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International <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> 09-102013 Forwarding &Logistics<br />
23<br />
Acquisition<br />
DSV takes over Seatainers<br />
DSV, aDanish supplier of transport and logistics solutions with worldwide activities that<br />
is headquartered inBrøndby near Copenhagen, recently bought the Seatainers Group, a<br />
transport and logistics operator. The move is subject toapproval bythe cartel authority.<br />
Seatainers isset to become apart ofDSV.<br />
The service portfolio ofthe Seatainers<br />
Group includes warehousingand logistics<br />
solutionsaswellasroad, airand seafreight<br />
services. TheSeatainersGroup specialises<br />
in project logistics and performs large<br />
and complex transport projects, such as<br />
those required bythe renewable energy<br />
Photo: DSV<br />
industry. The company’s project cargo<br />
activities account for around 60% ofthe<br />
group’s overall sales of approximately<br />
EUR 134 million.<br />
The Seatainers Group, which has offices<br />
inthe USA, China, Singapore, Australia<br />
and Latvia, has 180 employees, 150<br />
of whom are employed in Denmark. The<br />
contract for the deal has been signed,<br />
but itremains subject toapproval bythe<br />
country’s cartel authority. The parties<br />
have agreed not todisclose the purchase<br />
price. Jens Bjørn Andersen, the CEO of<br />
the DSV group, told the media that «the<br />
Seatainers Group is a solidly-managed<br />
Danish enterprise. Its activities will fit<br />
very well with DSV’s.» www.dsv.com<br />
www.seatainers.com<br />
In brief<br />
FedEx inCanada. The USintegrator and<br />
CEP provider FedEx Express has expanded<br />
its operations in the Canadian prairie with a<br />
new state-of-the-art service centre in Saskatoon<br />
in the province ofSaskatchewan. The<br />
new facility includes 2,700 sqm of logistics<br />
areas toprovide shipping services for local<br />
businesses.<br />
www.fedex.com<br />
Definite. The Canadian transport firm Trans<br />
Force Inc has completed its acquisition of<br />
the USCEP service provider Velocity Express.<br />
www.velocityexpress.com<br />
www.transforcecompany.com<br />
Renamed. LTE <strong>Transport</strong>, aspecialist for<br />
temperature-controlled direct transport<br />
services that was taken over bythe German<br />
enterprise In Time Express Logistik, began<br />
trading under the name ofInTime Thermo<br />
Sprint on1February. The name change follows<br />
the successful integration into InTime<br />
Express. Temperature-controlled medical<br />
and pharmaceutical transportation remains<br />
In Time Thermo Sprint’s core business.<br />
www.lte-transport.de; www.intime.de<br />
Stef improves 2012 sales figure<br />
In 2012 the French temperature-controlled transport provider<br />
Stef increased its sales by 8.8% incomparison with<br />
the previous year, reporting anincome ofEUR 2.502 billion.<br />
The firm’s transport division improved by2.6% and<br />
its logistics unit by5.3%. Sales came toEUR 668 million<br />
(+6.4%)inthe fourth quarter of2012. www.stef.com<br />
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