Bansard International is a French company of third party logistics and freight forwarding. The company services Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North America, offering multimodal transportation services via air, sea, road and railway.
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 Bansard Headquarters in Rungis, France | |
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Founder | Jean-Pierre Bansard |
| Headquarters | , France |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Simon Pinto (President) |
| Services | Logistics Freight forwarding |
Number of employees | 600 |
| Website | www |
History
editFounded by Jean-Pierre Bansard in 1963 as the Bansard International Transportation Group, the company began by offering road transportation services within Europe.[2][3] This later expanded to shipments by air, sea and rail, with the company providing full transport industry–type logistical services.[4]
Bansard's clients are primarily in the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) sectors, with the company's shipping services handling textiles, cosmetics, automotive parts, alcoholic beverages and other goods.[5][6]
Company milestones
editIn 1965, Bansard opened its airfreight department with offices in Orly and later offices located within Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
In 1977, the company opened a custom brokerage department along with its first bonded warehouse in Orly, France.
After joining the company in 2000, Simon Pinto became main shareholder and CEO in 2003. The company opened subsidiaries in Belgium and China. Its Shanghai office was made Asia-Pacific regional headquarters.
In 2007, Bansard entered into agreement with Allport UK, a freight forwarding company, opening 39% of Bansard's capital. Bansard opened several offices in France: Poitiers, Limoges and Strasbourg.[7][8]
In 2013, Bansard expanded in China and opened new subsidiaries in Spain and India. In North Africa, new offices were inaugurated in Tunisia and Morocco.[9][10] The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) solicited comments on its plan to pool resources in shipping known as the P3 Vessel Sharing Agreement, a plan described as "unprecedented in its scale and scope."[11]: 21 Bansard, along with many of its shipping industry colleagues, indicated their support for FMC's entry into the P3 Agreement.[11] Bansard also implemented plans to handle cargo which fails to fill an entire shipment container, known in the industry as LCL (Less than Container Load), on select shipments to North African countries from five areas of departure in Europe.[12]
In 2014, Bansard acquired CrossLog, a software company specializing in E-commerce logistics such as warehouse management systems and transport management systems.[13][14][15] The company was renamed Crosslog International.[16] Bansard also opened offices in Bangladesh and Thailand.
In 2015, Bansard opened subsidiaries in Vietnam and Israel, and launched offices and warehouses in Nanjing, China.
In 2016, Bansard opened subsidiaries in Cambodia, Singapore and entered into a joint-venture in the United States with Anker International.
In 2019, Bansard acquired a stake in the Australian company Cargo Line International.[17]
Locations
editBansard manages its logistics and shipping operations from offices located in the following cities:
| Region | Country | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Europe |  Belgium
| |
| Antwerp | ||
| Tournai | ||
| Zaventem | ||
 France
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Roissy-En-France | |
| Bordeaux | ||
| Le Havre | ||
| Lille | ||
| Limoges | ||
| Lyon | ||
| Marseille | ||
| Moissy-Cramayel | ||
| Nantes | ||
| Rungis (HQ) | ||
| Paris | ||
| Poitiers | ||
| Strasbourg | ||
 Spain
|
Barcelona | |
| Madrid | ||
| Asia-Pacific |  Bangladesh
|
Chittagong |
| Dhaka | ||
 Cambodia
|
Phnom Penh | |
 China
|
Guangzhou | |
| Hong Kong | ||
| Nanjing | ||
| Ningbo | ||
| Qingdao | ||
| Shanghai (HQ) | ||
| Shenzhen | ||
| Tianjin | ||
| Xiamen | ||
| Yiwu | ||
 India
|
Mumbai | |
| New Delhi | ||
 Singapore
|
Singapore | |
 Thailand
|
Bangkok | |
 Vietnam
|
Hanoi | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | ||
| North America |  Mexico
|
Guadalajara-Jalisco |
 USA
|
Atlanta | |
| Los Angeles | ||
| Miami | ||
| New York City | ||
| Middle East/ North Africa |
 Israel
|
Ashdod |
| Haifa | ||
 Morocco
|
Casablanca | |
| Tangier | ||
 Tunisia
|
Radès |
Rungis serves as Bansard's European regional headquarters while Shanghai serves as its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters.
References
edit- ^ "Rungis HQ, Bansard International". www.bansard.com.
- ^ "Énergie éclectique". LExpansion.com (in French). 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "History of Bansard International". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ Yazdani, Morteza; Zarate, Pascale; Coulibaly, Adama; Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras (July 2017). "A Group Decision Making Support System in Logistics and Supply Chain Management". Expert Systems with Applications. 88: 383. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2017.07.014. S2CID 207685066.
- ^ "Spotlight on Bansard International" (PDF). Voice of the Independent (52). World Logistics Media UK Ltd.: 7 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Prestataires Logistiques 12e édition" (PDF). Supply Chain Magazine (in French). June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "Latest Office Opened in Poitiers/News/Allport Cargo Services UK". allportcargoservices.com. Retrieved 2017-09-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Strasbourg Office | News | Allport Cargo Services UK". allportcargoservices.com. Retrieved 2017-09-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Une Dynamique Logistique à Relancer- Actu-Transport-Logistique.fr". www.actu-transport-logistique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Opportunités à Saisir - Actu-Transport-Logistique.fr". www.actu-transport-logistique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ a b Crestot, Jonathan. "Correspondence from Jonathan Crestot, Bansard Sea-freight Manager to Karen Gregory, Secretary of the Federal Maritime Commission re: Comments on P3 Network Vessel Sharing Agreement" (PDF). Federal Maritime Commission. FMC.gov. pp. 25–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ Calabrèse, Vincent. "La filiale Maroc de Bansard prend des dimensions multimodales". L'Antenne - Les transports et la logistique au quotidien (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Crosslog racheté par Bansard International" (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ Murard, Luc de. "[Mars 2014] - CrossLog intègre le groupe Bansard International - CrossLog Logistique e-commerce". www.crosslog.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "E-logistics expert CrossLog: services of cutting edge innovation" (PDF). Entreprendre. September 2017.
- ^ "Bansard International met le cap sur la logistique du e-commerce - Actu-Transport-Logistique.fr". www.actu-transport-logistique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Bansard enters Australian market through acquisition". www.transportjournal.com (Press release). Retrieved 2019-06-12.
