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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 December 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The Danish transport and logistics company Freja announced the creation of 100 new jobs in Szczecin, Poland, over the coming few years, as the company plans to expand and strengthen its business in the region. The job profiles sought are for logistics specialists, but no concrete recruitment plan has been announced yet.
In January 2018, Freja acquired Transcargo, a Polish logistics group. In January 2020, Transcargo branch in Szczecin will officially Ñhange its label to Freja.
Freja was founded in Denmark in 1985. Currently, the company operates in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, China and Poland. At present, the company employs 100 people in Poland.
Eurofound (2019), Freja, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99235, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99235.
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