AUSTRALIA's Toll Global Forwarding (TGF), the logistics division of the Toll Group, has established a Nordics division, with the opening of offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Helsinki.
    TGF also plans to open in Norway and to penetrate the neighbouring Baltic states. Already the new division employs 50, and will eventually reach 150-175 staff, excluding warehousemen and drivers.
    TGF has appointed Ole Moller Hansen managing director and Michael Krogh chief financial officer to head up its expansion into the Nordic countries and Baltic states. Mr Hansen was formerly CEO of Scan Global Logistics, and Mr Krogh was its CFO.
    The two have worked for AP Moeller, DSV/ DFDS and DHL, and share almost 60 years' experience in the freight and logistics business.
    Nordic operations will centre on air- and ocean forwarding, along with project forwarding, said a company statement and will target business to and from Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
    "Within just a few weeks of its launch, Toll Nordics has already signed its first contracts with a number of large customers. The company has commenced operations using sub-contracted handling and trucking, but eventually these functions will be brought in house," the statement said.

Source: Shipping Gazette