Dan Transport News

SBS Worldwide promoted their U.S. CEO Lars Kloch to CEO – Freight Division, expanding his existing U.S. role to take responsibility of their global freight operations. Kloch takes up the role with immediate effect and will become responsible for developing SBS Worldwide’s global freight product offering, both nationally and internationally. Lars started his career at Dan Transport in Denmark (now DSV) and went on to work at Exel Global Logistics before moving to the U.S. in 2004 where he held various senior sales…

Danish shipping company DFDS, 56 percent owned by shipping and shipbuilding group J. Lauritzen reportedly is in agreement to sell its Dan Transport logistics unit to forwarding company DSV for an undisclosed sum. On September 5 DSV announced it had embarked on talks with "major transport and logistics companies, including DFDS Dan Transport."

DFDS's $286 million acquisition of DanTransport is designed to make it the region's second-largest transport company.