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De Rijke acquires Wetro Europoort.

Date: Friday, July 1 2005

De Rijke has acquired Wetro Europoort at the Port of Rotterdam. Wetro's facilities cover an 84,000[m.sup.2] site, railway and waterfront complex that, as well as providing storage for bulk liquids, include areas for inland and seagoing tankers to be loaded

and/or discharged.

A warehouse to store dangerous goods with container filling equipment will greatly expand De Rijke's total storage capacity, as will the truck fleet with some 35 trucks and 60 trailers, claimed the company. Wetro's employees will be transferred to the corresponding De Rijke departments.

According to De Rijke, the acquisition fully lies within its strategy to further strengthen its position in the European market. With 32 operational centres and 1,800 employees, De Rijke is now represented in 10 European countries and is able to offer full-scale logistics services covering transport, warehousing, value-added logistics and global freight forwarding.

The acquisition does not include Wetro Productie BV.

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