The Italian international freight forwarding company Savino Del Bene acquired three companies of the Spanish Grupo Marítima Sureste. The agreement concerns Marítima Sureste Shipping, logistics and shipping company that coordinates its activities from the logistics hub of El Estrecho: a over 50,000 square meters with more than 10,000 square meters of warehouses. The assets also include a warehouse in Cheste (8,000 square meters) with 4,000 square meters of outdoor area, a warehouse 10,000 square meters at the Nonduermas railway terminal, where the company holds an exclusive ADIF concession for the management of rail freight and container trains, as well as to further facilities in Almería and Algeciras. Included Marítima Sureste Spain, also active in freight forwarding, and Transportes Gaypemar, specialized in the land transport of containers. The three companies will remain independent entities within the Savino Del Bene group.

The Scandicci-based company highlighted that this operation strengthens Savino del Bene's presence in the area in the strategic Murcia-Almería-Algeciras and integrates into the group a consolidated logistics structure with intermodal capabilities, rail and road transport. "Integration - underlined Gianni Bachini, regional director France, Spain & Portugal by Savino Del Bene - significantly expands the geographical coverage and strengthens our ability to offer more complete and competitive logistics solutions, in in particular in door-to-door services and intermodal operations. In this context, railway assets become strategically relevant and allows us to offer alternatives to transport on more efficient and sustainable roads, while maintaining competitiveness both in costs and in transit times. We also welcome a highly specialized team with whom we share a common vision based on customer proximity and on operational excellence".