Ekol keeps growing with its latest investment in Poland

Poland is the 11th country where Ekol has established its own facilities; the management sees big demand for intermodal solutions on the market

Speeding up its investments in line with its goal to become one of the Top 10 logistics companies in Europe, Ekol recently added Poland to the list of countries it directly operates. It will commence operations in the country at the end of May, 2015. The first branch is already located in Katowice but the plans are ambitious so more branches may follow in the next several months.

Ekol Poland will be offering a wide range of services focusing on its own intermodal solutions. As the owner of 5 Ro-Ro vessels and operator of over 60 block trains per month, the company wants to use its environment-friendly services to strengthen its presence in Europe.

In addition to combined solutions, Ekol will also be providing such „conventional“ services such as domestic and international road transportation for any scale of shipments, as well as rail, air and sea freight. As a supplement to its transportation services, Ekol Poland is going to offer customs clearance and customs warehouse services, as well as a wide range of contract logistics operations, all of which are among the key strengths of the firm.

„Poland occupies an important position on the logistics map of Europe. We see more and more companies finding a hub in Poland, for the Central and East European countries. Furthermore cargo volume between Poland and Turkey, as two important “manufacturing plants” of Europe, is growing rapidly. Taking into consideration the fact that Poland is developing quite rapidly, it has been clear for Ekol that we needed to have our own operation here. The plans in place for Poland involve the employment of several dozen people and achieving a turnover figure of EUR 15 million by the end of 2016,“ says Wojciech Brzuska, General Manager, Ekol International.

It is worth mentioning that Ekol began investing in Europe in 1996, with Ekol Germany, followed by the investments in Romania, Italy, France, Ukraine, Greece, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Never ceasing its investments with a view to offering higher quality services to its customers, in 2013 Ekol founded Ekol Hungary in one of the most strategic spots on the geopolitical map of Europe. In 2014, Ekol Spain was added to company’s transport network.

„We see a big demand for intermodal solutions on the market. Ekol not only has years of experience with intermodal transport, but it also possesses the necessary infrastructure, for instance its own 5 vessels, one of which is the fastest Ro-Ro ship in the Mediterranean. Modern intermodal solutions coupled with warehousing and customs clearance services are in demand in our market so I am sure the presence of such an experienced logistics operator as Ekol in the Polish market will be beneficial for our economy,“ says Artur Pohl, Country Manager Poland.

Artur Pohl adds „We are planning to have daily rail services connecting Western Europe with Poland in order to be able to offer intermodal solutions not only to and from Turkey but also inside Europe, especially to countries where Ekol has its subsidiaries. We will be offering one-stop shop solutions to our customers.“

Ekol is listed among the pioneering suppliers of integrated logistics services in Turkey and Europe with its distribution centers with more than 520,000 m² indoor areas in Turkey, its facilities that has a total area of 100,000 m² in Germany, Italy, Greece, France, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Hungary, Spain and Poland, a fleet of over 4000 vehicles and 6,000 multi-national staff.

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