Norway Post to buy Dutch logistics company.
Norway Post is to buy Scanex B.V. This acquisition will strengthen Nor-Cargo’s market position in the Netherlands for goods going to and from Norway and the Nordic region.
The Netherlands is a hub for both European and overseas transport and is therefore an important entry gate for goods going to and from the Nordic region. Scanex is currently a Nor-Cargo agent and Nor-Cargo is the market leader in the transport of goods between Norway and the Netherlands.
”With the acquisition of Scanex, we have ensured our international transport of goods to and from the Nordic region and the Netherlands. Scanex is a sound company that Nor-Cargo knows well and has close links with. This purchase was a natural step in the further development of both parties,” says Arne Bjørndahl, senior vice president of Norway Post and head of the Logistics Division.
“Scanex also gives Nor-Cargo the opportunity to expand the services it offers to customers on the Continent.”
Scanex’s main operations are the transport of part loads and full loads, and it has been Nor-Cargo’s agent on Norway’s west coast since 1989. Since 1991, it has also been Nor-Cargo’s agent in the Oslo region. Together, Nor-Cargo and Scanex have grown from one trailer a week to 300 departures a month, carrying part loads and full loads to and from Oslo. Scanex has permanent routes between the Netherlands and Denmark, Sweden and Finland, and the Netherlands and UK and Spain.
“We see the merging of Scanex into Nor-Cargo as a very important step in developing the existing services not only to the Nordic countries but also to the Benelux area and the south of Europe,” says Harry Kwant, owner and director of Scanex B.V.
About Scanex
Scanex was established in 1987. Apart from Nor-Cargo, it has an established agent network in Sweden, Finland, Spain and the UK. The company has around 30 employees and is owned and run by Harry Kwant and Rob van Rooijen. It leases a terminal and offices outside Rotterdam, located in Zwijndrecht. Scanex’s (own) customers mainly consist of small and medium-sized Dutch companies. It achieved revenues of around MNOK 120 (MEUR 14) in 2005.
About Nor-Cargo
Nor-Cargo is the Norway Post company that carries part loads, full loads and refrigerated/frozen goods nationally and internationally. In Norway, Nor-Cargo is represented at 90 locations. Through its own subsidiaries in Denmark, Sweden and France and a well developed agent network, Nor-Cargo is represented worldwide. The company has 1,300 employees and achieved revenues of NOK 3.5 billion in 2005.
