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Type | Private company |
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Industry | Logistics |
Founded | United States, 1951 |
Fate | Acquired by GEODIS USA |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Randy Curran, CEO |
Number of employees | > 6,000 (2008) |
Divisions | Warehousing and Distribution, Transportation, International Logistics Services |
Website | www.ohl.com |
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics is a former American logistics company, acquired by GEODIS SA. It began business in 1951 in Nashville, Tennessee, at one point one of the largest third-party logistics companies in the USA. [1]
In 2015, GEODIS SA, a French logistics company and division of SNCF, acquired OHL and dissolved it (it did not remain a subsidiary company). Taking over OHL's 120 distribution centers and all of its US operations, GEODIS gained a very strategic market share in the American logistics industry. [2]
OHL or Ohl may refer to:
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