Ozburn-Hessey Logistics Explained

OHL
Type:Private company
Foundation:United States, 1951
Fate:Acquired by GEODIS USA
Location City:Brentwood, Tennessee
Location Country:United States
Key People:Randy Curran, CEO
Industry:Logistics
Num Employees:> 6,000 (2008)
Divisions:Transportation, Warehousing and Distribution, International Logistics Services
Homepage: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]

Acquisition

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: ODC merges with Ozburn-Hessey - Dallas Business Journal . Margaret. Allen. bizjournals.com . 16 August 2011 . 23 October 2002.
  2. "GEODIS Announces Completion of OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) Deal." Geodis.com, GEODIS, 3 Nov. 2015, www.geodis.com/en/view-1812-communique.html/1961. Accessed 22 June 2017.