Seaway Group

What Seaway Group does

Seaway Group OÜ is an Estonian privately held international logistics company headquartered in Rannamõisa, Estonia, with a secondary office in Tallinn. Founded around 2010, the company operates with 1-10 employees and provides international cargo transportation, freight forwarding, customs clearance, freight forwarder liability insurance, and warehousing services. Its primary operational focus is Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland), where it owns and operates its own trucks for internal cargo transport; additional coverage is provided across Western Europe, Southern Europe, and Turkey through partner networks.

The company serves B2B customers engaged in import/export trade, primarily small and mid-sized businesses needing cross-border logistics coordination. The core product portfolio is an integrated stack of five services: international transport (using owned trucks on Scandinavian routes and partner capacity elsewhere), forwarding, customs brokerage, cargo/freight liability insurance, and storage. A web-based price inquiry form captures cargo details (origin, destination, type, weight, dimensions) to generate per-shipment quotes. The company website is available in five languages (Estonian, English, Finnish, Swedish, Russian), reflecting the multilingual trading partner base across Northern Europe and the CIS.

Commercially, Seaway Group operates a sales-led, direct-to-business model with no intermediary resellers. Pricing is custom and quote-based per shipment, with no publicly disclosed rates or contract structures. There is no evidence of external funding, parent company ownership, M&A activity, or institutional investment; the company is independently operated under Estonian private limited company status (reg. nr. 11998935, VAT EE101399445). Banking is handled through Swedbank AS in Tallinn, and the leadership contacts publicly listed are Ingmar Laats and Ave Mölder.

Name

Seaway Group

Legal name

Seaway Group OÜ

Website

https://seaway.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Seaway Group OÜ is an Estonian B2B logistics provider offering international transport, freight forwarding, customs clearance, insurance, and warehousing, with own-truck operations across Scandinavia and partner-network coverage in Western/Southern Europe and Turkey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rannamõisa

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. International Transport Services: Core revenue stream from international cargo transportation services, primarily operating routes in Scandinavia with additional coverage of Western Europe, Southern Europe, and Turkey. Services include freight forwarding, customs clearance, insurance, and warehousing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Seaway Group OÜ is an Estonian international transport company that provides road cargo transportation primarily along Scandinavian routes (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) using its own trucks, with extended coverage of Western Europe, Southern Europe, and Turkey through partner networks. The integrated offering includes freight forwarding, customs clearance brokerage, freight forwarder liability and cargo insurance, and short-term warehousing/storage between transport legs.

Product overview

Seaway Group is a logistics and transportation services company offering a unified portfolio of international freight services. The core offering consists of five integrated services: International Transport (using company-owned trucks for Scandinavia and Europe-Turkey routes), Forwarding Services, Customs Service, Insurance (freight forwarder liability coverage), and Storage/Warehousing. The company provides a price inquiry feature for customer quote requests. The services are available in multiple languages (Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish, Swedish) through the company website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International Transport International road cargo transportation covering Scandinavian routes (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) using the company's own trucks, with additional coverage of Western Europe, Southern Europe, and Turkey via partner networks; targeted at businesses engaged in import and export trade.
• Forwarding Services Freight forwarding services coordinating export and import shipments across international routes, leveraging the company's own Scandinavian fleet and partner networks; intended for import/export businesses.
• Customs Service Customs clearance and brokerage services provided as needed to facilitate cross-border international shipments for business clients.
• Insurance Freight forwarder liability insurance coverage carried by the company, plus cargo insurance provided for shipments, ensuring all transport operations are insured.
• Storage Services Warehouse and storage services used for cargo handling and consolidation between transport legs for import/export clients.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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

Regional players

• Schenker Estonia: Estonian arm of DB Schenker providing land transport, air/sea forwarding, and customs services; a geographically adjacent competitor pursuing the same Estonian shipper base.
• Erontrans: Estonian trucking and logistics operator serving international road transport routes into Scandinavia and Western Europe; a regional road-freight peer targeting similar Baltic trade flows.

Broad incumbents

• GLS (General Logistics Systems): European road parcel and freight network covering many of the same Northern and Western European lanes Seaway serves; comparable on cross-border parcel and palletized road transport.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Global forwarder and logistics provider with road freight, customs brokerage, and warehousing services that compete for the same European import/export shippers Seaway targets.
• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest freight forwarders with extensive European road freight and customs offerings; overlaps with Seaway in European international transport, forwarding, and customs services.
• DB Schenker: European-headquartered land transport and freight forwarding operator with road freight and contract logistics; competes directly with Seaway on European cross-border trucking and forwarding.
• Dachser: European road-freight-forwarding specialist operating European groupage, full-truckload, and warehousing; highly comparable in road-based forwarding to Seaway's core service mix.

Direct peers

• DSV: Danish-headquartered global freight forwarder with deep roots in Scandinavian road and air/sea forwarding; the most directly comparable Scandinavian-focused forwarder, though at vastly greater scale than Seaway Group.
• ACE Logistics Estonia: Estonian-based freight forwarder offering international road, sea, and air transport along with customs services; competes with Seaway in Estonia for export/import customers and Baltic lanes.

Emerging players

• Posti / Itella Logistics: Finnish postal and logistics operator with parcel and freight services across Finland, the Baltics, and wider Northern Europe; overlaps with Seaway's Nordic lane coverage and warehousing offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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