Bluepartners

What Bluepartners does

Bluepartners Logistics (legal entity: Blue Partners Lojistik Ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a privately held Turkish freight forwarding and logistics company founded in 2020, headquartered in the Maslak business district of Istanbul. The company offers a multi-modal transportation portfolio covering road, sea, air, and rail freight; container shipping (including reefer, open-top, flatrack, and isotank units); project cargo for heavy and oversized loads; ship chartering from coastal vessels to large cargo ships; customs-bonded and non-bonded warehousing with handling, labeling, and packaging; and cargo insurance. Bluepartners claims service coverage across 40+ countries spanning Europe, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South Asia, and the Americas, executed through partnerships with shipping lines and ports rather than owned assets.

The company targets B2B customers engaged in import/export trade and manufacturing, positioning itself as a one-stop, door-to-door logistics provider. It operates four offices — Istanbul (headquarters), Mersin (regional hub opened January 2020), Izmir (contact office), and Ipswich, UK (subsidiary Blue Partners Logistics UK Limited) — and holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 27001 certifications. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or named management team, and relies on direct enterprise sales and referrals as its primary go-to-market motion.

The business model is transaction-fee based, with revenue derived from per-shipment freight, storage and handling, chartering, and insurance fees. No proprietary technology platform or AI-enabled capabilities are disclosed; the company's value proposition rests on experienced personnel, a multi-modal service breadth, competitive pricing through supplier relationships, and solution-oriented customer service. Public pricing is not available, and quotes are tailored to each customer's mode, route, cargo type, and volume.

Name

Bluepartners

Legal name

Blue Partners Lojistik Ve Ticaret A.Ş

Website

https://bluepartners.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bluepartners Logistics is a privately held Turkish freight forwarder offering multi-modal road, sea, air, and rail transport, plus warehousing, project cargo, ship chartering, and insurance for B2B import/export and manufacturing customers across 40+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding and Logistics Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Border Freight Brokerage (USMCA/EU, etc.) (TLADAMAN)

Keywords

• Freight forwarding services
• Multimodal transport
• Project cargo logistics
• Warehousing solutions
• Ship chartering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transportation Services: Blue Partners generates revenue through comprehensive logistics and transportation services including road, sea, air, and rail freight. They offer container shipping, project cargo (Poje Kargo), and ship chartering services. Revenue is derived from service fees based on shipment volume, distance, and complexity.
2. Storage Solutions: The company provides warehousing services including bonded and non-bonded warehouse facilities, handling services, equipment supply, stock control, and stock management/labeling/packaging services. Revenue generated from storage and handling fees.
3. Insurance Services: Blue Partners offers transportation insurance services to protect customer cargo against risks during transit. Commission-based or fee-based revenue model for facilitating insurance coverage.
4. Ship Chartering: Vessel chartering services from coastal vessels to large cargo ships, including chartering services, project management, brokerage services, ship agency services, and handling services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Blue Partners is a Turkish freight forwarding and logistics services provider offering door-to-door multimodal transport across road, sea, air, and rail; container shipping worldwide; project cargo and oversized load handling; ship chartering; customs-bonded and non-bonded warehousing with handling, labeling, and packaging; and cargo insurance. Services are bundled for businesses engaged in import/export trade across Turkey, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Product overview

Bluepartners is a logistics company offering a comprehensive suite of transportation and logistics services. The portfolio includes road, sea, air, and rail transport services; container transport with various container types; project cargo transport; ship chartering; storage solutions with customs-bonded facilities; and insurance services. These services work together to provide end-to-end logistics solutions for import, export, and transit shipments across global destinations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Road Transport (Karayolu Taşımacılığı) Door-to-door road transport services for export, import, full loads, intermodal, groupage, and project cargo shipments, including tracking, warehousing, multimodal transport, express service, and special equipment provision for B2B import/export clients.
• Sea Transport (Denizyolu Taşımacılığı) Weekly regular container service and ocean shipping to ports worldwide, delivered through experienced agency and expert personnel for businesses engaged in global trade.
• Air Transport (Havayolu Taşımacılığı) Air cargo services including consolidation, project cargo, transit transport, air charter, perishable cargo, and exhibition transport for time-sensitive and specialized shipments.
• Rail Transport (Demiryolu Taşımacılığı) Railway transport with wagon organization, open and closed wagons, block wagon organization, railway container services, and terminal handling for environmentally efficient bulk and container transport.
• Container Transport (Konteyner Taşımacılığı) Container shipping for import and export across global destinations including Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with special container options such as Open Top, Flatrack, Reefer, and Isotank.
• Project Cargo Transport (Poje Kargo Taşımacılığı) Project cargo transport with documentation, heavy cargo shipping, multimodal/combined transport, lashing and cargo securing, special equipment supply, and oversized load charter for industrial and manufacturing clients.
• Ship Chartering (Gemi Kiralama) Ship chartering services ranging from coastal vessels to large cargo ships, including charter services, project management, brokerage, ship agency, and handling services.
• Storage Solutions (Depolama Çözümleri) Warehousing services including customs-bonded and non-bonded warehouse facilities, handling services, equipment supply, stock control, stock management, labeling, and packaging to reduce customers' supply chain operational costs.
• Insurance Services (Sigorta Hizmetleri) Cargo insurance services to secure customer shipments and mitigate risks during transport, providing urgent solutions aligned to customer logistics needs.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arkas Logistics: Turkish logistics arm of the Arkas Group, providing container, road, rail, and project cargo services plus warehousing. Strong overlap with Bluepartners on container shipping, project cargo, and Turkish-origin/destination trade lanes.
• Mars Logistics: Turkish logistics group offering international freight forwarding (road, sea, air), warehousing, and customs services. Closely aligned service mix and target customer base of Turkish trading and manufacturing exporters.
• Omsan Logistics: Turkish freight forwarding and logistics company with multi-modal capabilities including road, sea, air, rail, and warehousing. Same customer base of Turkish import/export trading companies and manufacturing firms, with comparable product portfolio.
• Ekol Logistics: Major Turkish integrated logistics provider offering road, sea, air, intermodal transport, warehousing, and cross-border services. Directly comparable to Bluepartners as a domestic Turkish forwarder with similar multi-modal service breadth, though significantly larger in scale.

Broad incumbents

• DSV: Global transport and logistics company (recently expanded via DB Schenker acquisition). Competes in sea, air, road freight forwarding globally, including Turkey-origin lanes, with substantially greater scale.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global freight forwarding and logistics incumbent with deep presence across sea, air, road, and contract logistics. Competes with Bluepartners for Turkish export/import volumes but operates at vastly greater scale and with proprietary digital platforms.
• DHL Global Forwarding: World's largest air and ocean freight forwarder, with extensive presence in Turkey. Overlaps directly on multi-modal freight forwarding and project cargo, but offers much broader product suite and global network.
• Expeditors International: US-listed global logistics provider specializing in air and ocean freight forwarding plus customs brokerage. Competes for Turkish international trade volumes with a much larger asset-light forwarder model.
• CEVA Logistics: Global third-party logistics provider (CMA CGM subsidiary) with end-to-end freight, contract logistics, and supply chain solutions. Overlaps with Bluepartners on multi-modal forwarding and warehousing at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Flexport: Digital-first freight forwarder with technology-led ocean, air, trucking, and customs offerings. Represents the tech-enabled forwarder model Bluepartners lacks, competing for the same cross-border shipper wallet in Turkey-Europe/Middle East lanes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bluepartners-logistics

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

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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