Change in the management committee of Inter Ferry Boats (IFB)
Antwerp – September 1 2009 – Mr. Paul Wouters (°1962) has recently joined IFB as General Manager of the company. Paul has an extensive experience in the logistic sector and has occupied several management positions within companies like Danzas/DHL, ABX, Group 4 Securicor, Agility Logistics,… With his important international expertise and management experience, Paul has all the skills and also the determination to accompany IFB further in its profitable growth.
Mr. Wilfried Moons, at this moment General Manager Intermodal at IFB, will leave the management if IFB as of October 1, but he will remain active within the BCargo Group. He will be responsible for Business Management and Planning within the production company BCargo.
Geert Pauwels, CEO of IFB and coordinator of BCargo Group: “I am convinced that the appointment of these two very competent persons will positively influence the development of BCargo Group. On the one hand Paul Wouters is a real asset for IFB, thanks to his extensive experience in different logistic sectors. On the other hand, I thank Wilfried for all his efforts for IFB. On the short term, Paul Wouters will work his way intensively in the intermodal activities, in order to be able to assure the continuity, once Wilfried will start in his new function.”
About IFB
Inter Ferry Boats is member of the BCargo Group and a full (100%) subsidiary of NMBS/SNCB. The company is based in Antwerp and has for more than ten years been providing reliable multimodal solutions for transporting containers, chemicals, automotive products, paper and wood and consumer goods at home and abroad by rail, freighter or truck. IFB provides rail transport, but also manages various terminals in Belgium, Germany and France for freight handling. It has developed the successful National Rail Container Network (Narcon), a daily link via rail, terminal and truck between the quays in Antwerp and Zeebrugge and the hinterland. Rail Force is a division of IFB that provides transport specifically for the chemical and automotive industries. H&S Container Line is also a subsidiary of the IFB Group and a specialist in inland navigation between North Sea ports and the economic centres of the Rhine Area.
BCargo Group
BCargo Group is the integrated Group of all companies that are active in the freight division of SNCB. The Group was created in 2008 with the goal of bundling the strengths and the complementary activities in one vigorous structure. Within this structure everybody works to accomplish the same mission of offering customer oriented services and complete logistic solutions to the clients, with an improved quality, productivity and cost-efficiency. The three commercial brands of the Group are IFB for container transport, Rail Force as specialist in the chemical and automotive sectors, paper & pulp, wood, tiles, consumer goods and in forwarding activities and Xpedys for logistic solutions for bulk and steel products. BCargo assures the rail production for the Group. BCargo Group realised a turnover of 800 million euro in 2008 and is present in 8 European countries.
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