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Company history

History of Gosselin
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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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

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Gosselin Group acquires Delcatrans Group

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.
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Gosselin Group neemt Delcatrans Group over

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.
Team Belgium x Gosselin

Gosselin becomes partner of Team Belgium until the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

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.