East-West Shipping Agency

What East-West Shipping Agency does

East-West Shipping Agency Ltd (EWSA) is a privately held Estonian freight forwarder and multimodal logistics provider headquartered in Tallinn at Väike-Paala 2. The company organizes international road, air, railway, and sea transportation, supplemented by bonded warehousing and customs clearance, for B2B import/export companies and industrial shippers moving cargo across Europe, the Baltic States, the CIS, Russia, China, Central Asia, and Mongolia. Its five core service lines — Road Transport, Air Transport, Railway Transport, Sea Transport, and Warehouse Services — are sold as standalone offerings or combined into multimodal solutions.

Name

East-West Shipping Agency

Legal name

East-West Shipping Agency Ltd

Website

https://ewsa.ee

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

No AI/ML evidence is present in the input. The company describes a 'Real-time Container Tracking System' and 'Real-time Inventory Management' with online data treatment, but these read as conventional logistics IT (visibility dashboards, sensor/RFID-fed inventory updates) rather than AI-driven systems. There are no disclosed patents, no AI/ML hires, no proprietary models, no training pipelines, no data flywheel mechanics, no API or SDK surface, and no app. The risk is that competitors introducing AI-driven route optimization, ETA prediction, or document automation could erode EWSA's service-level differentiation over time.0_no_aiEast-West Shipping Agency Ltd is an Estonian multimodal freight forwarder offering road, air, rail, sea, and bonded warehousing services to B2B import/export and industrial shippers across Europe, the CIS, Russia, China, and Central Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Customs Brokerage for Ocean Shipments (Import/Export Clearance) (TLACABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ocean Import Forwarding (Destination Handling/DO/ISF) (TLACABAE), High-Value & Secure Air Cargo (Valuables, Security Screening, Escort) (TLACAAAH), International Intermodal Ocean-Rail (Port Rail Drayage) (TLADAFAB)

Keywords

• Freight forwarding services
• International logistics solutions
• Multimodal cargo transport
• Customs clearance services
• Bonded warehousing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Forwarding Services: Full complex of freight forwarding services including organization of rail freightage, carriage by sea, and transportation by truck. Forwarders track freight throughout entire transportation line and render practical assistance to cargo owners.
2. Road Transport: Reliable and flexible truck transportation services across Europe, the Baltic States, CIS countries, and Russia with customs clearance
3. Air Transport: Fast and reliable air cargo transportation to virtually any destination worldwide through partnerships with leading airlines
4. Railway Transport: Railway cargo transportation from China and Europe to Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia using owned container fleet
5. Sea Transport: Full-service sea container transport with competitive pricing and reliable routes through partnerships with global shipping companies. Handles international shipments from 'port to port' or 'door to door'
6. Warehouse and Storage Services: Comprehensive warehouse services including customs storage, handling, packaging, and real-time inventory management across Europe

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

East-West Shipping Agency Ltd provides multimodal freight forwarding and logistics services across Europe, the Baltic States, CIS countries, Russia, China, Central Asia, and Mongolia. Its core offerings span road, air, railway, and sea transport, complemented by bonded warehouse and customs storage facilities at the Port of Muuga, supported by an owned fleet of 40ft railway containers and real-time cargo tracking.

Product overview

East-West Shipping Agency offers a portfolio of five interconnected freight and logistics services: Road Transport, Air Transport, Railway Transport, Sea Transport, and Warehouse Services. The company operates as a freight forwarding provider combining international trucking, air cargo, railway freight (from China and Europe), ocean container shipping, and bonded warehouse facilities with customs clearance capabilities. These services are designed to work both independently and in combination as part of multimodal transport solutions, with the railway and warehouse services serving as key differentiators for long-distance Asia-Europe corridor logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Road Transport International truck transportation services across Europe, the Baltic States, CIS countries, and Russia, including customs clearance and handling of all cargo types such as oversized, perishable, and hazardous goods, tailored to B2B shippers.
• Air Transport Fast and reliable air cargo transportation to virtually any destination worldwide, provided for perishable goods, high-value equipment, and packaged cargo through partnerships with leading international airlines.
• Railway Transport Railway cargo transportation from China and Europe to Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia, using an owned fleet of 40HC, 40HCPW, 40HC Heavy Tested, and 40DC containers, with route planning, cargo securing, and real-time tracking.
• Sea Transport Full-service sea container transport offering port-to-port and door-to-door delivery, with documentation, customs clearance, real-time container tracking, and competitive pricing through partnerships with global shipping lines.
• Warehouse and Storage Services Comprehensive warehouse and customs-bonded storage across Europe, including handling, packaging, temperature-controlled and dangerous cargo storage, with real-time inventory management at the Port of Muuga facility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Guaranteed on-time delivery with full refund in case of damages for railway transport

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Shenzen Succeed Spirit Forwarding Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChina-based agent partner providing freight forwarding services in Shenzhen region. Office located at RM 1314, Zhongzhen BLDG., South Luofang RD., Luohu district, Shenzhen. Contact: Molita Liu ([email protected])
• Shenzhen Succeed Spirit Forwarding Co., Ltd. (Transoceanic Agent)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransoceanic shipping agent partner for handling international ocean freight forwarding operations
• Leading Global Shipping CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term direct relationships with leading global shipping companies providing competitive pricing and reliable routes for sea container transport
• Leading International Air CarrierscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with leading international airlines for air cargo transportation ensuring safe and timely delivery worldwide

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Kuehne+Nagel International AG: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with a comparable multimodal portfolio and significant operations along the China–Europe rail corridor, competing for the same export-import and industrial customer base.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Germany-based global freight forwarder offering the same multimodal portfolio (road, rail, sea, air, warehousing) with similar China–Europe rail and CIS expertise, but at materially larger scale and broader geographic coverage.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Division of Deutsche Post DHL providing air, ocean, road, and rail freight forwarding with customs clearance — a global benchmark for the same end-to-end product mix EWSA offers.
• DSV A/S: Global freight forwarder with deep presence in the Baltic region and a broad air/sea/road/rail product, competing for many of the same shippers as EWSA but at vastly larger scale and digital maturity.
• DB Schenker: German-headquartered multimodal logistics provider with strong land transport in Europe and rail forwarding between Europe and Asia, directly overlapping with EWSA's rail and road services.

Direct peers

• ACE Logistics Group: Baltic-region freight forwarder headquartered in neighboring Lithuania, offering road, sea, air, and rail forwarding with similar CIS and European customer base.
• AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG: Estonia-headquartered international freight forwarder with comparable size, multimodal product (road, rail, sea, air, warehousing) and strong historical focus on CIS, Russia, and China trade lanes — the closest publicly identifiable peer to EWSA.
• Gebrüder Weiss: Mid-sized family-owned global forwarder with comparable portfolio of road, air, sea, and logistics services and particular strength in the Baltic/Eastern European corridors.
• Bansard International: Mid-sized international freight forwarder originating in France with a comparable product mix of air, sea, road, and rail forwarding, including China–Europe trade lane coverage.

Regional players

• Modul Transport: Estonia-based freight forwarder with a similarly multimodal portfolio, competing in the same Tallinn-domestic market for export-import and Baltic/CIS business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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