Transferium has been the link between shore and ship for more than 20 years. During that period, its expertise as well as its offer grew, because an increased focus on sustainability led to Transferium Biomass, in addition to Transferium Stevedoring. To fulfil its future growth ambitions, Transferium now relies on Multi Logistics Group.
What brought Transferium to Multi Logistics Group?
Nicola Samyn, manager of Transferium: ‘Initially Transferium started as a storage and transhipment company. Even today, ships are continuously unloaded - even coasters up to 12,000 tonnes - and goods are stored and redistributed at home and abroad. An additional activity was added in 2016: supplying alternative fuels to power plants to generate green energy.
So we know what to do, and on top of that core business come sales, marketing, HR and finance tasks. To keep everything running smoothly, we decided to turn to Multi Logistics Group.’
What is the biggest asset of the cooperation?
Johannes Lagasse, CEO Multi Logistics Group: ‘Together you get further: a not insignificant asset for a logistics player. By going from competitors to co-partners, we automatically get an increase in scale. Together we have greater national coverage - from Ghent to Liège - more square metres of storage and more running metres of quayside. Moreover, together we will also be able to buy in larger volumes, which makes us more financially powerful. Not to mention the sum of knowledge and experience.’
Nicola Samyn: ‘So from now on, we will be able to serve our joint customers even better, more flexibly and faster. They can now choose from several locations with numerous storage options and rely on a large fleet of low-loaders, trucks and transhipment cranes. Moreover, these are always on standby, as we can count on a workshop with a large stock of spare parts.’
Johannes Lagasse: ‘We both also strongly believe in sustainability. For instance, by also focusing on efficient water-bound transport, which we use to curb CO2 and fine dust emissions. Thanks to Transferium, a biomass offer now comes on top of that, which we can offer to a larger group of customers together within the Multi Logistics Group.’
What does the joint future bring?
Nicola Samyn: ‘By joining hands, Transferium can fully focus on its core business. Consequently, we are planning a new additional concession of 3 hectares in the port of Ghent, where we want to bundle our recycling processes of different types of waste and thus extract all recyclable flows. All this will be done in brand-new production halls so that we comply with the latest environmental laws. This will also immediately free up space to further expand transhipment activities.
You see: thanks to this partnership, we are going into the future even stronger.’
