Madrid - Sparber Group (Seafreight & Airfreight - Madrid)
Sparber Group, established in 1981, operates through a network of brands dedicated to various transportation and logistics activities across Spain and beyond. The group’s roots trace to Bilbao, with multiple brand entities focused on land transportation, seafreight, airfreight, project cargo, and warehousing. Over the decades, Sparber has developed a broad service portfolio that encompasses insurance arrangements, customs clearance, consolidation, owned warehouse storage, pick and pack, distribution, and project forwarding. The group emphasizes quick adaptation to market trends, investment in office automation and information systems, and client transparency, with English, German, and French spoken across its offices. In practice, Sparber positions itself as a full-service freight forwarder capable of handling door-to-door deliveries, urgent and special transports, split and full charter operations, and break-bulk shipments.
The Madrid operation forms part of Sparber’s international footprint with offices and hubs in strategic Spanish locations including Bilbao, Madrid (city and airport), Barcelona (city and airport), Irun, Valencia, and Gijon, complemented by overseas offices in Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic. The group also operates as an NVOCC in seafreight and maintains a direct weekly service to more than 30 destinations in Latin America, underscoring its capability to manage regular, high-frequency ocean movements. In airfreight, Sparber Air Cargo is a recognized participant in Spain, offering consolidation services and access to major international airports, with a focus on express and time-sensitive shipments.
From a service standpoint, Sparber highlights integrated project logistics as a core competency, including heavy lifts, route viability studies, feasibility analyses, and supervision of large-scale or hazardous consignments. Its maritime offerings cover LCL and FCL consolidations, in-house facilities and hubs in key ports, and broad customs expertise at origin and destination. The airfreight division provides standard international service, door-to-door solutions, cross-trading capabilities, express shipments, and specialized handling such as air courier and dangerous goods. In land transport, Sparber emphasizes special transports, full and partial loads, urgent shipments, and container movements, complemented by a robust warehousing network as well as pick-and-pack operations.
Sparber’s geography is complemented by a diverse set of offices and partner networks across Europe and the Americas, enabling cross-border logistics and coordinated project cargo execution. The company stresses the importance of in-house systems, EDI integration, and continuous client communication to maintain visibility throughout the supply chain. Madrid, as part of the group’s Spanish operations, contributes to the company’s European groupage leadership, leveraging its own truck fleet to serve central and eastern Europe for both import and export activities. Overall, Sparber Group positions itself as a capable, multi-modal logistics provider with a strong emphasis on project cargo, warehousing, and comprehensive customs and documentation capabilities.
Headquartered in Bilbao with a Madrid footprint and other Spanish hubs, Sparber’s long-standing presence since 1981 reflects a track record in delivering end-to-end logistics solutions, including obtaining value from consolidation services, door-to-door delivery, and reliable cross-border operations. The group’s international reach, combined with a focus on project logistics and “llave en mano” industrial plant projects, supports its ability to execute complex shipments that require specialized handling, regulatory compliance, and coordinated coordination across multiple modes of transport.
