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Top 25 Sea freight logistics companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 1,340 sea freight logistics companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 191,810 professional contacts across them, including 51,747 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers sea freight logistics companies headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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191,810Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest sea freight logistics companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,340 sea freight logistics companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to sea freight logistics companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+51,193 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2Partial evidenceEssen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+36,350 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At DB Schenker, we're not just about logistics; we're about understanding what truly matters to you.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3Partial evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+19,483 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Freight Forwarding experts since 1815.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4Partial evidenceKempten, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+11,843 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DACHSER is one of the global leaders in the field of system logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5Partial evidenceHolzwickede, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+11,393 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 8.2 billion.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+11,284 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With a fleet of 302 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7Partial evidenceOsnabrueck, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+7,398 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since its foundation in 1871, Hellmann has developed into one of the largest international logistics providers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,0001,676 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hamburg Süd is successful in the international logistics service sector and is one of the world’s ten leading container liner shipping brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9Strong evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,0001,631 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Röhlig is a logistics company specialising in the areas of sea freight, air freight and contract logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,0001,412 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The international logistics company HOYER is one of the worldwide market leaders in moving liquids by road, rail and sea.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11Strong evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,0001,305 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Leschaco Group is an independent and global service provider for integrated logistics solutions offering sea and air freight, contract logistics, tank container and innovative…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBad Neustadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20265,001-10,0001,121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A family-owned company, rooted in the SME sector and focused on quality in everything we do: we move the things that move you.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13Partial evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202610001+1,072 contacts →

Partial evidence

“BLG LOGISTICS stands for international networks in the business areas of automobile, contract and container logistics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,000607 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,000570 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“a.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,000551 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Having been in business for more than 160 years, the Bertling Group has established a high-value reputation in the ship-owning, chartering, transport logistics and IT industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLeer (ostfriesland), GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,000265 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mit rund 550 Landmitarbeitern in 30 Ländern und mehr als Mitarbeitern auf See zählt die Briese Gruppe mit über 100 eigenen Schiffen zu den weltweit führenden im Bereich…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18Partial evidenceGöttingen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,000217 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Die ZUFALL logistics group ist ein familiengeführter Logistikdienstleister mit über Mitarbeiter:innen und Auszubildenden.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19Partial evidenceNeu-isenburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-500186 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JAS ist ein privat geführter internationaler Speditions- und Logistikanbieter, der 1978 in Mailand/Italien gegründet wurde.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,000167 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SAL Heavy Lift is part of the JSI Alliance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21Partial evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-500165 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Long before digitisation had become a topic in the logistics business, we have already been working on it.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22Indirect evidenceOberding, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026501-1,000146 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GROUP7 is your ideal partner for worldwide, comprehensive, end-to-end supply chain management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-200139 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
24Strong evidenceMörfelden-walldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-500133 contacts →

Strong evidence

“QCS – Quick Cargo Service GmbH is a medium-sized air and sea freight forwarding company with ten branches located in all major commercial and industrial hubs across Germany, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-200119 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Supply Chain Management – We turn your logistics into a value-adding factor: SupplyX is transforming the world of supply chain management and freight forwarding – whether for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026

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Sea freight logistics companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026
27.0%Verified-email coverage
143.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
18.8%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg
Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
622
11-50
352
51-200
189
201-500
64
501-1,000
22
1,001-5,000
14
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
11

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 1,340 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among sea freight logistics companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “sea freight logistics companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names sea freight logistics companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among sea freight logistics companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 51,747 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names sea freight logistics companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many sea freight logistics companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 1,340 sea freight logistics companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

DHL, headquartered in Bonn, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most sea freight logistics companies?

Hamburg leads with 252 headquartered companies, followed by Bremen (87) and Berlin (28).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 51,747 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,340 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.