Press Release
Berlin, 10 September 2019 – These days the Polish office of the digital freight forwarding company InstaFreight is beginning to offer its own services independently on the local market. Ten employees in Legnica ensure that the digital freight forwarders can be contacted 24 hours a day. In addition to growth targets in Germany and Poland, the Berlin-based company plans to enter Italy, Spain and the Benelux region in the near future.
InstaFreight decided to locate in Lower Silesia due to its excellent geographical location for the transport business. Legnica is close to the German-Polish and Czech-Polish borders and connected to Germany via major motorways. Additionally, well-known companies, among others from the automotive industry and the e-commerce business, also opted for this region in Western Poland.
“We are still closer to Berlin than we are to Warsaw, but besides working hand-in-hand with our head office, we naturally have the needs of our Central and Eastern European customers in mind,” stresses Krzysztof Dwornik, General Manager of InstaFreight Poland, who’s an experienced professional within the European logistics market. “With this approach, we have already supported several thousand loads and have been able to onboard more than 1,000 new carriers to the platform with their cargo space for planning our transports.” The Berlin startup opened its branch in Legnica this spring, but initially supported German projects from there.
“In our view, Poland is an ideal starting point for the first foreign office in our young history because of its great importance in the European logistics market,” explains Maximilian Schaefer, Co-Founder and Managing Director of InstaFreight, the location decision. Just a few weeks ago the German Eastern Business Association announced that German-Polish trade had grown by five percent in the first half of 2019. Also, Poland has overtaken Great Britain in the list of Germany’s most important foreign trade partners. “Growth in this business would be inconceivable without Poland and its important bridging function in Europe,” continued Maximilian Schaefer.
InstaFreight offers more attractive rates and faster payment than players in the analogue freight forwarding world in many cases. With maximum transparency the startup aims to make its road transport business in the European Union more efficient and viable for the future. “In Poland and the Central and Eastern European countries served from there, we expect strong demand for our digital services. By the end of the year we are planning to triple our current personnel capacity in Legnica,” says Krzysztof Dwornik. Maximilian Schaefer adds: “For us, it is a logical step to expand our activities to Poland. At the same time, we will also see InstaFreight expand into other European growth markets including Italy, Spain and the Benelux countries soon.”
About InstaFreight
InstaFreight is the leading digital freight forwarding company in Europe. The company consolidates the transport capacity of more than 6,000 carriers and offers it to shippers in one digital interface. InstaFreight offers shippers an end-2-end digital transport solution: from quoting, booking, track & trace incl. automatic notifications to document management. Shippers thus benefit from efficient processes that save time and money, as well as from a transparent supply chain. With InstaFreight, carriers can meet the digital needs of shippers, optimize their workload and get paid faster at more attractive rates.
