LV Overseas Acquires UK-based Active Freight
January 1, 2023
LV Overseas, backed by MML and other financing partners, has acquired UK-based Active Freight, an international freight forwarding, project logistics, warehousing, customs clearance and aircraft & ship charter business. The deal is an add-on to LV Overseas' platform to strengthen its UK footprint and combine Active Freight's general cargo and air transport expertise with the Group's existing UK subsidiaries.
- Buyers
- LV Overseas, MML Capital Partners, Bpifrance, Trail, BNP Développement
- Targets
- Active Freight
- Platforms
- LV Overseas
- Industry
- Logistics & Distribution
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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