Your specialist in break-bulk deliveries in Europe
Are you looking for a partner for food logistics in Europe, especially for temperature-controlled general cargo transport? Do you prioritise fast, tightly scheduled shipment of your products to anywhere in Europe, always at the correct temperatures and with end-to-end traceability? We set up the European Food Network as the answer to all these needs. The EFN is a network of partner companies which operates across Europe, providing temperature-controlled break-bulk transport services.
Refrigerated transport units
Total food logistics sales
Food-appropriate storage area
The performance data specified above collectively substantiate the performance range of all those enterprises operating as independent corporations in their respective countries and offering their logistics services within the European Food Network.
Fixed schedules and arrival times
Our network includes 23 independent companies specializing in food logistics. They offer you reliable and flexible logistics services across 34 European country borders and have a network of cross-docking platforms near the borders in Europe with direct connections to the destination countries. Precision-timed regular services link over 200 locations in a Europe-wide network, providing the basis for reliable arrival times and high transport capacity availability – an enormous benefit for you as a customer.
- Temperature sensitive food transport, from ultra-fresh to ambient
The EFN is your partner for temperature-controlled group shipping and loads; our members take care of shipping packaged foods in all consignment sizes, packaging types and non-frozen temperature ranges on behalf of food manufacturers and retailers. Within Europe, we transport meat and sausage products, dairy products, wines and spirits, baked goods and confectionery, convenience and delicatessen products and cereals to trading companies, catering companies, wholesale service providers and the food processing industry.
- Efficient management of logistics processes for your shipments
Save time! Digitally controlled processes and seamlessly coordinated transport chains are the basis for fast, efficient delivery services throughout Europe. Export shipments crossing more than one border are fast-tracked through the Eurohub to arrive at their destination one day earlier – in some cases even from Friday to Monday depending on the countries and distances involved. Our service enables food suppliers to ship their products to large parts of Europe even on Saturdays, involving minimum transit times and one transhipment fewer.
- Planning certainty and transparent costs for your transport operations
You can rely on our services! We have decades of experience in logistics for the food industry, with a portfolio spanning break-bulk, part- and complete shipments as well as contract logistics with industry-specific value-added services. We are familiar with the ins and outs of local markets; in many countries we are among the top logistics providers for temperature-controlled food transport. Our vivengo product family offers a range of standardised transport services tailored to the needs of the food industry; our products vengospeed, vengoflex and vengofix enable you to choose the desired transport speed and delivery date for your current needs, giving you added certainty in planning your production and distribution operations.
European Food Network Locations
Depend on the European Food Network for all your food and beverage transport needs. The logistics companies in the European Food Network offer proven logistics expertise and years of experience.
Presence in 34 European countries
Click the Country button to show the food logistics specialists located in your area. Contact us directly and find out more about the quality of service provided by the European Food Network!
Voices of the European Food Network partners
"Within the European Food Network, we are pushing the issues surrounding sustainable logistics. The members of the European Food Network use a wide range of resource-saving and CO2 -saving measures to bring our customers' food to its destination and/or store it in a more environmentally friendly way. We are already using numerous battery-electric vehicles such as e-trucks in regular operations and also have the first hydrogen-powered trucks in test use."
"For us, the decisive factors for the safe and efficient execution of the complex tasks involved in the temperature-controlled transport of foodstuffs are the high level of standardization of the operational processes and our trained, highly motivated employees. Our customers also benefit from the cross-network IT solutions that ensure end-to-end transparency in the supply chain."
"Thanks to our membership in the European Food Network, Müller Fresh Food Logistics can offer its customers an even better service. The possibility of delivering small consignments to 34 European countries is a particular advantage."
"Due to the strong network and the great commitment of the members in the European Food Network, we are ideally positioned throughout Europe to deliver food safely and on time to its destination. We offer our customers real added value. By bundling groupage shipments, we can save costs, personnel and time by making perfect use of the loading space right down to the last mile, as well as minimizing the environmental impact of each kilogram of goods been shipped through Europe.”
"We offer our customers maximum planning reliability. With defined transit times, fixed-cycle connections and daily departures, we use the network to transport even smaller shipments reliably to the far corners of Europe. Even smaller regional companies with a smaller quantity of goods, which is not sufficient to use direct transports, can supply their customers from industry and trade via the network with fixed schedules."
