Dear customer / business partner

Winter is just around the corner. In FREJA we may look back at a year 2017 as a year where we through new initiatives have come one step closer to our goal of being a full-service-provider.We have started up a seafreight department so that we are now full provider of all means of transportation and we have received our GMP permission in Taastrup allowing us to perform secondary repackaging and labelling of pharmaceuticals.

On group level we have strengthened the organization by employment of a new managing director and a new sales- and marketing director in our Swedish sister company and as a whole FREJA is well prepared to accept the assignments which our customers will offer to us in 2018.FREJAs founder Jørgen Hansen celebrated his 40 years anniversary in the transport business in August 2017 and FREJA as such turned 32 years in April 2017.

The holidays in connection with Christmas and New Year means that we will have to change the dates of departure on some destinations. That is also something to read about in one of the articles.On behalf of FREJA I wish you will enjoy reading this newsletter.

Ulrik Rasmussen
Managing Director
Direct: +45 9670 5330
Mobile: +45 5234 5330

FREJA achieves GMP permission

In October, FREJA reached an important goal in our strategic focus on Pharma Logistics as we obtained our GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) permit in Denmark. The permit allows FREJA to perform secondary repackaging and labelling of pharmaceuticals, as well as for pharmaceuticals for clinical trials.

Since we obtained our GDP (Good Distribution Practice) permit in the beginning of 2016 things have moved quickly - both in terms of attracting new customers and in terms of developing services together with our customers.

In FREJA we have worked determinedly to be able to offer also this service to customers in the Pharma segment and we are pleased that we are now able to offer repacking of pharmaceutical products. For example, this involves replacement of a patient information leaflet, labelling of a packaging, replacement of exterior packaging, inspection of special products, etc. Furthermore, FREJA offers to do shrink wrap in sales bundles in a GDP approved warehouse - the possibilities are many.

“With this service, FREJA has a more complete range of services to offer the market and it gives obvious advantages to our customers that we are able to offer all services under the same roof. It reduces production time and movement of goods; meaning a quicker availability of the reworked products,” says Marina Steensen, Group Healthcare Logistics Director in FREJA.

For further information about FREJA’s services in Pharma logistics, please contact Marina Steensen.

Marina Steensen
Group Healthcare Logistics Director
Direct: +45 9670 5422
Mobile: +45 2070 0612

FREJA establishes sea freight department

Even more focus on sea- and airfreight creates new possibilities for FREJA’s customers

In FREJA Transport & Logistics A/S we experience that our customers to a larger extend would require assistance in regards to consignments moving by sea- or airfreight. Previously this year we started up an airfreight division and time has now come to start up a sea freight division as well.

To be responsible for this area, we have employed Martin Kring as Ocean Freight Manager by 1st November 2017. Martin has been working with sea freight for the past 15 years and therefore brings with him a large experience in this area.

The employment of Martin Kring supports FREJA’s ambition of being a full service provider with the possibility of offering our customers all sorts of transport and logistics solutions they may need. In close cooperation with our Global Forwarding group Martin will be responsible for the development of FREJA’s services within overseas and third party consignments.

If you need assistance with your sea- or airfreight consignments please contact our qualified team.

Torben Stenshøj
Airfreight Manager
Direct: +45 9670 5250
Mobile: +45 5234 5250

FREJA has signed an agreement for acquisition of the transport company Transcargo with head quarter in Padborg, Denmark.

With the acquisition of Transcargo, FREJA will secure an even stronger position at the market and get close to the aim of being a full service provider. Transcargo’s transport services will complement the already strong service level in FREJA and will to a great extend create value for the customers in the FREJA group.

With the acquisition of Transcargo, who has a strong brand in temperature-controlled transports and is among the market leaders at the lines from Denmark to Greece and Polen, FREJA comes one step closer to its aim of being a full service provider to the transport market. Officially, the acquisition will take place on January 1st 2018 but awaits the approval of The Danish Competition Authority.

“We have a clear strategy to strengthen FREJA’s position at the transport market. Transcargo’s core services complement FREJA very well. We see very many interesting possibilities, which are obvious to exploit. It will be very interesting for our customers”, says Group CEO Jørgen Hansen.

Stronger brand will create competitive advantages for the customers
It has been quite some years since FREJA made our recent acquisition, but for the management in FREJA it has been a matter of finding the right match.

