LBH Group and Rhenus looking to set up inland waterway shipping company

Port services provider the LBH Group and logistics specialist Rhenus plan to set up a joint venture which will pool activities in the field of inland waterway shipping and the onward carriage of goods.

Thomas Maassen, managing director of Rhenus Port Logistics, commented: “By cooperating with LBH, we’d like to significantly strengthen our joint position at Rotterdam. We’ll therefore be able to offer the customers of both the LBH Group and the Rhenus Group an even more efficient and flexible range of services in the future than we’ve done in the past.

Bert Lagendijk, managing partner of the LBH Group, added: “It is our goal to be able to offer our international customers a complete chain of services from the departure country to the final recipient. We’ve found a suitable in Rhenus to support and strengthen us in this field.”