Bring Cargo
Bring Cargo B.V. is the Benelux-based road transport, freight forwarding and customs subsidiary of Norwegian state-owned Posten Bring AS, providing daily international transport of palletised goods, project cargo, sea/air freight and offshore logistics between the Benelux and Scandinavia, the UK/Ireland, Iberia and the Baltics for B2B customers.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersZwijndrecht, Netherlands
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Bring Cargo does
Bring Cargo B.V. is the Benelux-based road transport and freight forwarding subsidiary of Posten Bring AS, the Norwegian state-owned postal and logistics group (formerly Posten Norge AS). Headquartered in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, strategically located between the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp, Bring Cargo coordinates international transport flows between the Benelux and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland), the United Kingdom and Ireland, Spain/Portugal/France and the Baltic states. Its service portfolio spans nine product lines: international road transport (groupage, LTL and FTL), the standardised Bring Pallet Service to the Nordics, Offshore & Ship Supply logistics, Project transport for oversized/exceptional cargo, Expeditie (general European forwarding), Sea freight (FCL/LCL), Air freight, Special/Exceptional transport, and Customs handling. The Benelux B.V. operates alongside a sister Belgian entity (Bring Belgium BV, Mechelen) and acts as the gateway for the wider Bring Group, which employs more than 2,000 people across approximately 1,000 semi-trailers, 660 distribution vans and 240,000 m² of storage in more than 12 countries.
The company's digital infrastructure is built on conventional logistics software rather than AI-driven systems: the BringLink customer portal, BluJay (e2open) EDI/booking platform for larger recurring cargo flows, Kewill Transport Management System for direct customer TMS integrations, and the Procurius webportal for flexible bookings, supported by Track & Trace capability for parcels and pallets. The Bring Group operates its own distribution networks across the Nordics (14+ offices in Norway including Spitsbergen, 22 locations in Denmark, seven distribution centres in Sweden, an office in Vantaa/Finland) and four own offices in the UK (Stallingborough, Ramsbottom, Birmingham, Aberdeen), with channel partners handling Iberia, Ireland, Gibraltar and worldwide sea/air freight. The Zwijndrecht distribution centre, operational since July 2015, is BREEAM 'Excellent'-certified with solar panels and LED lighting.
Bring Cargo operates a B2B sales-led go-to-market with inside sales at the Zwijndrecht HQ supported by planners who double as customer service. Pricing is quote-based for road, forwarding, project, air, sea and customs services, with the Bring Pallet Service using fixed per-unit pricing by europallet and parcel size, and a monthly fuel surcharge adjusted on the first working day of each month. Revenue streams are transaction-based transport fees, professional services fees for project/offshore/customs work, and managed services for warehousing. Customer segments include primary B2B shippers of palletised goods, machinery and industrial cargo between Benelux and Scandinavia/UK, plus secondary verticals in offshore & energy (oil & gas platforms, ship supply), dangerous goods (ADR/IMO), oversized/special transport (glass, horticulture, events), and intercontinental sea/air freight shippers. Bring Cargo holds AEO, ISO and BRC (2025-2026) certifications, reinforcing its regulatory credentials for cross-border trade.
Bring Cargo firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Bring Cargo
- Legal name
- Bring Cargo B.V.
- Website
- https://bring.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Bring Cargo B.V. is the Benelux-based road transport, freight forwarding and customs subsidiary of Norwegian state-owned Posten Bring AS, providing daily international transport of palletised goods, project cargo, sea/air freight and offshore logistics between the Benelux and Scandinavia, the UK/Ireland, Iberia and the Baltics for B2B customers.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Bring Cargo industry classification
Industry- Product category
- International Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
- NAICS
- Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111)
- SIC
- Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking (No Local) (4213)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Cross-Border Trucking & Border Transfer (Linehaul, Transloading) (TLACACAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Cross-Border Consolidation (Landbridge / Intra-Regional) (TLACALAJ), Postal & Hybrid Mail/Parcel Cross-Border (UPU/Postal Operators) (TLACAKAG)
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Where Bring Cargo is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Zwijndrecht
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices18 records
Markets served
Bring Cargo business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- International Road Transport (Groupage, LTL, FTL): Core revenue stream: paid transport of groupage, partial loads (LTL) and full truck loads (FTL) between Benelux and Scandinavia, UK/Ireland, Spain/Portugal/France, and the Baltics. Quote-based pricing per shipment, with daily departures and contracted line-haul services.
