Dachser expande serviços marítimos “Less-than-Container-Load”

Dachser has expanded its range of LCL (Less-than-Container-Load) maritime services with the launch of new weekly direct import and export routes connecting Portugal and Spain to China, India and Mexico, also including the collection and delivery of goods door to door.

The logistics operator explains on its website that the maritime groupage service provides companies with a global and integrated approach, which stands out for its speed, with reduced transit times, flexibility, with weekly transports, and transparency throughout the entire supply chain. supply, through its own tracking and tracing systems.

"Thanks to the integration of our transport networks into a truly global network, container loading and unloading operations are carried out at Dachser's logistics warehouses in Valencia and Barcelona, ​​with a direct connection to our comprehensive European road transport network," says Javier Villahermosa, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics in Southern Europe.

"In this way, we managed to ensure transparency, a lower risk of damage and greater speed, always offering a perfect door-to-door service to our customers. With the direct LCL routes that DACHSER already offers weekly, from and to the Iberian Peninsula, we continue to grow to cover and reach the most important markets in Asia and South America", concludes the person in charge.

Dachser Portugal earned €103M in 2022

A freight company founded in 1930 by Thomas Dachser in the German city of Kempten (Allgäu), Dachser is one of the world's leading logistics operators, with a team of around 31,000 employees, spread across 376 locations in America , Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

In Portugal, where it has been operating since 1986, it has 186 employees and recorded a turnover (net result, unconsolidated) of around 103M€, according to data released for the year 2022, during which it was responsible for 1.3 million shipments, a value that translated into 307,700 tons of goods handled.