Name

ACGI Shipping

Legal name

Ben Line Agencies Limited

Website

https://acgishipping.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1825

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnaby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agency Services: Liner & NVOCC Agency Services and Marine Agency Services providing comprehensive port agency operations including cargo operations, crew changes, bunkering, and vessel support services.
2. Logistics Services: Integrated Logistics and Logistics and Chemical Solutions providing end-to-end logistics services including freight solutions and chemical logistics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ACGI Shipping (Ben Line) is a maritime shipping agency and logistics provider delivering port agency representation for liner shipping lines and NVOCC operators, marine husbandry services (cargo operations, crew changes, bunkering, dry dock support, cash to master), integrated multimodal logistics, and specialized chemical cargo logistics. Services are delivered across 18+ Asia Pacific countries plus North America through local offices, supporting shipping companies and logistics operators with end-to-end vessel call and supply chain coordination.

Product overview

Ben Line operates as a maritime agency and logistics services provider organized under two divisions: Ben Line Agencies (offering Liner & NVOCC Agency Services and Marine Agency Services) and Ben Line Logistics (offering Integrated Logistics and Logistics and Chemical Solutions). The company delivers agency and logistics services across the Asia Pacific region through a network spanning 19+ countries, serving the shipping and maritime industry with over 200 years of operational history since 1825.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Liner & NVOCC Agency Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Direct peers

• GAC Group: GAC is one of the world's largest independent ship agencies and logistics providers, offering the same combination of liner/marine agency, port agency, and integrated logistics services that Ben Line provides. It is the closest direct competitor in port agency across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
• Inchcape Shipping Services: Inchcape is a global port agency and maritime services provider covering vessel agency, crew changes, bunkering, and hub agency services — a near-identical service mix to Ben Line's Marine Agency Services division, competing head-to-head at major Asian and global ports.
• Wilhelmsen Ship Management: Wilhelmsen operates one of the largest ship agency networks globally through Wilhelmsen Port Services, providing marine agency, vessel support, and crew welfare services directly comparable to Ben Line's port agency offering across Asia Pacific.

Broad incumbents

• Maersk (A.P. Moller-Maersk): Global container carrier and integrated logistics provider. While primarily a carrier, Maersk's logistics arm offers agency-adjacent services (port-to-port coordination, freight forwarding) that overlap with Ben Line's Integrated Logistics offering, especially on Asia-origin trades.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarding and ocean logistics division of Deutsche Post DHL. Overlaps with Ben Line on integrated logistics and freight forwarding services, particularly on trans-Pacific and intra-Asia trade lanes where both have strong local infrastructure.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with deep Asia Pacific presence and ocean freight brokerage operations. Competes with Ben Line Logistics on integrated freight forwarding and supply chain solutions across the same regional corridors.
• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Agency: Major Japanese shipping group that operates captive and third-party port agency services across Asia Pacific. While primarily a carrier, MOL's agency operations overlap with Ben Line's liner agency services in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.

Emerging players

• Flexport: Technology-driven digital freight forwarder that is reshaping ocean freight forwarding with online booking, automated documentation, and visibility. Represents the emerging tech-enabled competitive threat to traditional ship agency and forwarding models like Ben Line's.

Regional players

• CJ Logistics: Major South Korean logistics provider with growing Asia Pacific forwarding and contract logistics capabilities. Comparable to Ben Line Logistics in regional freight forwarding and supply chain services within Northeast Asia.
• Sinotrans: Chinese state-affiliated logistics and freight forwarding group with dominant domestic presence and growing Asia Pacific reach. Competes with Ben Line on freight forwarding and integrated logistics, particularly on China-origin trades to North America.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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