- Bring Pallet Service: Standardized daily pallet/parcel service to Nordic destinations. Volume-based pricing per pallet (¼, ½, full europallet) or per parcel within fixed size/weight restrictions.
- Sea Freight: Intercontinental ocean freight via FCL (full container) and LCL (less than container load) bookings, including consolidation, crossdocking and quality control. Performed with trusted shipping lines and global partners; customs handling included.
- Air Freight: Intercontinental air freight for urgent shipments, ranging from small parcels to full modules. Includes airport transport, customs documentation and Incoterms advice.
- Project Logistics / Special Transport: Customized logistics solutions for oversized, heavy or otherwise exceptional cargo, including route planning, permit applications, chartering, lifting operations, and event logistics (Olympics, Champions League finals). Priced per project.
- Offshore & Energy Logistics / Ship Supply: Specialized logistics for the offshore and maritime sector, including provisioning of sea vessels and drilling platforms with dry and temperature-controlled goods across Europe (Spitsbergen to Gibraltar). Includes shipping agency services in Norway.
- Warehousing & Storage: Local storage capacity at Swedish destinations and at the BREEAM-certified Zwijndrecht DC (240,000 m² storage capacity across the Bring Group). Priced per storage need/pallet position.
- Customs Handling: Customs documentation, temporary import/export handling, and customs declarations via own customs warehouse and team of declarants.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Quote-based pricing for road transport, forwarding, project logistics, air/sea freight, and customs services |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Bring Pallet Service - fixed per-unit pricing by pallet or parcel size |
| Other | Monthly | Monthly fuel surcharge adjustment |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels5 records
Bring Cargo product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Bring Cargo B.V. is the Benelux road-transport and freight-forwarding arm of the Norwegian Posten Bring group, providing international transport of groupage, part-loads (LTL), full truckloads (FTL) and palletized goods between the Benelux and Scandinavia, the UK/Ireland, Spain/Portugal/France and the Baltics. The offering is complemented by specialised services including offshore and ship-supply logistics, project and oversized transport, daily Bring Pallet Service, sea freight, air freight, customs handling, and warehousing. Customers book through direct sales, online portals (Customer Portal/BringLink, Procurius), or EDI/TMS integrations (BluJay, Kewill).
Product overview
Bring Cargo B.V. is the Benelux road-transport and freight-forwarding subsidiary of the Norwegian Posten Bring group, organised as a portfolio of nine specialised service modules rather than a single unified software product. The core offering is Wegtransport (international road transport), which is complemented by Bring Pallet Service (daily pallet/parcel shipments to the Nordics), Offshore & Scheepsleveringen (offshore and ship supply), Projecten (project and exceptional transport), Expeditie (general forwarding across Europe and worldwide), Zeevracht (sea freight), Luchtvracht (air freight) and Speciaal Transport (oversized/heavy cargo). The sibling Bring Parcels division handles parcel distribution. Digital touchpoints that connect these services to customers include the Customer Portal at bringlink.bring.com, the BluJay/e2open booking platform at booking.bring.nl, customer-specific EDI integrations and the Track & Trace service at tracking.bring.com.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Bring Cargo: The Benelux commercial arm of Bring, specializing in international road transport of groupage, part-loads and full loads of palletized goods and machinery across Europe.
- Bring Parcels
- Offshore & Energy Logistics
- Bring Pallet Service
Products and services
- Wegtransport (Road Transport) International road transport of groupage, part-loads (LTL) and full truckloads (FTL) of palletised goods and machinery between the Benelux and Scandinavia (incl. Finland), the UK/Ireland, Spain/Portugal/France and the Baltics, using Bring's own network and qualified partner carriers elsewhere in Europe.
- Bring Pallet Service Daily-collected pallet shipping service (quarter, half and full euro pallets) plus small parcel shipments to Nordic destinations with short transit times, online booking and Track & Trace. Standardised production system with restricted product scope (no dangerous goods or limited-quantity shipments permitted).
- Offshore & Scheepsleveringen (Offshore & Ship Supply) Complex logistics solutions and provisioning of seagoing vessels and drilling platforms across Europe (Spitsbergen to Gibraltar), leveraging Bring offices along the entire Norwegian west coast up to the North Cape. Includes ship-agency services in Norway.
- Projecten (Project Transport) Outsized, exceptional-weight and project cargo transport by road, water or air, including chartering and lifting work, route planning and permit applications, for industries such as oil & gas, construction, events (Olympic Games, Champions League finals), glass and horticulture.
