Freight forwarding helps Norbert grow sales by 8%

Beausemblant, France: Norbert Dentressangle reported sales up by 8.5%  to €3.9bn last year.  The strongest growth was in freight forwarding helped by the integration of John Keells Group.

The freight forwarding division saw sales rise 67% to €143m.

The Logistics division reported sales up 12.2% to €1.8bn attributed to strong performances in the UK, Italy and the Netherlands and the integration of Nova Natie. Sales in transport rose 3.7% to €2bn.