SDV is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business assets of Belgian forwarder EDT. EDT, founded in 2001, is specialized in shipping conventional & project-related cargo, and also offers tailor-made solutions for small & medium-sized companies. The majority of the cargo-flows managed by EDT consist of (dry) bulk cargo to and from Africa which represented a total volume of 8,000 TEUs and 126,000 tons in 2012. SDV will keep on operating these flows under EDT name. Carl BOELENS, Managing Director and Founder of EDT will also join SDV. He has a long track record in this industry being previously Sales director for CMB line and then Safmarine. He will be assisted by another 4 staff. With this acquisition, SDV acquires extra know-how and intelligence with respect to the handling and shipping of bulk cargo. “We noticed that some of our customers consider a shift from container-transport to bulk shipments in West-Africa”, says Geert De Wilde, CEO Benelux for SDV. SDV Belgium (Antwerp, Brucargo and Ostend), leader on the African trade lane, experienced an increase in turnover of 10% in 2013 and handled about 98,000 TEUs and 12,000 ro-ro shipments. About SDV: SDV, a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group, is a global leader in supply chain management ranking among the world’s top 10 in transport and logistics with a network of 600 offices in 99 countries. Contact for further information: Sabrina Giarratano: (305) 926-2611, Email: [email protected] ; www.sdv.com