- Expeditie (General Forwarding) General European forwarding connecting any location 'just in time', with frequent departures for groupage and full loads, customs-document handling, temporary import/export support and an in-house customs warehouse and team of declarants.
- Luchtvracht (Air Freight) Intercontinental air freight ranging from small parcels to large freight-aircraft-filling modules, with door-to-airport and door-to-door options, customs-handling support and Incoterms advice, executed via a global network of reputed airlines and partners.
- Zeevracht (Sea Freight) Intercontinental sea freight to most ports worldwide, for both packed goods via container ships (FCL or LCL) and breakbulk, with consolidation, crossdocking and quality-control add-on services.
- Speciaal Transport (Special / Exceptional Transport) Transport of oversized, heavy or unusually shaped cargo — machines, ship propellers, construction parts, wind-turbine components, large steel structures — including permits, route planning and (police) escort coordination. Includes ADR / IMO / RID expertise for dangerous goods.
- Warehousing & Storage Local storage capacity at Swedish destinations and at the BREEAM-certified Zwijndrecht distribution centre (240,000 m² storage capacity across the Bring Group). Priced per storage need/pallet position.
Quantifiable outcome
- Bring Group ranks in Denmark's Top 3 of transport providers
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Bring Cargo
Customer profileSegments7 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Bring Cargo technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Bring Cargo partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- Posten Bring AS (Norway Post / Posten Norge AS)flagshipBring Cargo B.V. is a subsidiary of Posten Bring AS, the Norwegian state-owned parent of the Posten Bring group. The parent provides group-wide strategy, brand stewardship, sustainability framework, and access to the Norwegian distribution network. Bring operates under the 'Bring' brand in the commercial market while Posten serves the private Norwegian market. The Norwegian roots and group network are positioned as a core part of Bring's identity and competitive advantage.
- Bring Belgium BVcoreBelgian sister company within the Bring Group, located at Schaliënhoevedreef 20T, 2800 Mechelen. Handles Cargo and Frigo operations for the Belgian market, working closely with Bring Cargo B.V. Zwijndrecht on shared Benelux customers and transport flows.
- BluJay (e2open)coreEDI/booking platform used by Bring for larger regular cargo flows. Provides an automated channel for customers to place bookings, integrate with Bring's systems, and exchange transport data. The webportal login is hosted on e2open's infrastructure.
- Kewill (Transport Management System)coreTransport Management System used by Bring for direct, customer-specific connections for regular, recurring cargo flows, providing EDI-style integration.
- ProcuriuscoreWebportal used by Bring for flexible, varying bookings as an alternative to direct TMS integration or email bookings.
- Spanish logistics partner (Iberian network)coreFixed Spanish partner with a broad Iberian distribution network of offices in Irun, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla, Alicante, Algeciras and Gibraltar, used to cover last-mile and city-centre deliveries across Spain and Gibraltar.
- Irish logistics partner (Belfast + Dublin)coreLong-standing fixed Irish partner used to handle deliveries on the island of Ireland, with local presence in Dublin and Belfast (Northern Ireland).
- UK logistics partner (Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland leg)minorLong-term partner used by Bring for deliveries to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to guarantee the same service level as in other countries.
- Gibraltar strategic partnerminorLocal strategic partner used to handle refrigerated/frozen transport and temporary storage in Gibraltar.
- European forwarding partner network (general cargo)coreNetwork of qualified partners and suppliers used for general forwarding (expeditie) and worldwide air/sea freight, enabling daily departures to and from all European countries and worldwide connections.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Bring Cargo competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Geodis: French global logistics provider with European road-freight and contract logistics divisions active across Benelux and Scandinavia. Comparable on groupage/LTL/FTL, customs handling and oversized cargo, though with broader contract-logistics and global forwarding scale.
- DB Schenker: Global logistics provider with strong European road-freight and project transport offering, including Nordic coverage and offshore/energy capabilities. Comparable on freight forwarding, project transport and special/oversized cargo, though with broader intercontinental reach.
- DHL Freight: Deutsche Post DHL's European road-freight network offering groupage, LTL and FTL across Benelux and Scandinavia. Highly comparable on core road-transport product, customs handling and EDI/TMS integration capabilities, though DHL has a much broader product portfolio and global air/ocean scale.
