Sea freight between Asia and Europe
From Retail. For Retail.
Rates, locked for 12 months. No spot market risk. No hidden margins. No surprises.
The roots of Corporate Service reach back to the KarstadtQuelle Group — Europe's formerly largest department store and mail-order company.
Grown up managing all supply chain activities for more than 35 international retail brands sourcing from Asia, we carry over 100 years of hands-on procurement and logistics expertise into every client relationship.
Born inside Europe's largest department-store group — 100+ years managing Asia sourcing and logistics for 35+ retail brands.
Europe's largest department store and mail-order company. The foundation of large-scale Asia sourcing and retail logistics.
All supply chain activities bundled across the KarstadtQuelle Group — globally, mainly Asia, India and Europe.
Privately owned and financially independent — while retaining every carrier relationship and global partner network.
Ocean freight, tender management, and supply chain control for retail and trade — powered by proprietary technology.
CSG is not a forwarder. We are an Exclusive Purchasing Network and act like your outsourced buying department — at carrier level, across all alliances, on a management fee only. No markup per shipment.
Carrier alliances now control Asia–Europe capacity — Gemini, OCEAN Alliance, Premier Alliance, MSC. Individual negotiation is no longer viable. Access to our Exclusive Purchasing Network is the only leverage left.
Holds all year — summer stock or Christmas goods — regardless of what the SCFI does. Every network member gets a clear calculation basis and the best conditions the market offers.
On-the-ground presence in every major Asian hub. Direct carrier relationships. We manage your goods professionally, from origin port to departure.
average savings vs. spot market
every completed season — verified 2000 to 2025/26
Not one completed season above the SCFI index. Not during the 2021 shipping boom. Not during the 2023 correction. Not now.
CSG internal rate data vs. SCFI Europe, 40′ FEU.
2021/22 crisis. When global spot rates reached historic highs, CSG members paid 83% less.
2017/18 season. Even in the lowest-saving season, CSG members paid 23% less.
Never above the market, every completed season since 2000. Consecutive. Verified.
Full services across every stage of the supply chain — sourcing in Asia, delivery in Europe. For department stores, mail order, DIY, and import businesses.
We combine buying power across the network. Your rate benefits from collective volume — managed by former KarstadtQuelle procurement leadership and shipping sector experts.
Tailor-made trading concepts, a management fee, clear calculation basis. Every network member benefits from the best conditions in any market environment.
We analyse and evaluate your supply process using market data and modern technology — then optimise and redesign it to reduce time and cost at every stage.
We link Beneficial Cargo Owners directly to shipping lines — creating win-win relationships and synergy effects that deliver rates unavailable on the open market.
Customs, import and export licences, international trading laws, country-specific provisions — we keep your cargo moving across every border, reliably and efficiently.
CSG manages your entire tender process. You attend the meetings. We deliver the result — all alliances accessed simultaneously, every year.
Sea freight · Asia–Europe · Since 1881
One call. We analyse your volumes and routes, tender all alliances, and lock your rate for 12 months. No surprises. Every season. Always below the market and the best conditions the market offers.
