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Dentressangle stays steady in tough market

Norbert Dentressangle reported stable turnover in the first half of 2013 at €1,932m, although there was a small downturn in its freight forwarding activities. Operating profit before goodwill was €55.1m, down 14%, primarily as a result of one-off charges by the Transport activities. Freight Forwarding, which was launched in 2010, achieved a turnover of €64m, a downturn of 6.2% compared to the same period in 2012. Chief executive officer, Hervé ... [+]

Norbert buys French forwarder

Norbert Dentressangle is to buy fellow French company Daher Group’s freight forwarding operations, subject to approval by the French competition authorities. Daher operates a network of eight offices in France and three in Russia, has 287 employees – of which just over 100 are in Russia and has expertise in ... [+]

You can ring my bell (but only this once)

Hervé Montjotin, Norbert Dentressangle's chief executive officer got to ring the opening bell at the NYSE Euronext exchange in London today (Thursday, 4 July), to celebrate the logistics giant's listing. Following the acquisitions of Christian Salvesen in 2007 and TDG in 2011, the UK now represents almost a third of ... [+]

Logistics firm on the box

Norbert Dentressangle will feature in a BBC series about the untold story of Heathrow airport is run. The programme, which airs on BBC2 at 8pm on Wednesday 19 June, explores the role of Norbert Dentressangle’s Perishables Handling Centre (PHC) – Europe’s largest chilled airfreight handling centre – in Episode 3 ... [+]

French giant buys Fiege Italy and Iberia operations

Norbert Dentressangle has acquired pan-European and Asian contract logistics company Fiege’s operations in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The French-owner operator said the move would make it the fourth largest player in the Italian logistics market and double the size of its current operations there. Norbert Dentressangle will acquire Fiege Borruso ... [+]

Rio-bound

Norbert Dentressangle's freight forwarding arm has opened a second office in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. It opened offices in Sao Paulo in Brazil and Santiago in Chile in 2011. The new location is at the heart of Brazil’s major oil and gas and shipbuilding industries, and will also be ... [+]

Red alert in Germany

Norbert Dentressangle's 'Red Europe' pan-European pallet service is now offering a daily service to Germany. The system aims to give customers the benefit of the logistic giant's Continental network for smaller volumes, with over 100 international shuttles operating daily. Goods can often be distributed within 48 hours, and to some ... [+]

Flying start for Norbert in Chile

The freight forwarding division of Norbert Dentressangle says it has become a leading provider of air freight services for fresh produce from Chile, 18 months after its launch in Latin America. In December 2012, the company handled 1,500 tonnes of blueberries and cherries from Chile to the US, China and ... [+]

Norbert’s forwarding revenues surge

Norbert Dentressangle said it saw strong development in its freight forwarding business with turnover surging by 67% to €143 million in 2012. It followed the effective integration of the freight forwarding activities of the John Keells Group in Sri Lanka and India and the logistics and freight forwarding activities of ... [+]

Belgian buy for Norbert

Norbert Dentressangle has acquired the general cargo freight forwarding and ambient and temperature-controlled warehousing activities of Belgian logistics company, Nova Natie. Most of Nova's business is in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium and the remainder at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. [+]

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