We are specialists in combined containerized river/rail/road transport and urban logistics.

We organise the combined door-to-door transport of your containers. We offer you a complete solution. We rely on our expertise in river transport in the North, on the Seine, the Rhône and the Rhine, and our integrated road service for pre- and post-carriage.

In urban logistics, in Paris, in Lyon and in Belgium, we handle the door-to-door transport of your goods all the way to the very core of the city (pre-/post-carriage and river mode).

Our customs expertise, for both import and export, and our efficient information workflow are designed to simplify your operations.

Our AEO and ISO 9001 certifications reflect the quality of our services.

Organizer of combined containerized river/rail/road transport

Since 1994, our professional teams work closely with you to optimise your transport flows, from the order intake to the delivery of the containers. We provide a door-to-door service to our customers (over 200,000 TEU in 2023).

Thanks to its modern fleet of self-propelled vessels and pushed convoys that can be adapted to all needs, Sogestran Logistics benefits from a transport capacity that enables us to offer a global service : we serve seaports and inland ports on the Seine and the Rhône (including Le Havre and Fos-sur-Mer), Dunkirk, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.

Sogestran Logistics combines the subsidiaries Logi Ports Shuttle, Nord Ports Shuttle and Dubbelman Container Transporten.

On all our inland waterway routes, three departures are offered each week for each route.

Our customs expertise, for both import and export, and our efficient information flow simplify your operations.

Our panel of road carriers, in the Paris (on average 120 tours/day) and Lyon (on average 70 tours/day) regions, enables us to offer a reliable, responsive and secure door-to-door transport service that includes eco-friendly LNG trucks for last-mile delivery!

Sogestran Logistics was created through the merger of four multimodal and logistics subsidiaries of the Sogestran group:

• For containerized multimodal transport:
  • Logi Ports Shuttle, a specialist of combined transport for maritime containers between seaports and inland ports on the Seine and Rhône rivers;
  • Nord Ports Shuttle, which provides container transport between the port of Dunkirk (Terminal des Flandres) and the platforms of Lille (LCT) and Dourges (LDCT);
  • Dubbelman Container Transporten, an inland shipping company and container operator based in Lage-Zwaluwe (NL) since 1980. Dubbelman offers a fast and reliable service between the Upper Rhine and the three seaports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.
• For urban logistics:
  • Blue Line Logistics, a company offering a logistics solution dedicated to urban distribution, including palletized goods, uses inland waterways.

Urban logistics

Sogestran Logistics offers a river response to urban and last-mile delivery:

• Docking in the city thanks to appropriate manoeuvrability and space requirements;
• Groupage with regular multi-client services;
• Tailor-made containers: FlexiMalle, swap body, ampliroll tipper, big bag;
• Organisation of the last mile via a three-wheeler, light electric vehicle or CNG truck;
• Reverse logistics: management of waste and returned goods.

We have a 320 ton loading capacity, equivalent to 20 trucks:

• Six modern, silent, eco-responsible and self-unloading boats;
• Europe's first hydrogen-powered boat.

Our CSR commitment

Sogestran Logistics was awarded the EcoVadis bronze medal in 2021, which recognises our CSR performance, and we are committed to improving our rating each year, thanks to our teams who are involved on a daily basis to offer you global and environmentally friendly solutions.

Our AEO security-safety and ISO 9001 certifications

Our activities are certified AEO security-safety and ISO 9001.

Proud of our values

Sogestran Logistics is committed to the values that have guided the Sogestran group since it was founded:

• Trust - We keep our word and act with integrity
• Agility - We dare to undertake and encourage boldness
• Pride - We work with pride and succeed with humility
• Commitment - We work hard and follow through

We are proud to share the vision of the Sogestran group!

Click on the timeline below or drag the slider to discover the key milestones in the history of Sogestran Logistics:

1994

Creation of Logiseine, the first freight forwarder offering a combined river/road transport for maritime containers on the Seine.

Logiseine organizes its transport between the ports of Le Havre and Rouen and the import/export warehouses in the Île-de-France region and its surrounding departments.

2008

Creation of Logirhône, offering a similar service on the Rhone axis, between the port of Fos-sur-Mer and the inland terminals of Portes-lès-Valence and Lyon.

2013

Creation of Nord Ports Shuttle, offering a similar service on the northern inland waterways, between the port of Dunkirk (Terminal des Flandres) and the platforms of Lille (LCT) and Dourges (LDCT).

2015

Creation of Blue Line Logistics, an alternative logistics platform for palletised goods using inland waterways.

2016

Integration of Nord Ports Shuttle into Logiseine.

2018

Merger of Logiseine and Logirhône into Logi Ports Shuttle.

2019

Nord Ports Shuttle is developing a new rail service called FLEX (Flandres-Lorraine Express) between the Terminal des Flandres in Dunkirk and the terminal in Metz (service discontinued at the end of 2023).

2019

Blue Line Logistics presents the Pallet Shuttle Barge Zulu, the “last mile barge”.

2020

Constitution of Sogestran Logistics integrating Logi Ports Shuttle, Nord Ports Shuttle and Blue Line Logistics.

2021

Dubbelman and Sogestran sign definitive acquistion agreement to integrate Dubbelman Group into Sogestran Logistics.

2022

First long-term contract for the urban logistics business. A boat provides a daily service (7 days a week) with Box2Home for Ikea.

2023

Opening of a quayside warehouse in Gennevilliers. Storage, grouping and consolidation of goods to support river activities.

2024

Expansion of the Dubbelman fleet on the Rhine
(three additional boats).

The Sogestran group, which celebrates its 76th anniversary this year, is the leading French inland waterway transporter and a reputed shipowner.

Its activities are divided into four business lines:

• inland waterway transport
• maritime transport
• multimodal container transport
• services to industry

Simplified organisation chart of Sogestran group’s companies