From a Swiss procurement desk to a global logistics company.
From a Swiss procurement desk to a global logistics company.
Commodity Supplies started in 1997 with one job: to get our clients the best ocean freight terms in the market. Three decades later, the scope, scale and footprint have all grown, but the standard of excellence remains.
The evolution of Commodity Supplies
We're a team of freight operators, procurement and planning specialists, software engineers, AI architects and data engineers shaping the future of logistics.
Built around one job – done better than anyone else
Commodity Supplies was founded in Wollerau, Switzerland, with a single, concentrated mandate: negotiate and manage ocean freight contracts on behalf of the world's most demanding shippers. Carrier-neutral. Shipper-aligned. Run by people who knew the market end-to-end.
From the first contract, the operating principle was simple: sit on the client's side of the table, take ownership of the complexity, and deliver as if the cargo were our own.
Clients kept asking for more, so we kept building
Trusted clients are the most honest product roadmap a service business can have. As relationships deepened, the questions changed: can you also handle the booking? The exception management? The destination operations? The platform?
Each new capability was built because a client needed it. Forwarding execution stood up alongside procurement. A control tower formed to give shippers one command desk across every lane. And the internal software that ran it all became Cargoo — now connected to carriers responsible for 98% of global container capacity.
The book today includes some of the most demanding multinationals in the world. They describe the relationship in almost the same words our first clients used in 1998.
Each office opened to be closer to a client, a port, or both
Miami in 2007. Singapore in 2012. São Paulo in 2013. Hamburg in 2014. Shanghai in 2019. Ho Chi Minh in 2022. Zurich in 2025. Seventeen locations today, spanning origin and destination across every major trade lane.
Local teams at the ports that load it, local teams at the markets that receive it — and a single quality standard between them.
The evolution of Commodity Supplies
We're a team of freight operators, procurement and planning specialists, software engineers, AI architects and data engineers shaping the future of logistics.
Built around one job – done better than anyone else
Commodity Supplies was founded in Wollerau, Switzerland, with a single, concentrated mandate: negotiate and manage ocean freight contracts on behalf of the world's most demanding shippers. Carrier-neutral. Shipper-aligned. Run by people who knew the market end-to-end.
From the first contract, the operating principle was simple: sit on the client's side of the table, take ownership of the complexity, and deliver as if the cargo were our own.
Three decades of growing scale, scope and trust
1997
Wollerau
Founded by Roland Maier as an ocean freight procurement specialist for global shippers.
2007
Miami
Commodity Supplies Inc. established. Our first office outside Switzerland opens.
2010
Globally
Annual freight handled crosses CHF 100 million.
2010
Singapore
Our first representative office in Asia, established in Singapore.
2013
São Paulo
Opening of CSA do Brasil Negócios em Logística Ltda.
2014
Hamburg
Opening of Commodity Supplies GmbH in Germany.
2019
Shanghai
Opening of Commodity Supplies (Global Logistic) Inc in China.
2020
Globally
$1b freight value is moved via Commodity Supplies and Cargoo.
2020
Hong Kong
New office in APAC.
2022
Ho Chi Minh city
Opening of our Representative Office in Vietnam.
2023
Wollerau
Cargoo AG spins off from Commodity Supplies as an independent entity.
2024
Santos
Brazilian operations expand to an office in Santos.
2025
Zurich
Our new Zurich office is established as our second Swiss hub.
2026
Bangkok
CSA Global Logistics opens in Bangkok, Thailand.
2026
Warsaw
CSA Global Logistics is established in Poland as a European freight operations hub.
1997
Wollerau
Founded by Roland Maier as an ocean freight procurement specialist for global shippers.
2007
Miami
Commodity Supplies Inc. established. Our first office outside Switzerland opens.
2010
Globally
Annual freight handled crosses CHF 100 million.
2010
Singapore
Our first representative office in Asia, established in Singapore.
2013
São Paulo
Opening of CSA do Brasil Negócios em Logística Ltda.
2014
Hamburg
Opening of Commodity Supplies GmbH in Germany.
2019
Shanghai
Opening of Commodity Supplies (Global Logistic) Inc in China.
2020
Globally
$1b freight value is moved via Commodity Supplies and Cargoo.
2020
Hong Kong
New office in APAC.
2022
Ho Chi Minh city
Opening of our Representative Office in Vietnam.
2023
Wollerau
Cargoo AG spins off from Commodity Supplies as an independent entity.
2024
Santos
Brazilian operations expand to an office in Santos.
2025
Zurich
Our new Zurich office is established as our second Swiss hub.
2026
Bangkok
CSA Global Logistics opens in Bangkok, Thailand.
2026
Warsaw
CSA Global Logistics is established in Poland as a European freight operations hub.
1997
Wollerau
Founded by Roland Maier as an ocean freight procurement specialist for global shippers.
2007
Miami
Commodity Supplies Inc. established. Our first office outside Switzerland opens.
2010
Globally
Annual freight handled crosses CHF 100 million.
2010
Singapore
Our first representative office in Asia, established in Singapore.
2013
São Paulo
Opening of CSA do Brasil Negócios em Logística Ltda.
2014
Hamburg
Opening of Commodity Supplies GmbH in Germany.
2019
Shanghai
Opening of Commodity Supplies (Global Logistic) Inc in China.
2020
Globally
$1b freight value is moved via Commodity Supplies and Cargoo.
2020
Hong Kong
New office in APAC.
2022
Ho Chi Minh city
Opening of our Representative Office in Vietnam.
2023
Wollerau
Cargoo AG spins off from Commodity Supplies as an independent entity.
2024
Santos
Brazilian operations expand to an office in Santos.
2025
Zurich
Our new Zurich office is established as our second Swiss hub.
2026
Bangkok
CSA Global Logistics opens in Bangkok, Thailand.
2026
Warsaw
CSA Global Logistics is established in Poland as a European freight operations hub.
Discover our services
Procurement
We procure for you: reliable ocean freight capacity at competitive rates.
Control Tower
We control your transportation with real-time visibility, proactive exception management and data-driven insights.
Freight Execution
We handle every step in the transport chain for you from pickup to delivery, across all modes of transport.
Financing
We offer extended payment terms on your logistics costs to free up your working capital.
Administration
We audit your invoices for accuracy, resolve disputes and support your next carrier negotiation.
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We run Cargoo as a 4PL operating system: a neutral control layer that orchestrates carriers, 3PLs, brokers and your ERP. The people moving your cargo and the data telling you what happened sit on the same record.
We run Cargoo as a 4PL operating system: a neutral control layer that orchestrates carriers, 3PLs, brokers and your ERP. The people moving your cargo and the data telling you what happened sit on the same record.
