gingerfold:
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Of your seven companies listed above and if you take profitability as a measure of their success, (that is pre-Coronavirus), then three of the above are successful, and three are bankrupt in all but name. The other one is just about profitable. Size alone is no measure of success or otherwise. Two of the successful ones are foreign owned. The third successful one, British owned, is debt-free with every vehicle and trailer paid for at purchase.
Oh I agree.
Tankfreight, Pickfords, BRS / EXEL NFC Salvesen, morphed into DHL through various acquisitions like Tibbett & Britten, Deutsche Post, (Foreign) (Struggling)
Russell Davies, Rentokil, Securicor, BET, United, Haniel aka Interbulk (Den Hartogh) (Foreign) (Profit)
Keedwell appear to be recovering with Stuart reevaluating. (Struggling) Independent
Stobart - Smoke and Mirrors (Struggling)
Maritime John W is probably going to have to rethink his container business, there will be a lot of stock that people cannot pay for.
Abbey supported by hungry vultures. (Profit) Independent
Turners has a reasonable margin in comparison. Mr Day seems to have his finger on the pulse. (Profit) Independent
Where are they now?
BOC Distribution Services became Gist
Christian Salvesen
Hays (Hays Logistics)
NFC (including Exel Logistics)
Ocean Group (MSAS and McGregor Cory)
Tibbett and Britten
Transport Development Group
Unigate (Wincanton)
and now?
BOC – acquired by Linde 2006
Christian Salvesen – acquired in 2007 by Norbert Dentressangle
Hays (Hays Logistics) – Hays Logistics spun off as ACR 2004 to Platinum Equity Group; acquired by Kuehne + Nagel 2005
NFC (including Exel Logistics) – merged with Ocean Group 2000 to form Exel
Ocean Group (MSAS and McGregor Cory) – merged with NFC to become Exel 2000; acquired by Deutsche Post 2005
Tibbett and Britten – acquired by Exel 2004
Transport Development Group – acquired by Laxey Investment Trust 2008; sold to Norbert Dentressangle 2010
Unigate (Wincanton) – Wincanton spun off 2001; still independent.
A week is a long time in politics, in transport 20 years goes past like a lightening strike.