Container Transport International Consultancy

Name

Container Transport International Consultancy

Legal name

CTI Consultancy

Website

https://cticonsultancy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime and Container Transportation Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Container shipping consulting
• Maritime strategy advisory
• Port operations consulting
• Liner network optimization
• Terminal productivity consulting

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: CTI generates revenue through providing specialized consulting services to the container transportation industry. Services range from strategy development to operational and commercial excellence projects. The consulting engagement model involves small, targeted teams of experienced consultants who deliver results through specific improvement efforts. Projects follow a structured 4-step methodology emphasizing fact-collection, assumption validation, and change management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CTI Consultancy provides strategic, operational, organisational, and functional consulting services tailored to the containerised transport industry. The firm sells advisory engagements covering Business Strategy, Process Performance, Organisational Excellence, Finance & Accounting, Sourcing & Procurement, Sales & Marketing, and Assets & Optimisation, along with a proprietary Network Optimization Tool using linear programming and the LinerGame training simulation. Clients are ocean carriers, port authorities, terminal operators, and financial institutions.

Product overview

CTI Consultancy is a consulting firm specializing in the container transport industry, offering a portfolio of advisory services rather than a unified software product. Their core offerings include strategic consulting (Business Strategy), functional expertise across Finance, Sales & Marketing, Sourcing & Procurement, and Assets Optimization, Process Performance and Organisational Excellence consulting, Development Programs (including LinerGame™ training simulation and Process Excellence workshops), and a proprietary Network Optimization Tool for strategic planning using linear programming. Services are organized by industry verticals: Ocean Carriers, Port Authorities, Terminal Operators, and Investors/Financial Institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LinerGame: An interactive learning-by-doing simulation of running a profitable shipping line, played with ships and containers constructed from LEGO bricks. It highlights complexities and interdependencies in liner shipping operations.

Products and services

• Business Strategy Services Vision and mission statement formulation, strategic plan development and implementation, and change management consulting for the container transport industry.
• Network Optimization Tool Strategic planning simulation model using advanced linear programming to determine optimal liner shipping network configurations, comparing scenarios and performing what-if analysis for fleet deployment decisions, accounting for empty repositioning, intermodal transport, foreign feeders, and Vessel Sharing Agreements.
• Process Performance Services Business process design, project management for Lean/Six Sigma projects, and advisory services for transformational process excellence initiatives in the container industry.
• Organisational Excellence Services Organisational design, performance management, talent management, and offshoring and outsourcing consulting for the container industry.
• Finance & Accounting Services Finance process improvement, ERP implementation assistance, cost reduction, working capital optimisation, due diligence, and CFO advisory services.
• Sourcing & Procurement Services Total Cost of Ownership approach, procurement excellence, vendor performance management, and sourcing strategy development.
• Sales & Marketing Services Commercial strategy, sales excellence, sales performance, portfolio management and yield, and go-to-market consulting for the container industry.
• Assets & Optimisation Services Asset optimisation and efficiency consulting for ships and land-based facilities, fleet deployment, and port competitiveness improvement.
• Ocean Carriers Industry Services Industry-specialist consulting for container carriers covering business development, capacity optimisation, operations execution, and trades and deployment.
• Port Authorities Industry Services Industry-specialist consulting for port authorities covering demand forecasting, benchmarking, income assessments, financial modelling, and financing options for port investments.
• Terminal Operators Industry Services Industry-specialist consulting for container terminal operators covering terminal productivity, terminal utilisation, business development, and strategic advisory.
• Investors Industry Services Consulting for banks, venture capital, investment funds, and pension funds on container industry investments, including feasibility studies, market studies, due diligence, risk assessments, and investment advisory.
• LinerGame An interactive learning-by-doing simulation game using LEGO bricks to represent ships and containers, designed to train employees from early career to senior executives on the complexities of running a profitable shipping line.
• Process Excellence Workshop Interactive learning-by-doing workshop introducing process and Lean Six Sigma tools applied to real strategic projects for continuous improvement.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Xeneta: Xeneta is a freight rate benchmarking and market intelligence platform with growing advisory services for shippers, carriers, and forwarders. It is an emerging adjacent competitor that combines data-driven insights with consulting-style deliverables overlapping CTI's commercial and strategy work.
• Portcast: Portcast is a maritime analytics and AI platform providing predictive visibility and demand forecasting for container shipping and terminals. Emerging player that increasingly straddles data analytics and operational advisory, competing for the same transformation budgets that CTI's Network Optimizer targets.

Direct peers

• Clarksons Research: Clarksons Research is the research arm of Clarkson PLC and is a leading provider of shipping intelligence, data, and consultancy across container, dry bulk, and tanker markets. Comparable to CTI because both serve liner carriers, port authorities, and financial institutions with strategic and operational advisory.
• Drewry: Drewry is a long-established maritime and supply chain research and consulting firm with deep coverage of container shipping, ports, and terminals. It is the closest direct peer to CTI - both serve carriers, ports, and investors with advisory work, but Drewry adds proprietary market data, benchmarks, and forecasting that CTI does not own.
• Sea-Intelligence: Sea-Intelligence is a specialist maritime consulting and research firm focused on container shipping reliability, network analysis, and liner market intelligence. Direct peer because it overlaps CTI in carrier-side network, deployment, and performance advisory.
• Alphaliner: Alphaliner is the reference database and consultancy for the global liner shipping industry, covering fleet, capacity, and operator profiles. Comparable to CTI as it serves carriers, ports, terminals, and investors with intelligence underpinning strategic decisions.

Broad incumbents

• Kearney (Transportation & Infrastructure practice): Kearney (formerly A.T. Kearney) has a longstanding transportation and infrastructure practice serving ports, terminals, and carriers on strategy, procurement, and operations. Direct competitor for the same enterprise buyers as CTI but with a much larger global footprint.
• Boston Consulting Group (Transportation & Logistics): BCG's transportation practice serves ocean carriers, ports, and investors with corporate strategy, cost transformation, and digital engagements. Overlaps CTI on strategic transformation mandates but with a vastly larger bench and global reach.
• McKinsey & Company (Transportation & Infrastructure Practice): McKinsey's Transportation & Infrastructure practice serves global shipping lines, port authorities, and logistics investors on strategy, organization, and operations. It is a broad incumbent alternative to CTI for the largest carriers and port groups seeking top-tier brand credentials and global bench.
• Bain & Company (Industrial & Energy practice): Bain serves shipping lines, ports, and infrastructure investors across strategy, operations, M&A, and organization. It competes with CTI on transformation mandates but typically with larger teams and longer engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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