"For export-oriented companies in particular, we offer precisely tailored logistics solutions for the transport and storage of food products within Europe for the comprehensive supply of their sales channels. Our customers use the combination of fast pan-European transports, transparent information and competitive prices to supply their customers from industry and trade with high-quality food products with pinpoint accuracy."
"For more than 10 years, all members of the European Food Network have been proving on a daily basis that our network, which is highly specialized in food transport, reliably meets the high demands of customers. Our key success factor is that we intensively cultivate a harmonious interaction with our customers and service partners on the one hand and the recipients on the other, serving the requirements of both sides."
“In 2013, we founded the European Food Network and became the leading logistics network for chilled groupage transport. Our goal is to take groupage food logistics in Europe to a new level of quality and to interconnect markets. We have been able to achieve this because we are constantly optimizing existing processes, driving digitalization and investing in innovative IT solutions that make us and our services even better for our customers.”
"Our customers can check the shipment status online at any time and receive a digitalized delivery receipt after delivery. The flow of information accompanying the goods via tracking & tracing is implemented throughout Europe. With our strict control measures, which are based on the requirements of IFS Logistics, we check within the network whether the standards we have defined are consistently implemented within the supply chain.
"Europe-wide coordination as well as cost-optimized intelligent bundling of groupage freight is our day-to-day business. We transport over half a million shipments a year via the European Food Network. The leading market position and close customer relationships of the European Food Network members, the high level of specialization in the requirements of the food market and the comprehensive know-how for the storage and transport of foodstuffs, are the basis for our logistics performance."
“Owing to membership in European Food Network we have opportunity to take part in interesting international projects, thanks to which we open doors to unlimited possibilities for Fresh Logistics Customers. The network ensures uniform quality standards, which makes food logistics more efficient, reliable as well as more transparent.”
“France is a major hub in Europe for exports as well as imports of food products. With our logistics specialized in complex food transports, and our special weekend service, we and the members of the European Food Network ensure that even very sensitive foodstuffs, such as the finest chocolate, delicate cheese or the finest raw ham, are delivered on time and safely in top quality throughout Europe.”
"Italian specialities such as salami or Parmesan cheese, as well as fresh pasta and much more, are not only an export success in Europe. But Italy is also one of the major consumer countries for food. We at DACHSER Italy Food Logistics manage exports and imports of fresh and temperature-controlled foodstuffs with services tailored precisely to our customers' requirements. Via our platform, we implement quality service with fixed arrival times within Italy and via the European Food Network in the rest of Europe.”
Sustainable logistics for your food transports
Consistently using efficient logistics concepts for the temperature-controlled transport and storage of your foodstuffs brings you real added value. Costs are lower, deliveries are easier to plan and, if necessary - thanks to timed scheduled transports - they reach their destination more quickly. Another big advantage for the environment: CO2 emissions are significantly reduced. When we founded the European Food Network, we already had the intention of avoiding environmentally damaging empty runs by bundling general cargo shipments within Europe.
Target reached! Our efficient general cargo network transports food shipments within Europe with high frequency, speed and quality. With 23 network members, we operate regular scheduled transports with fixed transit times between 34 European countries. But this is only one step towards sustainable and efficient logistics. We achieve further increases in efficiency and reductions in CO2 by, among other things, increasing the use of mega-trailers, long trucks and extended semi-trailers with double-deck equipment. The expansion of digital processes also contributes to better planning and a reduction in the consumption of resources such as paper. For us, active climate protection is an essential part of our network philosophy and goes far beyond efficiency improvements in the supply chain. We are intensively involved with sustainable logistics and are already implementing various measures in a wide range of areas.
Examples include:
- Inner cities are increasingly being supplied by battery-electric trucks. More ›
- The first hydrogen fuel cell trucks and battery electric trucks are already being used for long-distance transport in Switzerland. More ›
- The use of highly efficient, energy-saving refrigeration systems as well as LED lighting reduces energy consumption values.
- Warehouses and office buildings are mainly supplied with self-produced green electricity via photovoltaic systems.
- When purchasing energy, some partners rely 100% on green electricity.
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