Transports Gilles Vieillard

What Transports Gilles Vieillard does

Transports Gilles Vieillard SARL is a privately-held, family-owned French transport and logistics operator headquartered in Renneville (Normandy), with a branch office at the Port of Le Havre. Founded in 1992 and operating for over 30 years, the company serves freight forwarders, shipping companies, industrial manufacturers, and French public organizations across regional (Normandy), national (France), and international (EU and non-EU) corridors — including routes to Antwerp, Rotterdam, Milan, Genoa, Barcelona, and Bilbao. Its service portfolio spans five integrated lines: specialized maritime container transport (general cargo, reefer, dangerous goods Classes 1–9, tank, waste, exceptional convoys Categories 1–3, high-security escorted transport), conventional road transport (tautliners, flatbeds, car carriers), specialized round-timber/log transport via 45T/m crane-equipped tractors, integrated logistics (warehousing plus transport orchestration under a single point of contact), and industrial storage outsourcing for seasonal peak management.

The operating backbone combines a Euro 5/6 compliant fleet fitted with GPS-based tracking and geofencing, a 5,000 m² owned warehouse featuring access control, intrusion alarms, real-time video surveillance, and fire detection, and the distinction of being the first French carrier to deploy kinetic energy recovery generators that power auxiliary systems from vehicle motion. The company is a signatory of the Objectif CO2 charter and operates a Web EDI portal for electronic document exchange with existing B2B clients. Underlying technology is conventional fleet/warehouse tooling rather than AI/ML, with pricing conducted through individualized quotes rather than automated dynamic pricing.

Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee basis for transport services (per-shipment quotes) and a managed-services basis for integrated logistics and long-term storage contracts; fuel surcharges are passed through per the French legal framework (Loi n°2006-10). Go-to-market is sales-led through a commercial team and self-serve quote request forms on tgvsarl.com, supplemented by a vetted partner-vehicle network for capacity scaling in conventional road transport. Customers are diversified across industrial manufacturing, freight forwarding, maritime/shipping, timber/wood, and public-sector segments, though no named anchor accounts were disclosed.

Name

Transports Gilles Vieillard

Legal name

Transports Gilles Vieillard SARL

Website

https://tgvsarl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Transports Gilles Vieillard SARL is a privately-held, family-owned French transport and logistics operator providing maritime container, conventional road, and timber transport alongside integrated logistics and industrial storage from bases in Normandy and the Port of Le Havre, serving freight forwarders, industrial manufacturers, and public-sector clients across France and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Freight Transportation

NAICS

General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload (484121), General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance (48412), Marine Cargo Handling (48832)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Import Forwarding (Destination Handling/DO/ISF) (TLACABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bulk & Tanker Road Freight Forwarding (Dry Bulk, Liquids, Chemicals) (TLACACAL), Container Stuffing/Unstuffing & Deconsolidation (CFS Services) (TLAHALAG)

Keywords

• Maritime container transport
• Road freight transport
• Round timber haulage
• Industrial warehousing services
• Integrated logistics solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Renneville

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Maritime Container Transport: Revenue from specialized maritime container transport services, including general cargo, refrigerated (reefer), dangerous goods (classes 1-9), tank containers, waste containers, exceptional convoys (categories 1, 2, 3), tipping containers, high-security escorted transport, and side-loader ground placement. Services offered as round-trip or one-way (Gennevilliers, Montoir de Bretagne, Rennes, Bordeaux, Fos sur Mer, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Milan, Genoa, Barcelona, Bilbao, Antwerp, Rotterdam).
2. Conventional Road Transport: Revenue from conventional road transport services using tautliners, rigid trucks, flatbeds, and car carriers, supported by the company's own fleet and a network of loyal partner vehicles. Vehicles available with or without drivers for occasional operations or long-term rental, covering regional, national, and international flows within the European Union and beyond.
3. Log & Round Wood Transport: Revenue from specialized round timber and wood transport using tractors and log trucks equipped with cranes having 45T/m lifting capacity, serving sawmills, industrial clients, French public bodies, and international destinations. Includes container traction, loading, export customs, and maritime freight coordination.
4. Integrated Logistics: Integrated logistics services combining warehousing, handling, inventory management, and customized logistics operations in coordination with transport services, providing a single point of contact for end-to-end service (A to Z).
5. Industrial Storage & Logistics Outsourcing: Industrial storage services offering logistics outsourcing, seasonal peak management, order preparation, and inventory management, allowing clients to concentrate on core business activities while maintaining cost and operational control.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

French road freight carrier offering maritime container transport (reefer, hazardous materials, exceptional convoys up to 80 tonnes), conventional palletized and bulk truckload services, specialized round timber haulage using onboard cranes, end-to-end integrated logistics coordination, and 5,000 m² of industrial warehousing facilities. Operations are based in Normandy and serve industrial shippers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, sawmills, and public bodies across France and Europe.

Product overview

Transports Gilles Vieillard SARL operates as a unified transport and logistics platform offering complementary services. The portfolio consists of three specialized transport services—Maritime Containers (over 32 years), Conventional Transport (tautliners, flatbeds, car carriers), and Log/Round Wood Transport (with 45T/m crane capacity)—alongside three logistics services: Integrated Logistics (end-to-end), Industrial Storage (outsourcing), and company-owned Warehouse infrastructure (5,000 m²). Transport and logistics services are designed to complement each other, with logistics operations supporting upstream and downstream transport activities through a single contact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maritime Container Transport

Quantifiable outcome

• First French transport company equipped with kinetic energy recovery generator technology
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bolloré Logistics: French freight forwarder with multimodal ocean, air, and road operations plus warehousing, directly competing for forwarder and industrial logistics contracts served by TGV's port-related flows.
• Geodis: French global 3PL with road, ocean, air, and contract logistics — competes with TGV for French freight forwarding and warehousing contracts but at enterprise scale with full digital and international footprint.
• Dachser: German-headquartered logistics company with strong French road and contract logistics presence — overlaps with TGV on conventional and container transport plus warehousing for European shippers.
• STEF: French temperature-controlled logistics leader with refrigerated and frozen transport plus warehousing — overlaps with TGV's reefer container capability but at vastly larger national scale.
• XPO Logistics (XPO France): Major European road haulier with French container and LTL operations serving the same industrial and freight forwarder customer base as TGV.

Direct peers

• Jacky Perrenot: French family-owned transport group with conventional, container, and multimodal services across France and Europe — same independent-ownership profile and service scope as TGV, but at greater scale.
• Heppner: French transport and logistics company headquartered in Paris with national and European container, conventional, and multimodal capabilities — the closest mid-market peer in scale, service mix, and customer profile to Transports Gilles Vieillard.
• Charles André Transports (CAT): French carrier specializing in bulk, tanker, and industrial transport including dangerous goods, directly comparable to TGV's tank container, exceptional convoy, and hazardous cargo services.
• Malherbe Transports: French regional transport and logistics specialist operating conventional and container services with warehousing, very similar in size and B2B industrial customer orientation to TGV.

Others

• DT Group (Dachser & Toll) France affiliates: Transalliance is a French/European road transport alliance network — not a direct competitor but a comparable partner-network model that TGV mirrors for capacity scaling via loyal partner vehicles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TGVSARL

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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