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Bubble Post expands into Wallonia, Netherlands

11:30 14/07/2015

The Belgian company Bubble Post, which offers eco-friendly goods transport services, is extending its activities in September to Wallonia and the Netherlands. The expansion will be financed by a capital injection of €2.35 million. 

At present, Bubble Post, based in Ghent, employs 65 people in “last kilometre” logistics: goods arrive by conventional means (generally rail and road) at Bubble Post depots on the outskirts of towns. The goods are then transported by electric vans and cargo-bikes into town centres, easing up traffic, noise and air quality problems.

Bubble Post is active in Brussels and several Flemish cities, including Antwerp, Bruges and Kortrijk. It opened a new distribution centre last month in Ostend. By the end of this year, the company plans to add 19 more cities in Wallonia and the Netherlands, including Charleroi, Liège, Mons, Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Workforce is planned to increase to 200 to handle the extra business. A partnership with a Spanish company is also on the agenda.

Photo courtesy ecoplan.be

Written by Alan Hope