Cosmo Express

What Cosmo Express does

Cosmo Express (operating under the trade names CNC, CNC Worldwide, and the Cosmo Express Group) is a privately held international freight forwarding company founded in 1991 as a Container Freight Station serving the Los Angeles airport area. The company has grown to operate 17 owned branch offices across 7 countries (United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, and South Korea), supplemented by a partner office network in 11 additional countries extending coverage across Central and South America. Henry Kim serves as Chairman and Founder.

The company's core offering consists of six integrated service lines: air freight forwarding, ocean freight forwarding, trucking, project cargo logistics, warehousing services, and packing solutions. Its specialization is in project cargo (oil drilling rigs, mining equipment, power plant components) and breakbulk movements, particularly in the Central and South American corridors where it leverages Asia (Busan, Seoul) and US (Los Angeles, Miami, Laredo) offices as transfer points. Value-added services include bonded warehousing at US ports and free trade zones in Colombia and Chile, IMMEX warehousing in Mexico, and a dedicated KD/CKD kit packing operation in Monterrey with over 15,000 CBM per month capacity serving automotive parts manufacturers.

Revenue is generated through transaction fees on freight forwarding arrangements, managed-services fees for warehousing and storage, and professional-services fees for packing and consulting work. Pricing is entirely quote-based and determined per shipment, with no public rate cards. The go-to-market is sales-led and field-driven: each branch office manages its own customer relationships locally, with inquiries routed through the company website to the appropriate office. The company serves a horizontal mix of customers including project-cargo shippers in mining, oil and gas, and energy, automotive parts manufacturers in Mexico, and general importers/exporters across the Americas and Asia.

Name

Cosmo Express

Legal name

Cosmo Express Int'l Corp.

Website

https://cosmoexpress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cosmo Express (CNC Worldwide) is a privately held international freight forwarding company founded in 1991, operating 17 owned offices across 7 countries with a focus on project cargo, breakbulk, and warehousing services for Central and South American corridors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Freight Forwarding Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Air–Ocean Multimodal Forwarding (TLACAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Project & OOG/Breakbulk Ocean Forwarding (Out-of-Gauge, RoRo) (TLACABAH), Customs Brokerage for Ocean Shipments (Import/Export Clearance) (TLACABAG), Express / Time-Critical Air Freight (Next-Flight-Out, AOG, Just-in-Time) (TLACAAAD), Ocean Export Forwarding (Booking/VGM/SI/BL) (TLACABAF), Ocean Import Forwarding (Destination Handling/DO/ISF) (TLACABAE)

Keywords

• International freight forwarding
• Project cargo logistics
• Breakbulk shipping
• Customs brokerage services
• Bonded warehousing

Headquarters

HQ city

Norwalk

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Freight Forwarding Services: Cosmo Express generates revenue through freight forwarding fees for air, ocean, and land transportation arrangements. Services include freight consolidation, terminal handling, customs processing, re-forwarding, and in-bond transportation. Revenue is derived from arranging transportation rather than owning transportation assets.
2. Warehousing Services: Revenue is generated from providing bonded warehousing at US ports (Los Angeles, Laredo), IMMEX warehousing in Mexico, bonded warehousing in Colombia's Zona Franca district and Chile's Zofri region, as well as long-term storage and distribution center solutions. Fees are charged for storage duration and handling services.
3. Packing Solutions: Packing solutions services in Mexico for automotive parts manufacturers, including knock-down (KD) and complete knock-down (CKD) kit packing, and return merchandise authorization (RMA) service. Revenue is generated through service fees for consulting, development, and execution of packing services, with capacity of over 15,000 CBM per month.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cosmo Express is an international freight forwarding company that arranges air, ocean, and ground transportation of cargo along with customs processing, warehousing, and packing services. It specializes in project cargo logistics for high-value, high-volume, or oversized cargo such as oil drilling rigs, mining equipment, and power plant components, with a focus on breakbulk movements to and from Central and South America. The company delivers services through its owned branch offices and partner offices across the Americas and Asia.

