GV Sea Freight

What GV Sea Freight does

GV Sea Freight is a Barcelona-headquartered private logistics company specializing in air and maritime freight for the fashion and apparel industry, with a service corridor anchored on Asian manufacturing origins (China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, plus a wider Southeast and East Asia agent footprint). Its core product is the Garment on Hanger (GOH) system, which uses proprietary hanging structures in containers and trailers to transport garments from origin to destination SILO warehouses without re-hanging, eliminating handling damage and accelerating distribution-center unloading.

The company's technical stack centers on internally developed BI (Business Intelligence) tools and a backoffice platform that allow customers and operators to monitor load and merchandise optimization in real time, paired with a density-analysis system that evaluates garment measurements, weight, composition, and quality to optimize box sizes and transport formats. Operational claims include a 25% reduction in unloading time, a 33% reduction in transport costs for customers adopting GOH, and an aggregate 200,000+ tons of CO2 reduced annually through load optimization. Distribution is delivered through a direct enterprise sales motion backed by an agent network across at least 13 Asian countries.

GV Sea Freight monetizes through per-shipment transactional fees across air freight, maritime freight, groupage/cargo consolidation, warehousing (including GOH SILO), and customs brokerage, plus two professional-services revenue streams: GOH consultancy (loading plans and supplier/customer training) and packaging consultancy (density analysis and sustainable packaging review). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The target customer is enterprise fashion and apparel brands importing from Asia; the company discloses no headcount, revenue figures, funding history, or executive leadership in publicly available materials, leaving its scale as a verifiable open question.

Name

GV Sea Freight

Legal name

GV Sea Freight

Website

https://gvseafreight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Barcelona-based private logistics company specializing in air and maritime freight for enterprise fashion and apparel brands, with proprietary Garment on Hanger (GOH) systems and an agent network across 13+ Asian manufacturing countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Apparel Logistics Services

NAICS

Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Import Forwarding (Destination Handling/DO/ISF) (TLACABAE)

Keywords

• Air freight services
• Maritime freight forwarding
• Garment on hanger transport
• Apparel logistics solutions
• Freight forwarding consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Air Freight Services: Air transportation services for garments and merchandise from Asia (China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, and general Asia) to various destinations.
2. Maritime Freight Services: Maritime/shipping container services for garment transport, including GOH (Garment on Hanger) solutions for optimized container utilization.
3. Groupage Services: Cargo consolidation (groupage) services for efficient shipping of smaller shipments.
4. Storage/Warehousing Services: Storage and warehousing services including SILO (garment on hanger warehouse) facilities.
5. Customs Brokerage Services: Customs clearance services to facilitate international trade.
6. GOH Consultancy Services: Consulting services for optimizing garment on hanger transport, including loading plans and supplier/customer training.
7. Packaging Consultancy Services: Consulting services for optimizing box sizes, density analysis, and sustainable packaging solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GV Sea Freight is an integral logistics company that transports garments by air and sea from Asia (China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other Asian countries) to global destinations. Its core offering is the Garment on Hanger (GOH) system—hanging structures on bars or ropes that allow garments to arrive at distribution centers ready for display without re-handling. This is complemented by GOH and packaging consultancy, customs brokerage, warehousing/SILO, and groupage services.

Product overview

GV Sea Freight is an integral logistics company offering a unified service portfolio focused on garment transportation optimization. The core product is the Prenda Colgada (Garment on Hanger) system, available in two formats: hanging on bars and hanging on ropes. This is complemented by two consultancy services—GOH Consultancy for hanging garment optimization and Packaging Consultancy for box-based garment density optimization. The company also provides air and maritime transport services across Asia routes, supported by BI technologies and backoffice tools for real-time monitoring. All services integrate sustainability considerations, including CO2 reduction tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Garment on Hanger (GOH) Transport Structures (Prenda Colgada) Hanging structures that optimize shipments in containers or trailers, maintaining garment quality from origin to SILO warehouse while reducing unloading time and quality incidents. Available in two formats: hanging on bars and hanging on ropes.
• GOH Consultancy (Consultoría Prenda Colgada) Real-time garment analysis (measurements, weight, composition, quality) combined with loading plans adapted to truck or container transport, plus supplier and customer training on GOH equipment use and optimization, aimed at reducing transport costs.
• Packaging Consultancy (Consultoría Paquetería) Real-time garment analysis (measures, weight, consumables, composition, quality) with density analysis for different transport modes, identifying optimal box types to avoid underfill or overfill, ensuring product quality from origin to distribution center, and reviewing consumables for sustainability.
• Air and Maritime Freight Services (Servicios de Logística Integral) Integral logistics services specializing in air and maritime transport for origin/destination routes to and from China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Asia in general, covering groupage, storage, customs, and agent network services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% faster unloading of garments
• +3 more outcomes

