Name

starway group

Legal name

Группа компаний «Старвей»

Website

https://starwayp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. River cargo transportation services: Cargo transportation services in the Lena River basin, including multimodal logistics combining rail, river, and road transport. Services include freight forwarding, cargo handling, storage at terminals in Ust-Kut, Lensk, Yakutsk.
2. Special equipment and transport services: Heavy cargo transportation, passenger transport, special equipment rental with driver. Services provided to oil, gas, and mining companies operating in remote regions.
3. Logging, sawmilling, and wood processing: Full cycle wood processing from logging to finished lumber and pellets. Exports to Japan, China, Korea, and CIS countries.
4. Warehouse management outsourcing: Complete warehouse services including loading/unloading, storage, inventory management, and logistics projects in remote regions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Starway Group (ГК «Старвей») is a diversified Russian group of companies providing logistics, freight transportation, warehousing, and related outsourcing services for industrial clients across multiple Russian regions, including hard-to-reach areas of the Extreme North. The group operates four core service lines: river cargo transportation in the Lena River basin, special equipment and transport services, warehouse outsourcing, and forestry/wood processing with exports to Asian markets.

Product overview

Starway Group is a diversified logistics conglomerate offering integrated services across four core business areas: river cargo transportation in the Lena River basin (via ООО «Речсервис», ООО «СК «Якутск», and АО «Осетровский Речной Порт»), special equipment and transport services (via АО «Управление технологического транспорта», ООО «АльянсАвтоГрупп», and subsidiaries), warehouse and logistics services (via ООО «АвтоДом»), and forestry/logging/sawmill operations (via ООО ЛПК «АЛМАС» and ООО ТМ Байкал). The group operates a fleet of 91 vessels with 81,000 tons capacity, 1,700 vehicles, manages 12 enterprises, and employs 3,500 people across multiple Russian regions including Far North areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• River Cargo Transportation in Lena River Basin (Речные перевозки грузов в бассейне реки Лены) River cargo transportation services in the Lena River basin for industrial enterprises, including cargo processing at railway, port, and other cargo terminals; multimodal transport (river, rail, auto); cargo reception, transshipment, and storage at destination points including Ust-Kut (Osetrovo), Lensk, Yakutsk, Vitim, Peleduy, and Solyanka, covering the Viluy and Aldan rivers. Fleet of 91 vessels with combined 81,000 tons cargo capacity.
• Special Equipment and Transport Services (Услуги спецтехники и транспорта) Special equipment and transport services for industrial clients, including cargo transportation, passenger transport, equipment rental with and without driver, transport outsourcing, and operations at oil and gas fields in the Far North. Fleet of 1,700 vehicles and equipment units including specialized, technological, and exclusive heavy-duty vehicles.
• Warehouse Services (Услуги складского хозяйства) Warehouse services including organization of loading/unloading operations, temporary storage bases, cargo accounting (including nomenclature), customer warehouse outsourcing, railway spurs and locomotives access, and complex logistics projects in remote regions of Western and Eastern Siberia. Operations at warehouse bases in Tobolsk and Turtas.
• Forestry, Sawmilling, and Wood Processing (Лесозаготовка, лесопиление и деревообработка) Complete wood processing cycle from logging to finished products including sawmill production, lumber exports to Japan, China, Korea, and Central Asian countries, and pellet production. Operated through LPK ALMAS (500,000 m3/year allowable cut in Yakutia) and TM Baikal (115,000 m3/year lumber capacity). Includes modern processing equipment such as Hew Saw R250 line and KATRES drying chambers.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Mitsui (Japanese companies)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024In 2024, GK Starway acquired 100% stake in OOO TM Baykal from Japanese companies Mitsui and Tajima. TM Baykal is one of the largest lumber exporters to the Japanese market.
• Tajima (Japanese companies)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024In 2024, GK Starway acquired 100% stake in OOO TM Baykal from Japanese companies Mitsui and Tajima.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LORP (Lena United River Shipping Company): OAO LORP is the historic river shipping operator on the Lena River basin, directly competing with Starway's Yakutsk Shipping Company and Rechservice in cargo and passenger transport on the same waterways.
• FESCO (Far Eastern Shipping Company): FESCO operates a Russian multimodal logistics platform combining port, rail, marine and trucking services, comparable in scope to Starway's multimodal offering and overlapping in Russian Far East geographies.
• Delo Group: Delo Group is a major Russian multimodal transport and logistics holding with container, port, rail and freight forwarding operations, structurally similar to Starway's diversified logistics platform.
• Segezha Group: Segezha is a vertically integrated Russian forestry, lumber, pulp and paper exporter with own logistics assets and similar export markets to Starway's LPK Almas and TM Baikal subsidiaries.
• Volga Shipping Company: Volga Shipping is one of Russia's largest inland river cargo operators, directly comparable to Starway's river fleet operations in scale and business model across Russian waterways.
• Yenisei River Shipping Company (ERSC): ERSC operates cargo and passenger river transport on the Yenisei and adjacent Siberian rivers, offering comparable seasonal river logistics services to similar oil, gas and mining customers.

Broad incumbents

• TransContainer: TransContainer is Russia's largest intermodal container operator with rail-based assets; while more rail-focused than Starway, it competes for the same industrial cargo flows between Siberian fields and export gateways.
• Sovcomflot: Sovcomflot is Russia's largest shipping company, focused primarily on marine/Arctic tanker operations; it overlaps with Starway in serving Russian oil and gas majors from remote northern regions.
• Global Ports: Global Ports operates Russian container terminals at key ports; comparable in terminal handling capability to Starway's Osetrovsky River Port, though focused on maritime container volumes.

Emerging players

• InvestLesProm: InvestLesProm is a Russian forestry and timber processing group with export operations in similar geographies to LPK Almas and TM Baikal, partially overlapping in lumber export markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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