Latvian forwarder Spedair is renamed Greencarrier Latvia

16.09.2009 (12:48)

Latvian transportation and freight forwarding company Spedair, which was acquired by Sweden-headquartered logistics group Greencarrier International in September 2008, has been renamed Greencarrier Latvia. The company began trading under its new name on September 9.

Greencarrier explained that Spedair, which was established in 1998, was based in Riga, Latvia, and had subsidiaries in Kiev, Ukraine, and Minsk, Belarus, plus a worldwide network of agents. Within Riga International Airport, Greencarrier Latvia had a multifunctional cargo terminal which included an open bonded warehouse.

"Spedair has enabled Greencarrier International to strengthen its position in Eastern Europe and the Baltic region, providing air, road, ocean and rail freight forwarding, multimodal transportation, warehousing and storage services, and customs brokerage services," stated the Swedish group.

Renaming Spedair would take that process an important step forward, claimed Niklas Olsson, Managing Director and CEO of Greencarrier International: "Spedair has enabled us to expand our operations significantly and we feel now is the right time to rebrand the company, so taking the Greencarrier name into new market areas. It will also emphasise the fact that shipments entrusted to our care are under Greencarrier's control from door to door."

Greencarrier International is the logistics arm of the Gothenburg-based Björk.Eklund Group, one of Sweden's largest privately-owned logistics and transportation companies.

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