C.H. Robinson Worldwide Acquires Canadian Forwarder

Transportation and third-party logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide said Monday it has acquired Transera International Holdings Ltd., a project forwarding company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Transera is one of the largest privately owned project forwarders in North America, with annual revenue of about $125 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Transera, established in 1985, is a non-asset based global project forwarder that provides North American and international transportation of over-dimensional and heavy-lift shipments.

It has 107 employees in eight offices in Canada, Dubai, Singapore and the United States. Its customers are primarily in the oil, gas, mining and wind power industries.

C.H. Robinson is ranked No. 7 on the Transport Topics Logistics 50 listing of North American logistics firms.