Full Cycle Ocean Freight Procurement
CSA combines deep industry expertise, powerful digital solutions, and unmatched carrier relationships to optimise your ocean freight procurement.
CSA Procurement manages the commercial side of ocean transport — running tenders, negotiating contracts, auditing, chartering vessels and arranging financing.
Global Logistics
Procurement
Control Tower
Cargoo
Cargo collected at origin and delivered at destination.
CSA Procurement secures rates, contracts and capacities required.
Since 1997
Founded in Switzerland
USD $400m+
Ocean freight managed
465K+
TEU priced per year
1/3+
Of global green coffee shipments moved under CSA freight contracts
49
Carrier Rate contracts managed with all major and niche carriers
Add-ons
Execution
Comprehensive shipment management across bookings, vendors and carrier allocation — delivered by proactive and responsive operational teams.
Financial Services
Flexible financing structures for freight, local and ancillary charges — designed around your unique business requirements.
Administration
Flexible billing — single, fully reconciled invoicing for all charges, available as consolidated or itemised, to ensure clean ledgers and maximum financial efficiency.
[ Industries ]
Where expertise, accountability & resilience make the difference
Coffee
1/3+ of global green coffee shipments.
Soft Commodities
Cocoa, cotton, rice, sugar.
FMCG
Food, beverage, household.
Apparel
Seasonal, time-critical.
Chemical
Hazmat-certified, regulated flows.
Pharmaceuticals
Temperature-controlled, audit-ready.
Electronics
Launch-window critical.
Retail
SKU-level visibility, promotion sensitivity.
We began in soft commodities and today manage more than one-third of the world's green coffee shipments under our freight contracts. That same operating standard extends across every demanding lane we run.
[ Growth by reputation ]
More than 80% of our customers came to us through recommendation.
Service-led businesses grow at the speed of trust. We're comfortable with that, because we know what it takes to earn your trust and reliably deliver your team's peace of mind.
[ Rate desk ]
What we offer
Freight pricing and procurement — spot and contract rates, carrier sourcing, routing options, surcharges and quote support
More from CSA Group
Control Tower
End-to-end visibility, exception monitoring and KPI governance across all of your forwarders.
Powered by Cargoo. The digital backbone that powers our rate desk — Rate Management System, negotiation modules, allocation engine and reporting.
[ Talk to procurement ]
Send us your top trade lanes and typical volumes — an experienced operator will come back with a benchmarked rate, a clear view of how we'd run the work, and a straight answer on which procurement mode fits.