a multi-modal forwarder serving enterprise shippers across sea, air, and land, with particular strength in ocean-linked supply chains overlapping EgeTrans' core lanes.

Direct peers

• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Osnabrück-headquartered, family-influenced international freight forwarder offering air, sea, road, and contract logistics with strong transatlantic and German industrial customer base. Closely comparable to EgeTrans in business model, customer profile, mid-market European positioning, and cultural origin.
• Röhlig Logistics: German family-owned mid-sized international freight forwarder specializing in air and sea freight with offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Comparable to EgeTrans in size band, ownership culture, multi-modal offering, and focus on mid-market industrial shippers.

Emerging players

• Flexport: Digital-native international freight forwarder offering digitized ocean, air, and trucking services plus a freight forwarding platform. Comparable to EgeTrans as an ocean/air forwarder serving mid-market shippers, but differentiated by a technology-first operating model and venture-backed growth.

Regional players

• Trans-o-flex: Germany-headquartered specialist in temperature-controlled and time-sensitive road freight and logistics. Comparable in mid-market European origin and focus on regulated/complex freight, though more specialized in pharma and express road rather than EgeTrans' transatlantic ocean/air mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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