Logiport

What Logiport does

Logiport Ltd is a privately held UK-based service company that facilitates long-term ocean freight contracts between retailers and suppliers on one side and shipping carriers on the other. Founded approximately 15 years ago by Nick Kay and operating from Bolton under the logiport.co.uk domain, the company has a core team of roughly nine employees, including Director Joe Shudall (six years at the firm) and Analysis and Operations lead Tom Nicholls (seven years). The company explicitly positions itself as an advocate rather than a logistics operator, negotiating back-to-back contracts directly with carriers that carry Beneficial Cargo Owner (BCO) obligations to the client.

The company's flagship offering, Ocean Freight Contracts, is delivered through a consultative sales process: clients share volumes and lanes via a custom profile sheet, Logiport matches them to aligned carrier contracts on a fee or commission basis, and clients then book freight using their existing freight managers. The platform function is purely a service overlay; no proprietary technology, software product, or API is documented. Logiport works with carriers across all major alliances and groups clients into peer cohorts alongside major European retailers to secure volume-based rates, providing transparent pricing across lanes, carriers, and costs.

Logiport's go-to-market is enterprise-focused and sales-led, relying on direct email outreach ([email protected]) and a corporate website for lead generation. The company is bootstrapped, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investment, and serves a horizontal base of retailers and suppliers primarily in Europe. The revenue model is transaction-fee based, tied to contract facilitation rather than freight capacity ownership, and the overall structure resembles a boutique advisory intermediary rather than a scaled logistics platform.

Name

Logiport

Legal name

Logiport Ltd

Website

https://logiport.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Logiport Ltd is a UK-based service firm that facilitates long-term ocean freight contracts between retailers and suppliers and shipping carriers, acting as an advocate intermediary founded about 15 years ago.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ocean Freight Contract 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), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Carrier & Service Contract Management (NVOCC Contracts/Rate Procurement) (TLACALAG)

Keywords

• Ocean freight contracts
• Freight contract negotiation
• Shipping procurement services
• Carrier relationship management
• Retail supply chain logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Bolton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ocean Freight Contract Facilitation: Logiport facilitates long-term ocean freight contracts between retailers/suppliers and carriers. Revenue appears to be generated through contract facilitation fees or commissions from carrier relationships. Their model places clients in peer groups among major European retailers, suggesting negotiated rates based on collective volume.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Logiport facilitates long-term ocean freight contracts between retailers/suppliers and strategic carriers across all major alliances. Acting as an advocate rather than a logistics operator, the company matches clients to aligned contracts based on volumes and lanes, secures back-to-back arrangements where the carrier has BCO obligations to the client, and positions clients in peer groups alongside major European retailers for collective negotiating power.

Product overview

Logiport offers a single unified core service: Ocean Freight Contracts. This service facilitates long-term ocean freight contracting for retailers and suppliers, providing stable and scalable shipping terms through strategic carrier relationships. The offering includes a custom profile sheet for volume and lane matching, aligned contract selection, and freight booking with consistency and cost clarity. Unlike traditional logistics providers, Logiport acts as an advocate for clients rather than an operator.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ocean Freight Contracts Long-term ocean freight contracting service that helps retailers and suppliers secure stable, scalable shipping terms through direct carrier relationships across all major alliances. The service includes a custom profile sheet to capture volumes and lanes, matching of clients to aligned contracts, and back-to-back arrangements where the carrier has BCO obligations to the client. Clients book freight with consistency and cost clarity using their existing freight managers.

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 indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarding division of Deutsche Post DHL offering ocean contract procurement at scale. Comparable in serving retailer shippers but as part of a broader integrated logistics suite.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with deep ocean procurement capabilities and global carrier relationships. Overlaps with Logiport in long-term ocean contract negotiation but operates a much wider logistics portfolio.
• Expeditors International: Asset-light global logistics provider with significant ocean freight forwarding and contract management operations. Comparable as a neutral intermediary securing carrier capacity for shippers.
• DSV Panalpina: Major global forwarder providing ocean, air, and road freight services with strong carrier relationships. Competes with Logiport for shipper contract mandates but serves a much broader customer base.
• C.H. Robinson: Large North American-headquartered freight broker and 3PL with global ocean forwarding services. Comparable as a neutral third party arranging ocean capacity for shippers, particularly in the trans-Pacific.

Emerging players

• Zencargo: Digital freight forwarder focused on mid-market shippers, offering ocean and air freight procurement with technology-enabled service. Comparable in targeting retailers and suppliers seeking more transparent ocean freight contracting.
• Xeneta: Ocean and air freight rate intelligence and benchmarking platform used by shippers and forwarders for contract negotiations. Comparable to Logiport in supporting the buyer side of ocean contract discussions but as a SaaS data provider rather than a hands-on negotiator.
• Freightos: Digital freight marketplace spanning ocean, air, and trucking, including contract and spot ocean pricing. Overlaps with Logiport in serving mid-sized shippers seeking ocean freight pricing and capacity, though automated rather than relationship-led.
• Maersk Spot / Maersk eSolutions: Carrier-direct digital booking and contracting tools from the world's largest ocean carrier. Adjacent and potentially disruptive to Logiport as carriers increasingly offer shippers direct digital contract channels, bypassing intermediaries.

Direct peers

• Flexport: Digital-first global freight forwarder that arranges ocean, air, and truck freight for shippers, including contract management and capacity procurement. Directly comparable to Logiport in arranging ocean freight on behalf of retailers, though at vastly greater scale and with proprietary technology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/logiport

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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