Company history
Milestones
- 1930 Mr Lambert Vivet starts a local moving company in Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1950 Dolf Gosselin joins the company and it is renamed Vivet-Gosselin.
- 1976 Marc Smet starts working at Vivet-Gosselin
- 1984 Gosselin Worldwide Moving is created by Marc Smet.
- 1988 Gosselin Italia – Milan is founded.
- 1995 The creating of Gosselin Export Packers
- 1996 Founding of North Atlantic Services - NAS.
- 1996 Gosselin World Wide Moving GmbH is founded and acquires an agency structure of 8 military agencies in Germany.
- 1999 Acquisition of Corstjens World Wide Movers Group with HQ in the Netherlands and 19 offices in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 2000 Gosselin Airfreight Division is established at Brussels Airport.
- 2000 Gosselin Swiss is founded
- 2002 The Gosselin Container Terminal next to the Albert Canal and near the port of Antwerp becomes operational.
- 2003 Nomad Express with headquarters in Antwerp and offices in the Caucasus and Central Asia becomes newest member of the Gosselin Group.
- 2004 Gosselin acquires the companies ART (Forwarding) and Focus Transport Services.
- 2005 Reorganization of Gosselin Italy SRL and acquisition of facilities in Aviano, Vicenza, and Napels
- 2006 Construction of warehouse and offices for Gosselin Tbilisi in Georgia.
- 2007 Gosselin Group re-aligns its activities into 2 divisions: Gosselin Moving & Gosselin Logistics Division, both assisted by Gosselin Support Services
- 2009 Pasec Port, specialized in lashing & securing cargo acquired by Gosselin Group.
- 2011 Merger of Vivet-Gosselin and Gosselin Caucasus & Central Asia into Gosselin Moving.
- 2012 Gosselin Group acquires Crosstainer, specialised in traffic into and from China.
- 2013 Purchase of the Crown Cork facilities in Deurne/Antwerp
- 2013 Seaco Shipping has been founded
- 2014 Start of Gosselin selfstorage in Deurne/Antwerp
- 2014 Gosselin Group and Heavy Group joined forces in a venture that will operate under the name "Heavy GCT".
- 2016 Gosselin and Heavy started a joint venture and Gosselin acquired 50% of the new holding company: Heavy Project Solutions.
- 2017 Gosselin Mobility acquires DT Moving UK and France and Gosselin Mobility acquires also the moving activities of Packimpex Switzerland with four offices in Bern, Basel, Geneva, and Zurich
- 2017 Foundation of GMS GmbH with acquisition of three military agents in Germany
- 2018 Construction of new warehouse on the Crown site for Gosselin Logistics.
- 2021 Purchase of the Milcobel Facilities in Schoten/Antwerp
- 2021 Gosselin acquires 100% of the Heavy Group
- 2022 Acquisition of MEYS Moving & self-storage in Brasschaat/Antwerp
- 2022 Acquisition of UniMove in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2023 Acquisition of Antwerp Cargo Movers
- 2023 Gosselin enters into a joint-venture with leading office-moving specialist, Transmoove, Vilvoorde, Brussels
- 2023 Gosselin acquires long-term partner Frey & Klein Internationale Spedition GmbH
- 2024 Gosselin receives the label "sportbedrijf" (sport company) for its efforts to boost exercise and a healthy lifestyle among colleagues
- 2024 Gosselin Vicenza moves into bigger facility in Brendola, and takes on all port logistics and custom declarations themselves from now on
- 2025 Local mover Mechels Verhuisbedrijf is acquired by the Gosselin Group
- 2025 Acquisition of the Doree Bonner International Group in the UK
- 2025 Gosselin joins forces with The Agency through a majority stake in the company
- 2025 Gosselin becomes the logistics partner of Team Belgium until the Olympic Games of 2028
- 2025 The Delcatrans Group is acquired by Gosselin
Our current news
Gosselin Group acquires Delcatrans Group
03/10/2025
Antwerp, October 3, 2025 – Gosselin Group, a leading international logistics service provider, is proud to announce the complete acquisition of Delcatrans Group. With this strategic move, Gosselin acquires 100% of the shares and Delcatrans will be fully integrated into Gosselin's one-stop logistics concept.
Gosselin Group neemt Delcatrans Group over
03/10/2025
Antwerpen, 3 oktober 2025 – Gosselin Group, een toonaangevende internationale logistieke dienstverlener, kondigt met trots de volledige overname aan van de Delcatrans Group. Met deze strategische stap verwerft Gosselin 100% van de aandelen en zal Delcatrans volledig worden geïntegreerd in het one-stop-logistieke concept van Gosselin.
Gosselin becomes partner of Team Belgium until the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
30/09/2025
Antwerp, September 30, 2025 – Gosselin Group, a leading international logistics service provider, is proud to announce a four-year partnership with Team Belgium (BOIC). The partnership will start immediately and continue until after the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.