GreenCarrier buys Swedish Corneel Geerts operation

GreenCarrier buys Swedish Corneel Geerts operation    Gothenburg, Sweden-based GreenCarrier has acquired Corneel Geerts International Transport Sverige, the Swedish subsidiary of Belgium’s Transportgroup Corneel Geerts. No financial details have been released.
   The Corneel Geerts operation in Sweden operates trailer services to and from the Benelux, France and the United Kingdom handling about 10,000 full loads in the past 12 months. The company has an annual turnover of about SKr 40 million ($5.8 million). The four people employed by Corneel Geerts in Sweden are expected to transfer to GreenCarrier’s Gothenburg office by April.
   “With the acquisition, we will immediately gain a strong foothold in parts of Europe where previously we were only a minor player,” said Niklas Olsson, managing director of GreenCarrier.
   “We have identified large areas of synergy that will benefit our customers directly. For GreenCarrier customers, we will be offering more capacity and a wider selection of destinations by road, while Corneel Geerts’ customers will have access to a broader network of offices and ancillary services throughout Sweden.”
   GreenCarrier is owned by the Bjork.Eklund Group.