Since the beginning of June, the PKP CARGO Group has had its own freight forwarder in Germany – the company PKP CARGO Connect GmbH, based in Hamburg. Its main task is freight forwarding focused on intermodal, maritime, and road transport. A customs agency also operates within the new company. The German division of PKP CARGO Connect is already operational, has clients, and is actively seeking new orders.
– Launching our own freight forwarding company in the country with the largest economy in the European Union is an unprecedented event for the PKP CARGO Group – says Grzegorz Fingas, Member of the Management Board of PKP CARGO for Commercial Affairs. – In this way, we want to develop the Group’s operations in further markets and acquire new clients. The new company will naturally utilize the transport potential of PKP CARGO.
The German freight forwarder in the PKP CARGO Group will initially focus on acquiring clients from Europe. Its key markets will be Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; however, the Group’s forwarding experience and competencies predispose the new company’s operations to the entire old continent. Hamburg is an important city on the logistics map of Europe, possessing the largest seaport in Germany and the second largest in Europe. Having a headquarters there facilitates the acquisition of new clients and expansion into new markets.
– Access to the German market is a huge opportunity for us to further increase the scale of our operations. Launching a freight forwarding company in Germany is a consequence of the development of PKP CARGO Connect. We have experience and competencies in the field of freight forwarding, and we want to use them to grow in foreign markets – says Iwona Skurzewska, Member of the Management Board of PKP CARGO CONNECT.
A customs agency also operates within the new company. The PKP CARGO Group has experience in customs handling and fiscal clearance for its clients. Freight forwarding is a business activity consisting of organizing the transport of goods. As part of its operations, the freight forwarder also offers a range of additional services. PKP CARGO Connect is a company operating within the PKP CARGO Group, responsible for, among other things, intermodal transport and domestic and international rail freight forwarding.