Antwerp Global Shipping

Name

Antwerp Global Shipping

Legal name

Antwerp Global Shipping

Website

https://antwerpglobalshipping.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Antwerp Global Shipping (AGS) is a privately held Belgian freight forwarder founded in 2006 in Antwerp, offering airfreight, ocean container, warehousing, and land transport services to shippers via a small (11–50 employee) operational footprint.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Freight Brokerage (FCL/LCL) (TLADAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

LCL (Less-than-Container Load) Consolidation/Deconsolidation (TLACABAB), Customs Brokerage for Ocean Shipments (Import/Export Clearance) (TLACABAG), Ocean Import Forwarding (Destination Handling/DO/ISF) (TLACABAE)

Keywords

• Air freight services
• Container shipping
• Warehousing services
• Land transport
• Freight forwarding

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerp

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Antwerp Global Shipping is a logistics company that provides airfreight, container shipments, warehousing, and land transport services. The company bundles four core logistics capabilities — air cargo, ocean container shipping, storage, and ground transport — under a single provider based in Antwerp, Belgium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Freight Air cargo transportation service moving goods by air for business customers needing time-sensitive freight movement, offered as one of four logistics capabilities.
• Container Shipments Ocean container shipping service moving goods in containers via sea freight for business customers, leveraging Antwerp's position as a major European port.
• Warehousing Storage and warehousing service providing short- or longer-term holding of cargo for business customers as part of an integrated logistics offering.
• Land Transport Ground transportation service moving cargo over land via truck or other road-based modes for business customers, often to connect with air, ocean, or warehousing legs.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Germany-headquartered global forwarder with extensive airfreight, ocean, road, and warehousing operations and major presence at Antwerp. Overlaps AGS on every service line, but operates at vastly greater scale across 100+ countries.
• CEVA Logistics: Global third-party logistics provider (CMA CGM-owned) offering freight forwarding, contract logistics, and warehousing. Comparable service portfolio spanning air, ocean, and land, though at enterprise scale across most continents.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Deutsche Post DHL's air and ocean freight forwarding division, with strong Antwerp port presence and full multi-modal offerings. Provides scale and digital tools that small Antwerp forwarders must differentiate against.
• DSV: Danish global transport and logistics company operating air, sea, road, and contract logistics divisions. Highly comparable in service mix to AGS but vastly larger and acquisitive in its consolidation of smaller forwarders.
• DB Schenker: German rail-and-logistics giant offering integrated air, ocean, land, and contract logistics globally. Competes with AGS for European mid-market shippers and has a meaningful Antwerp footprint through land transport and contract logistics.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with leading sea and air forwarding, overland, and contract logistics. A benchmark global incumbent against which any Antwerp-based forwarder competes; sets pricing and digital-experience standards in the same service categories AGS offers.
• Expeditors International: US-listed global logistics company focused on air and ocean freight forwarding plus customs brokerage. Directly comparable service categories (FCL/LCL ocean, airfreight) with strong position in Europe; benchmark for mid-market shipper relationships AGS targets.

Direct peers

• Manuport Logistics: Antwerp-headquartered freight forwarder offering multi-modal services (ocean, air, road, warehousing) with similar Belgian/Southern-Europe trade-lane exposure. Directly comparable by size, location, and service mix to AGS.

Regional players

• GLS (General Logistics Systems): European parcel and logistics network focused on ground-based distribution across Europe. Overlaps AGS on the land transport and warehousing side within Europe; less overlap on ocean/air but a regional logistics peer for European mid-market parcel/freight customers.

Emerging players

• Flexport: US-based tech-enabled freight forwarder digitizing ocean, air, and trucking bookings with a transparent online platform. Represents the digital disruption vector AGS must contend with as shippers increasingly demand real-time visibility and self-service tools.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/antwerp-global-shipping-nv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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