“We have had the patience to wait for the right acquisition to become a possibility for us. Transcargo includes everything we have been looking for. In future, we will to an even greater extend be able to help the customers optimize their value chain to become even more competitive. It is a win-win for all parties”, evaluates Jørgen Hansen.

Jørgen Hansen underlines that Transcargo’s activities will be further developed from the strategic positions in Denmark (approx. 50 employees), Sweden (3 employees) and Poland (approx. 90 employees. The employees play an important role in the future development.

Transcargo
Until now, Transcargo has been owned by the founders Bjarne Sell Hansen and Henrik Jürgensen, CEO Torben Mortensen and a number of minor shareholders. Torben Mortensen will continue as branch manager in Padborg and as manager for the Polish company. Consequently, he joins FREJA’s group of directors. Henrik Jürgensen will continue his present job as traffic manager with focus on Greece. Torben Mortensen and Henrik Jürgensen will continue as shareholders in FREJA, while Bjarne Sell Hansen enters the board in the Polish company.

Bjarne Sell Hansen sees FREJA as the perfect match for Transcargo and says:

”FREJA is a solid, well-run company with a strong brand, a committed organization with 600 employees and a good reputation in the market. FREJA has a strong IT platform, which is ready to implement Transcargo. At the same time FREJA is a group with strong values - all in all a company that we - as seller of Transcargo - only have faith in”.

PRESS RELEASE TRANSCARGO

For further information please contact Group CEO Jørgen J. Hansen.

In connection with the ongoing collective bargaining in Finland, a large strike is expected to take place in the country on February 2nd, 2018. This involves dock works and may therefore cause delays to the ferry traffic to and from Finland this coming weekend.

We apologize for any inconveniences this might cause. Please call your normal FREJA contact person for more information.

Because of the holidays during spring 2018, the dates of departure to and from Denmark will change according to the plans below.

DENMARK TO/FROM JUTLAND/FUNEN

DENMARK TO/FROM ZEALAND

With the receipt of the approval from The Danish Competition Authority, we are very pleased to inform that closing was accomplished on January 31st 2018 with effect of January 1st 2018.

By uniting forces - and utilizing mutual qualifications and resources - we are convinced that we to an even larger extent have products, which will create value for our customers as well as for other business partners in the future FREJA Group.

With the acquisition of Transcargo - having a particularly strong brand within temperature controlled transportations and also being among the market leaders on the traffics between Denmark, the Baltic States, Central Europe and Greece - FREJA is one step closer to our goal of being a full service provider to the transport and logistics market.

The Danish companies are expected to merge during spring/beginning of the summer. More information will follow as soon as the practical matters have been sorted out.

Transcargo Poland will continue in the name Transcargo as a sister company to the other members of the Group.

Transcargo’s division in Brøndby will move to FREJA in Taastrup, just as certain traffics to/from Jutland will be united in Stilling respectively Padborg.

After the merger of the Danish units, the Transcargo office in Trelleborg will be integrated into FREJA Transport & Logistics AB and become the 5th FREJA location in Sweden. Further information will follow as soon as the final dates are known.

Together with our customers and business partners, we look forward to developing the possibilities, which we now have, to expand and develop the cooperation to our mutual benefits.

All former contact persons will be at your disposal if you have any further questions.

With the receipt of the approval from The Danish Competition Authority, we are very pleased to inform that closing was accomplished on January 31st 2018 with effect of January 1st 2018

By uniting forces - and utilizing mutual qualifications and resources - we are convinced that we to an even larger extent have products, which will create value for our customers as well as for other business partners in the future FREJA Group.

With the acquisition of Transcargo - having a particularly strong brand within temperature controlled transportations and also being among the market leaders on the traffics between Denmark, the Baltic States, Central Europe and Greece - FREJA is one step closer to our goal of being a full service provider to the transport and logistics market.

The Danish companies are expected to merge during spring/beginning of the summer. More information will follow as soon as the practical matters have been sorted out.

Transcargo Poland will continue in the name Transcargo as a sister company to the other members of the Group.

Transcargo’s division in Brøndby will move to FREJA in Taastrup, just as certain traffics to/from Jutland will be united in Stilling respectively Padborg.

After the merger of the Danish units, the Transcargo office in Trelleborg will be integrated into FREJA Transport & Logistics AB and become the 5th FREJA location in Sweden. Further information will follow as soon as the final dates are known.

Together with our customers and business partners, we look forward to developing the possibilities, which we now have, to expand and develop the cooperation to our mutual benefits.

All former contact persons will be at your disposal if you have any further questions.