Beweship

What Beweship does

Beweship is a Finnish privately-owned freight forwarding and logistics company founded in 1957 and headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, with wholly-owned subsidiary offices in Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia), and Gdynia (Poland). The company provides multi-modal international transportation services — road freight, sea freight, and air freight — supplemented by customs clearance brokerage, warehousing and terminal operations, fine art logistics, event logistics, project logistics, and removals. Beweship's primary customer segment is B2B industrial and commercial customers requiring international freight coordination, with a secondary use case serving museums, galleries, and cultural institutions that require specialized art handling. Global coverage beyond the four owned offices is delivered through long-term relationships with international freight partners.

The company operates a sales-led, quote-based go-to-market with revenue streams spanning transaction fees for freight forwarding and customs services, and recurring revenue from warehousing and terminal operations. Beweship's technology stack includes a customer-facing extranet, warehouse management systems, and real-time shipment tracking — standard freight forwarding tooling without disclosed proprietary platform components or API/SDK offerings. Marketing is conducted through a multilingual website (Finnish, Swedish, English, Estonian, Polish), the BeweBlog content channel, and direct regional sales. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; fuel surcharges are published and vary by region and transport mode.

Beweship is structured as Oy Beweship Ab, a Finnish private limited company, and is a member of Suomen Perheyritysten Liitto (Finnish Family Business Association), indicating concentrated family ownership with no disclosed parent company, external investors, or funding rounds. Leadership includes Group CEO Bengt Westerholm, Executive Vice President Juha Määttä (appointed January 2019), and regional CEOs including Juliusz Lewandowski for Beweship Polska. Recent strategic priorities have centered on sustainability positioning — EcoVadis Bronze Medal (2025), Climate Community membership, and a biofuel-based groupage service partnership with Kaukokiito (2024) — alongside the AEO customs certification (2023) and Reliable Partner industry certification (2024).

Name

Beweship

Legal name

Oy Beweship Ab

Website

https://beweship.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Beweship is a privately-owned Finnish freight forwarding and logistics company founded in 1957, providing road, sea, and air freight plus customs, warehousing, and fine art logistics to B2B industrial customers across Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), General Warehousing and Storage (49311), Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Dedicated / Contract Carriage Brokerage (Shippers’ Managed Capacity) (TLACACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Truckload (TL) Freight Brokerage (TLADAMAB), Cross-Border Freight Brokerage (USMCA/EU, etc.) (TLADAMAN), Heavy Haul / Oversize / Project Cargo Brokerage (TLADAMAJ)

Keywords

• International freight forwarding
• Road freight services
• Sea freight services
• Air freight services
• Customs clearance brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

Vantaa

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Forwarding Services: Core revenue stream from international freight forwarding including road, sea, and air freight services. The company handles cargo transportation, customs clearance, and logistics coordination across multiple transport modes.
2. Warehousing and Terminal Services: Storage and terminal services for cargo, providing handling, consolidation, and distribution capabilities.
3. Customs Clearance Services: Professional customs brokerage and clearance services for international shipments.
4. Specialized Logistics Services: Fine art logistics, event logistics, project logistics, and removals services for specialized cargo handling.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Beweship is a Finnish freight forwarding and logistics company that arranges international and domestic cargo transportation across road, sea, and air modes, supplemented by customs clearance brokerage, warehousing and terminal services, and specialized handling for fine art, events, project/heavy-lift cargo, and removals. The company serves B2B customers with operations spanning Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland, leveraging long-standing international partner relationships to provide worldwide coverage.

Product overview

Beweship is a logistics and freight forwarding company offering a comprehensive suite of transportation and logistics services. The core offering includes road freight, sea freight, and air freight transportation across international routes. Specialized services include fine art logistics for museums and galleries, event logistics for exhibitions and trade shows, project logistics for heavy-lift cargo, and removals for household and office relocations. Supporting services include customs clearance brokerage and warehouse/terminal operations for storage, consolidation, and distribution. The company operates as a unified service portfolio without a modular platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Road Freight International and domestic road freight transportation services across Europe, including groupage and full-load shipments, for B2B industrial and commercial customers.
• Sea Freight International sea freight services for containerized and bulk cargo shipments worldwide, supporting B2B shippers needing global ocean transport coordination.
• Air Freight Air cargo services for time-sensitive and high-value shipments with global coverage, targeting customers requiring rapid international delivery.
• Fine Art Logistics Specialized logistics services for fine art, antiques, and museum exhibitions including climate-controlled transport and white-glove handling, primarily for museums, galleries, and cultural institutions.
• Warehouse – Terminal Warehousing and terminal services including storage, consolidation, deconsolidation, and distribution operations, supporting B2B customers' supply chain needs.
• Event Logistics Logistics services for exhibitions, trade shows, and large-scale events including setup and teardown coordination, targeting event organizers and trade-show exhibitors.
• Customs Clearance Customs brokerage and clearance services for import, export, and transit shipments across international borders, leveraging the company's AEO certification for trusted-trader status.
• Project Logistics Heavy-lift and oversized cargo logistics services for industrial projects, including route planning and specialized equipment, for industrial project shippers.
• Removals International and domestic moving services for household goods, personal effects, and office relocations.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• KaukokiitocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 January 2024Strategic partnership for sustainable logistics services. Beginning in 2024, Beweship introduced Kaukokiito's BIO service for certain domestic groupage shipments, focusing on reducing carbon footprint through biofuels-based transport solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DSV: Danish-headquartered global freight forwarder offering road, air, sea, and contract logistics across 80+ countries. Highly comparable as a multi-modal forwarder serving European shippers, though much larger in scale.
• Dachser: German family-owned logistics company specializing in European road freight plus global air and sea freight forwarding. Comparable in family ownership, multi-modal European focus, and warehousing integration.
• CEVA Logistics: French-headquartered global freight forwarder and contract logistics provider owned by CMA CGM. Comparable multi-modal service portfolio spanning road, sea, and air freight plus contract logistics.
• Scan Global Logistics: Danish-headquartered global freight forwarder offering air, sea, road, and contract logistics. Comparable Nordic origin, mid-market scale, and multi-modal forwarding model.
• GAC Group: Originally founded in Finland, now a global logistics provider offering freight forwarding, contract logistics, and specialized services across multiple modes. Comparable Finnish heritage and multi-modal forwarder profile.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: German family-owned global freight forwarder with similar multi-modal offering (road, sea, air, contract logistics). Closely comparable in family-ownership culture and European mid-market positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Kuehne+Nagel: Swiss-headquartered global leader in sea freight, air freight, contract logistics, and overland. A broader incumbent competing with Beweship across multi-modal services but at vastly larger scale.
• DB Schenker: German-headquartered global freight forwarder and logistics provider offering land transport, air, ocean, and contract logistics. A broad incumbent with overlapping multi-modal capabilities.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Division of Deutsche Post DHL offering air, ocean, road freight and customs services globally. A much larger incumbent competing for the same multi-modal freight forwarding customers.

Regional players

• PostNord / Bring: Nordic postal and logistics group operating primarily in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Comparable Nordic regional presence and offering road freight and contract logistics to Nordic shippers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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