CROSS TRANS SERVICE GMBH

What CROSS TRANS SERVICE GMBH does

CROSS TRANS SERVICE GMBH is a privately held German limited liability company headquartered in Bremerhaven, founded in 1996, operating in logistics and freight forwarding. The company's service portfolio spans vehicle shipping (with a niche specialization in classic car imports), customs clearance, multimodal freight forwarding across FCL, LCL, and air freight, and warehousing. It has held Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certification since 2010, an EU-level credential that streamlines customs processing and reduces inspection frequency for trusted traders. The firm operates with a small staff — an office team of roughly eight to ten supported by a mobile operations contingent — and runs a dedicated "Young Professionals" team, signaling structured onboarding and a modest capacity build-out.

The company serves a hybrid customer base that combines B2B importers and exporters with B2C private clients, particularly owners and dealers in the classic car market. Operational delivery is anchored by a partnership with H.C. ROEVER, a Bremerhaven-based ship agency that extends the company's port-side coverage. CROSS TRANS maintains a digital Import Duty Calculator as a self-service quoting tool, and operates a bilingual German-English website alongside an Instagram marketing channel, indicating intent to court international and consumer-facing customers beyond the local Bremerhaven market.

The business model is service-based and fee-driven, generating revenue through freight forwarding commissions, customs brokerage charges, vehicle shipping rates, and warehousing rentals. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and the firm has raised no external capital, operating entirely on internal funding since incorporation. Leadership comprises Managing Partner Heiko von Glahn and General Manager Christoph Fixsen. The company does not publish revenue, customer counts, or throughput data, and there are no external investors or disclosed transactions.

Name

CROSS TRANS SERVICE GMBH

Legal name

CROSS TRANS SERVICE GmbH

Website

https://crosstrans.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CROSS TRANS SERVICE GMBH is a Bremerhaven-based freight forwarder and customs broker founded in 1996, offering vehicle shipping, classic car imports, FCL/LCL/air freight, and warehousing to B2B traders and B2C private clients across European trade lanes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885), Couriers and Express Delivery Services (492110)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Transportation Services (4700), Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Border Intermodal (Customs-in-Transit/Transit Regimes) Forwarding (TLACAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cross-Border Freight Brokerage (USMCA/EU, etc.) (TLADAMAN), Cross-Border Trucking & Border Transfer (Linehaul, Transloading) (TLACACAC)

Keywords

• Freight forwarding services
• Vehicle shipping logistics
• Customs clearance services
• International car transport
• Warehousing logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremerhaven

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Logistics and Freight Forwarding Services: Service-based revenue from international and domestic transport, container logistics, car shipping, freight forwarding (FCL, LCL, air freight), and project shipments. Revenue generated through service fees for transport, handling, customs clearance, and warehousing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CROSS TRANS SERVICE GMBH is a German freight forwarding and logistics company based in Bremerhaven, founded in 1996. The company provides vehicle transport, customs clearance, full-container-load (FCL) and less-than-container-load (LCL) ocean freight, air freight, warehousing, and classic car import services to both commercial clients and private individuals. It holds AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) certification since 2010, enabling trusted customs handling across international borders.

Product overview

Cross Trans Service GmbH is a logistics and freight forwarding company operating from Bremerhaven since 1996. The company offers an integrated portfolio of logistics services centered around vehicle shipping and transport, including international car shipping, customs clearance, freight forwarding (FCL, LCL, air freight), warehousing, and specialized classic car imports. The services are delivered as a unified service offering rather than a software platform, combining road, rail, sea, and air freight capabilities with customs brokerage and warehousing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vehicle Transport
• Customs Clearance
• Ocean Freight (FCL and LCL)
• Air Freight
• Warehousing
• Classic Car Import

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• H. C. ROEVERcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross Trans Service works together with shipping agency H. C. ROEVER for ship brokerage, tankers and bulk carriers, cruise ships, superyachts, logistical support and project cargo. H. C. ROEVER supports Cross Trans Service's business operations with their expertise in maritime services. Located at Bremerhaven, contact: [email protected], +49 (0) 471 9458065.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Logwin AG: German-listed forwarder with European road transport, air/sea freight, and customs services. Comparable in service portfolio (freight forwarding + customs) and European mid-market customer base; larger and publicly traded.
• Senator International: Bremen-headquartered global forwarder specializing in sea and air freight, project cargo, and supply chain solutions. Comparable to Cross Trans in regional North German port orientation and forwarding focus.
• Rhenus Logistics: German-headquartered multimodal forwarder with warehousing, customs, and global forwarding services. Directly comparable to Cross Trans in service mix and German/European customer base; substantially larger and broader geographically.
• Hellmann Worldwide Logistics: Osnabrück-headquartered global freight forwarder with strong road, sea, and air freight capabilities plus customs brokerage. Highly comparable to Cross Trans in its German mid-market forwarding and customs services portfolio, though operating at materially larger scale.
• Fr. Meyer's Sohn (FMS): Family-owned German freight forwarder offering sea, air, and road transport with customs and project cargo capabilities. Closely comparable in culture (founder/family-owned), German mid-market positioning, and cross-border forwarding focus.

Broad incumbents

• Geodis: French-headquartered global forwarder with freight forwarding, customs, and contract logistics. Comparable in multimodal forwarding and customs offerings; substantially larger and serves enterprise customers globally.
• DB Schenker: German-headquartered global forwarder and logistics provider offering land, air, ocean, and contract logistics. Comparable to Cross Trans in core forwarding services and German base, but operates at enterprise scale across all major trade lanes.
• Kuehne + Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with extensive sea, air, road, and customs brokerage capabilities globally. Operates in the same cross-border forwarding space as Cross Trans but at vastly greater scale and across all major trade lanes.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Global forwarding arm of Deutsche Post DHL offering air, ocean, road freight and customs services worldwide. Overlaps directly with Cross Trans's forwarding + customs portfolio but serves enterprise and global accounts at significantly larger scale.
• DSV A/S: Major Danish-headquartered global forwarder with strong European road and air/ocean freight and customs offerings. Comparable in core service mix (freight forwarding + customs) but operates globally at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/crosstransservicebhv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cross-trans-service-gmbh

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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