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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hospital San Juan de DiosminorOthersGV Sea Freight collaborates with Hospital San Juan de Dios, providing solidarity support to improve care and well-being of patients and their families. This is a charitable/corporate social responsibility partnership rather than a commercial arrangement.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Geodis: Geodis is a France-based global logistics provider with a Fashion & Luxury sector offering spanning freight forwarding, contract logistics and customization/finishing services for apparel brands. It is comparable because it competes in the same European-anchored, fashion-specialized freight-forwarding space with multi-modal Asia capabilities.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Hellmann is a Germany-headquartered global freight forwarder with a published Fashion & Lifestyle sector vertical offering air, ocean and contract logistics with garment-handling competence. It is directly comparable because it serves the same apparel brands on Asia-origin lanes from a European base, with similar mid-sized, family-controlled heritage.
• Kerry Logistics Network: Kerry Logistics is a Hong Kong-listed, Asia-headquartered logistics group with a dedicated Fashion & Lifestyle division handling garment-on-hanger and DC-ready delivery for global apparel brands. It is a direct peer given the parallel Asia-anchored, fashion-specialized service portfolio and similar target customer profile.
• Yusen Logistics: Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered global forwarder with deep intra-Asia coverage and dedicated apparel/fashion supply-chain solutions. It is comparable because it serves similar enterprise fashion customers moving garments from Asian production hubs to global distribution centers, with comparable value-added garment-handling capabilities.
• CEVA Logistics: CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM subsidiary) is a global 3PL with a dedicated fashion & apparel industry vertical offering contract logistics, freight management and value-added services such as garment handling and distribution-center support. It is a direct peer because it competes for the same enterprise fashion customers on Asia-origin freight and DC-ready delivery, overlapping with GV Sea Freight's GOH-style offering at larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• DSV: DSV is a Denmark-based global freight forwarder formed through the merger of DSV, Panalpina, GIL and Schenker, with deep Asia-origin ocean freight capabilities and apparel/fashion customers. It is a broad incumbent serving the same enterprise fashion customers but as part of a much larger, multi-vertical portfolio rather than a specialized niche.
• DHL Global Forwarding: DHL Global Forwarding is the air and ocean freight arm of Deutsche Post DHL, with a dedicated Fashion & Apparel industry team covering Asia-origin lanes for global brands. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same fashion customers but offering GOH-style capabilities as part of a much broader service portfolio.
• Expeditors International: Expeditors is a US-listed global freight forwarder with strong Asia-origin air and ocean capability serving apparel and retail customers. It is a broad incumbent comparable in service scope (forwarding, customs) but does not specialize in garment-on-hanger containerization as a focused niche.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Kuehne+Nagel is one of the world's largest freight forwarders with a significant apparel/fashion customer base and strong Asia-Europe ocean freight capabilities. It is a broad incumbent because, while it operates in the same lanes and serves similar customers, its offering is part of a much wider portfolio and is not specialized in garment-on-hanger containerization as a niche.

Emerging players

• LF Logistics (Li & Fung): LF Logistics is the Hong Kong-headquartered, fashion-specialized logistics arm of Li & Fung, focused on apparel supply-chain orchestration from Asian production to global retail distribution. It is an emerging player because, post the 2022 Maersk divestment, it operates at a different scale and with a different geographic emphasis than GV Sea Freight, but with directly comparable fashion-vertical specialization and Asia-origin GOH-style services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 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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