Gebrüder Weiss is expanding its German network with its recent acquisition of B+A Luft- und Seefrachtspedition GmbH in Nuremberg. 

The new wholly-owned subsidiary specializes in the import and export of groupage freight containers between Asia and Germany and will be integrated into the Gebrüder Weiss network as of June 27, 2023.

"Nuremberg is one of the top logistics locations in Germany and our German Air & Sea network will be given a particular boost by the acquisition. B+A's many years of expertise in the air and sea freight business are a perfect addition to the existing Gebrüder Weiss branch in Nuremberg, which has so far been focused on land transport and logistics," said Robert Stahlschmidt, country manager Air & Sea Germany at Gebrüder Weiss.

"This will enable us to offer our customers in the Nuremberg metropolitan region an even more comprehensive range of services," he added.

The freight forwarder B+A was founded in Nuremberg in 1982, and it provides international air and sea freight services. It offers project transports and weekly container transports by sea from Asia, among other things.

The groupage freight containers (LCL) are shipped from logistics centres in China and Taiwan to Hamburg, from where they are then taken by rail to Nuremberg before being delivered to regional companies.

"We look forward to becoming part of an equally sound yet ambitious family business. Our employees have excellent, long-term prospects under the umbrella of Gebrüder Weiss. We will in future be able to offer our customers the entire product range of a globally operating logistics company from a single source," said Andreas Tylewski, managing partner of B+A.

He added that the company's 20 employees will be kept on, and the company will continue to operate under the name "B+A Luft- und Seefrachtspedition GmbH."

Gebrüder Weiss has been operating in Nuremberg since 2017, having since also gained a foothold in the Air & Sea segment in this important core market in Germany.

The company provides air and sea freight services at central hubs throughout Germany: Hamburg, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich, Straubing — and now also in Nuremberg.

The company’s already dense land transport network in southern Germany was further expanded with the acquisition of the freight forwarder Rentschler in Baden-Württemberg at the start of the year.