What FERROLINE GRUPP OÜ does

Ferroline Grupp OÜ is an Estonian privately held freight forwarding and logistics company founded in 2000 with Estonian capital and headquartered in Tallinn (Lõõtsa 12), with a second office in Tartu. The company operates its own fleet alongside a partner haulier network and runs a modern logistics center near the Jüri viaduct at the Tallinn ring road junction that provides warehousing, cross-docking, goods inspection, assembly, packing, labeling, and inventory services. Its service portfolio spans international road transport (Scandinavia, Europe, and the Baltics; FTL and LTL), domestic Estonian transport, sea container transport (FCL/LCL, including refrigerated, open-top, and flat rack containers), worldwide air freight with door-to-door service, customs clearance for import/export/transit, cargo insurance under ELEA conditions and the CMR convention, and special deliveries for oversized, heavy, hazardous, and express cargo. Pricing is quote-based using volumetric weight factors, with a fuel surcharge (BAF) recalculated weekly against Circle K Estonia's reference diesel price and billed as a separate line item.

Ferroline serves B2B manufacturing, retail, and trading customers across roughly 20 European and Scandinavian countries, with regional customer managers dedicated to specific country clusters (Scandinavia, DACH/Iberia/Benelux, Central Europe, the Baltics) and to each transport mode. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified, a member of the Estonian Logistics and Freight Forwarding Association (ELEA) and the Estonian Trade Association, and runs a customer extranet for order tracking. Go-to-market is direct-to-business via its website quote form and extranet, with no public pricing and no disclosed channel partners, app presence, or digital marketing footprint beyond the multilingual website.

The revenue model is transactional across each service line (freight forwarding, container, air, customs, warehousing, insurance) with professional-services billing for customs and insurance. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company is privately held with no parent company, no venture capital backing, and no disclosed funding rounds, consistent with a stable, founder-owned mid-size Estonian logistics operator.

Name

FERROLINE GRUPP OÜ

Legal name

Ferroline Grupp OÜ

Website

https://ferroline.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ferroline Grupp OÜ is an Estonian privately held freight forwarder (founded 2000, Tallinn) offering international road, sea, and air transport, warehousing, customs clearance, and cargo insurance to B2B customers across Scandinavia, Europe, and the Baltics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Freight Forwarding & Logistics Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Expedited Cross-Border Ground (USMCA/EU Time-Critical) (TLADANAH)

Keywords

• Freight forwarding services
• Road transport logistics
• Container shipping services
• Warehousing storage services
• Customs clearance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freight Forwarding Services: International and domestic road transport services for full and partial loads, organized transport with own fleet and partner vehicles
2. Container Transport: FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load) sea shipping in collaboration with major shipping companies
3. Air Transport: Air cargo transportation worldwide with door-to-door service, customs clearance, and documentation preparation
4. Customs Services: Import and export customs clearance, transit services
5. Warehousing: Storage and terminal services in modern logistics centre including short-term storage, cross-docking, goods inspection, assembly, packing and labeling
6. Cargo Insurance: Goods insurance under freight forwarder's liability insurance in accordance with ELEA conditions and CMR convention

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ferroline Grupp OÜ is an Estonian freight forwarding and logistics company providing international and domestic road transport, container shipping (FCL/LCL), air cargo transport, warehousing with cross-docking and packaging, customs clearance, and cargo insurance. The company operates with its own fleet combined with partner vehicles, using 13.6m euro trailers, and serves Scandinavia, Europe, and the Baltic countries from a modern logistics centre near Tallinn's Jüri viaduct.

Product overview

Ferroline Grupp OÜ is a freight forwarding and logistics company offering a comprehensive suite of transport and logistics services. The core portfolio consists of international road transport (covering Scandinavia, Europe, and the Baltics), domestic transport within Estonia, container transport (FCL/LCL sea shipping), and air transport. These are supported by warehousing, customs services, cargo insurance, and special delivery options for oversized or dangerous goods. The company operates with its own fleet and partner networks, using 13.6m euro trailers with capacity for 34 EUR pallets and up to 24 tons total weight. All services comply with CMR convention and Estonian legislation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International Road Transport International road transport services covering Scandinavia, Europe, and the Baltics, including both full and partial load shipments using 13.6m euro trailers with capacity for 34 EUR pallets and 24 tons weight.
• Domestic Transport Domestic road transport services within Estonia, including groupage and full trailer deliveries throughout the country with same-day and next-day delivery options.
• Container Transport Sea container transport services including FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load) shipping, using standard 20ft and 40ft containers as well as refrigerated, open-top, and flat rack containers.
• Air Transport Worldwide air cargo transportation services with transit times of 1-2 days within Europe and up to 10 days for longer distances, including door-to-door service.
• Warehousing Warehouse and terminal services at the modern logistics centre near Jüri viaduct, including storage, cross-docking, goods control, assembly, packing, labelling, and inventory management.
• Customs Services Customs clearance services including import clearance, export clearance, and transit documentation for goods moving through Estonia.
• Cargo Insurance Cargo insurance services based on freight forwarder liability insurance aligned with ELEA general conditions and CMR convention, covering goods up to 8.33 SDR per gross kg of damaged or lost goods.
• Special Deliveries Special transport services for oversized goods, dangerous goods, express transportation, heavy cargo, and custom special solutions for unique transport requirements.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DSV A/S: Danish-headquartered global freight forwarder with road, air, sea, and contract logistics. Operates in the same Nordic/Baltic/European market as Ferroline but at vastly greater scale and with a global footprint Ferroline cannot match.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Swiss-headquartered top-three global freight forwarder with air, sea, road, and contract logistics worldwide. Overlaps with Ferroline on European road and intercontinental air/sea but offers global scale, IT platforms, and industry verticals Ferroline cannot.
• DB Schenker: German-headquartered global freight forwarder and contract logistics provider with strong European land transport networks. Competes for the same European road freight and warehousing business as Ferroline but at enterprise scale.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Division of DHL offering international air, ocean, and road freight forwarding alongside customs and insurance services. Operates across the same Europe/Baltics corridor as Ferroline with much broader global network and digital freight platforms.

Regional players

• GLS (General Logistics Systems): European parcel and groupage network owned by Royal Mail/IDS, focused on B2B parcels across Europe. Tangentially comparable as a European ground logistics operator but specializes in smaller shipments rather than Ferroline's pallet/full-load forwarding.
• Itella Logistics (Posti Group): Finnish postal and logistics operator providing road freight forwarding, warehousing, and contract logistics primarily in the Nordics and Baltics. Comparable to Ferroline in Nordic/Baltic road freight focus and shared Finland–Estonia lane relevance.

Direct peers

• Girteka Logistics: One of the largest asset-based road transport and freight forwarding groups in the Baltics, headquartered in Lithuania. Directly comparable to Ferroline in Baltic/Nordic road freight focus, though operating at materially greater scale with thousands of trucks.
• Raben Group: Polish-headquartered family-owned logistics provider offering full truckload, groupage, warehousing, and customs services across Europe. Comparable mid-market freight forwarder with similar road-transport-led service model and European cross-dock network.
• ACE Logistics Group: Lithuanian-headquartered international freight forwarder offering road, sea, air, and warehousing across Europe, the CIS, and Asia. Closely comparable mid-sized peer with similar service portfolio and Baltic/Nordic coverage.
• NTG Nordic Transport Group: Danish-headquartered road-based transport and freight forwarding group operating across Europe with road, intermodal, and logistics solutions. Comparable in service mix and customer profile to Ferroline, with similar Nordic/Western European focus but larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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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