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Our Story …
… began in 1948 with two men, four wheels and an idea: Günther Brümmer and Hugo von Rautenkranz founded the haulage company BurSped in Hamburg with a single lorry. Over the years, this developed into a successful and independent group of companies with its own fleet of lorries and its own storage facilities with locations in Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen.
And that’s how it went on…
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In 1969, the company “ELKAWE” Container- Service- und Vertriebs-G.m.b.H. & Co. KG was founded in 1969; the company manages the vehicle fleet for KG Bursped Speditons-G.m.b.H. & Co.
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In 1988, Günther Brümmer took over the international haulage company Carl Köster & Louis Hapke GmbH & Co. KG in Hanover.
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On 1 July 2004, the newly founded joint venture of KG BURSPED Spedition GmbH & Co. Bremen, A. Hartrodt Bremen and Schmidt-Gevelsberg Bremen, the new company BHS Spedition & Logistik GmbH Bremen was added.
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In Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen, all 3 companies are members of CargoLine GmbH & Co. KG.