With the acquisition and integration of the Spanish logistics services provider Spain-Tir, Schenker is continuing to build on its market leadership in the field of European land transport.

Customers now have access to a procurement and distribution network for land transport with area-wide coverage, comprising 72 new business locations on the Iberian Peninsula and offering numerous new international land transport operations.

"By linking Spain-Tir's strong national network and its international transport operations with the closely linked transport network of Schenker, we are giving our customers a clear competitive advantage," said Hans-Jörg Hager, Schenker's Member of the Board with responsibility for European land transport. "Our customers can now benefit from improved end-to-end services in Europe, from Portugal right through to Siberia and from Finland to Sicily, all from a single source. This means we are continuing to expand our leading position in European land transport even further."

Commercial and industrial companies in Spain and Portugal can now make use of Schenker's concentrated European network to serve their customers in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe still more effectively on the basis of a regular schedule. So new markets are being opened up at the same time. For this purpose, additional regular international services are already being developed. The French market is one of the most important markets for the Spanish economy, and it will also benefit from the integration of Spain-Tir. Schenker and Spain-Tir have already enjoyed a successful partnership on this route for many years.