Product overview

Cosmo Express is an international freight forwarding company operating as a network of 17 offices across North America, Central America, South America, and Asia. The company offers a unified suite of logistics services centered around freight forwarding (air and ocean), supplemented by trucking, project cargo logistics, warehousing, and packing solutions. The core offering consists of six integrated service lines: Air Freight Forwarding and Ocean Freight Forwarding as the primary transportation modes, supported by Trucking for ground transport, Project Cargo Logistics for specialized high-value cargo, Warehousing Services for bonded and general storage, and Packing Solutions for automotive packaging in Mexico. The company specializes in project cargo and breakbulk movements, with a focus on Central and South American markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Freight Forwarding International cargo transportation service using airplanes as the main mode of transport, involving planning, documentation, customs processing, and coordination with airlines for time-sensitive shipments.
• Ocean Freight Forwarding

Segments4 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.

• Partner Offices (Various)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCosmo Express maintains a network of closely-held partner offices across 11 countries: Paraguay (Asuncion), Guatemala (Guatemala City), Nicaragua (Managua), Uruguay (Montevideo), Panama (Panama City), Haiti (Port-au-Prince), Puerto Rico (San Juan), Costa Rica (San Jose), El Salvador (San Salvador), Bolivia (Santa Cruz de la Sierra), and Brazil (Sao Paulo). These partner offices extend service coverage to countries where CNC does not have owned branch offices.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• DHL Global Forwarding: World's largest air and ocean freight forwarder with extensive Latin American, Asian, and global network. Comparable as a broad incumbent competitor for enterprise forwarding customers, customs brokerage, and supply chain services across all of Cosmo Express's operating geographies.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with global air, ocean, and overland operations including dedicated project logistics and Latin American coverage. Comparable as a direct competitor for large enterprise project cargo customers and general freight forwarding accounts.
• Panalpina (now DSV): Global freight forwarder with strong project cargo and Latin American presence, now part of DSV following the 2019 acquisition. Comparable because it serves the same mining, oil & gas, and oversized cargo customers with multimodal air/ocean forwarding and project logistics capabilities.
• DB Schenker: Global logistics provider with significant project cargo, air, ocean, and land transport capabilities. Comparable as a competitor for enterprise freight forwarding customers, particularly those requiring complex multi-jurisdiction shipping across the Americas and Asia.
• CEVA Logistics: Global logistics company offering freight forwarding, contract logistics, and supply chain solutions with significant Latin American presence. Comparable as a broad competitor for cross-border freight, contract logistics, and warehousing services overlapping with Cosmo Express's offering.
• Expeditors International: Global freight forwarder with strong air and ocean forwarding presence across the Americas and Asia. Comparable as a competitor for mid-to-large enterprise shippers, particularly in the air freight and customs brokerage segments where Cosmo Express also operates.

Direct peers

• Fracht AG: Swiss-headquartered freight forwarder specializing in project cargo, heavy lift, and complex international logistics. Comparable to Cosmo Express as a specialist competitor for project cargo customers requiring multimodal air/ocean/heavy lift solutions and customs expertise.
• Transcargo International: Latin America-focused freight forwarder with project cargo and breakbulk expertise. Directly comparable to Cosmo Express as a regional specialist competing for the same mining, oil & gas, and oversized cargo customers across Central and South American corridors.
• Senator International: Specialist project cargo forwarder with focus on heavy lift, oversized, and complex international shipments. Highly comparable to Cosmo Express's project cargo logistics segment serving mining, energy, and industrial customers with specialized transport requirements.

Emerging players

• Flexport: Digital-native freight forwarder offering technology-enabled air, ocean, and trucking services globally. Comparable as an emerging competitive threat to traditional relationship-driven forwarders like Cosmo Express, particularly for tech-forward enterprise shippers seeking digital booking and visibility tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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