- Kuehne+Nagel International AG: Global freight forwarder with significant air, sea and road-freight presence in the Benelux and Scandinavia. Competes on intercontinental forwarding, customs brokerage and integrated EDI booking capabilities comparable to Bring's BringLink/BluJay/Kewill stack.
- DSV A/S: Pan-European and global road, air and sea freight forwarder with deep Nordic presence following the UTi, GIL, Schenker and Agility GIL integrations. Directly competes with Bring on Benelux–Scandinavia groupage and LTL lanes, but operates at vastly greater scale across all transport modes.
Direct peers
- Raben Group: Dutch family-owned contract logistics and road-freight group operating across Benelux, Germany, Poland and the Baltics. Comparable on Benelux-based European groupage, contract logistics and dedicated Benelux hubs, with overlapping Baltic geography Bring also serves.
- Dachser: German family-owned logistics provider with strong European road-freight and European Logistics (groupage) network, including Benelux and Nordic coverage. Comparable on European groupage/LTL, food/cold-chain logistics (Dachser Food Logistics) and EDI integration.
- PostNord AB: Swedish state-owned postal and logistics group operating across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Direct parallel to Posten Bring as a Nordic incumbent postal/logistics group; comparable on parcel and pallet services to Nordics, B2B logistics, and own distribution network in the same geographies.
- Samskip: Dutch-based multimodal logistics provider specializing in Benelux–Scandinavia/Iceland/Faroe Islands container, reefer and short-sea connections. Direct peer on Benelux–Nordic lane and on reefer/cold-chain capabilities (Samskip's dual-temperature reefer containers parallel Bring's dual-compartment refrigerated trailers).
- GLS (General Logistics Systems): European parcel and groupage operator owned by Royal Mail/IDS, with strong Nordic presence via its acquisition of PostNord's former Parcelforce-equivalent business in several countries. Comparable on parcels-to-Nordics service, EDI integration, and Benelux hub-and-spoke.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance4 records
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Bring Cargo leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Bring Cargo subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Bring Cargo funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
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Frequently asked questions about Bring Cargo
What does Bring Cargo do?
Bring Cargo B.V. is the Benelux road-transport and freight-forwarding arm of the Norwegian Posten Bring group, providing international transport of groupage, part-loads (LTL), full truckloads (FTL) and palletized goods between the Benelux and Scandinavia, the UK/Ireland, Spain/Portugal/France and the Baltics. The offering is complemented by specialised services including offshore and ship-supply logistics, project and oversized transport, daily Bring Pallet Service, sea freight, air freight, customs handling, and warehousing. Customers book through direct sales, online portals (Customer Portal/BringLink, Procurius), or EDI/TMS integrations (BluJay, Kewill).
Is Bring Cargo a public or private company?
Bring Cargo is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Bring Cargo founded?
Bring Cargo was founded in 2008. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Bring Cargo based?
Bring Cargo is headquartered in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Bring Cargo make money?
Eight revenue lines are on record. International Road Transport (Groupage, LTL, FTL) is the primary driver. The others are bring Pallet Service, sea Freight, air Freight, project Logistics / Special Transport, offshore & Energy Logistics / Ship Supply, warehousing & Storage and customs Handling.
Who are Bring Cargo's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Geodis, DB Schenker, DHL Freight, Kuehne+Nagel International AG and DSV A/S. Direct peers are Raben Group, Dachser, PostNord AB, Samskip and GLS (General Logistics Systems).
Does Bring Cargo have an API?
Yes. Bring offers partner-facing integration for shipment booking via customer-specific EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) connections: 'Wij hebben diverse mogelijkheden om ons systeem aan te passen aan vrijwel alle soorten EDI berichten.' They also operate two web booking portals — the Customer Portal (https://bringlink.bring.com/ct/) for flexible per-shipment booking and the BluJay/e2open platform (http://booking.bring.nl/) for larger regular goods flows. An internal Transport Management System called Kewill and a webportal called Procurius are also referenced. Account access requires registration via the Web Boeking form. No public REST/GraphQL API or SDK is documented.
What industry is Bring Cargo in?
Bring Cargo's product category is International Freight Forwarding and Road Transport. Its primary akta.pro industry code is TLACACAC, Cross-Border Trucking & Border Transfer (Linehaul, Transloading), with a secondary code of TLACALAJ, Cross-Border Consolidation (Landbridge / Intra-Regional). Its NAICS code is 488510 and its SIC code is 4731.