Scan Group

Scan Group is a shipping and logistics company based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Scan Group
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryShipping
Founded1969
FounderArne Simonsen
Headquarters,
Key people
Arne Simonsen (CEO)
RevenueDKK 6,7312 million (2012)[1]
DKK 90 million (2012)[1]
Number of employees
2,410 (2013)) [1]
Websitescan-group.com

History

The company was founded as Scan-Shipping by Arne Simonsen on 1 April 1969.[2] Scan-Shipping Airfreight was established in 1978. The first office outside Denmark opened 1973 in New York (since 1988 Shipco Transport Inc.). The name was changed to Scan Group in 2010.[3]

Location

The company is headquartered at Snorresgade 1820 in the Islands Brygge district of central Copenhagen. The building is the former home of International Harbester's Danish subsidiary.

References

  1. "Scan Group A/S". Largest Companies. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. "Scan Group med vokseværk" (in Danish). Danske Transport Medier. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  3. "Ændringer hos Scan-Shipping" (in Danish). Danske Transport Nyheder. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
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