About us

Ahlers Logistics has been helping clients with one common goal; finding the best solutions that fit our customers’ profile perfectly.  We enable our customers to stay focused on their core business by creating and managing innovative solutions which add value and solve their supply chain challenges in complex environment. 

Ahlers - Solutions Beyond Logistics
Tailor-made solutions
We deliver high-quality services and enable our customers to focus on their core business.
Dedicated Team
We have a dedicated team of experts with one common approach, global and local.
Customer centric
We are proud of our customers, some being loyal to Ahlers for more than 20 years.
Expertise
We have 25 years+ expertise in CIS, Asia and exist for more than 110 years.
Analytics
We take every opportunity to improve and to innovate.

History

Founded in 1909 in the Port of Antwerp, Ahlers Logistics operates in 3 regions (Europe, CIS, Asia) helping customers to drive future growth in complex markets, Ahlers Logistics is a family-owned company, 3rd generation Ahlers-Leysen, headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, supported by a worldwide partner network and offices in key locations.

Originally, Ahlers Logistics started as agency operations. Bureau Maritime H.D opened in Antwerp and became one of Antwerp’s leading shipping agencies in the 1930s. In 1952 Mr. André Leysen, son-in-law of Herwig Ahlers joined Ahlers and became chairman in 1963. In the sixties and seventies, Ahlers Logistics transformed from an agency to ship management. They acquired two ice-class ships for the liner service to Finland. Ahlers also entered the liner trade to the USSR (via Latvian ports) and Sweden. Ship management activities were developed for a fleet of reefer ships and bulk carriers ordered at Belgian yards. From the eighties until today, Ahlers Logistics continued to extend their international footprint across Europe, the CIS and Asia.

For more than 110 years Ahlers has been helping customers all over the world. Ahlers is part of the AXE Group which also includes Xylos (an ICT service provider), AXE Investments (an investment company), and Agidens (automatization projects). Consolidated accounts of Ahlers' parent company Anacom bvba are available on request. Anacom bvba is a holding company controlled by Christian Leysen, Executive Chairman.

We provide state-of-the-art logistics support in sustainable supply chain management, warehousing, projects, and machinery logistics, secured transport, trade logistics, after-sales services, and data analytics.

Board of Directors

Ahlers Logistics nv is the Belgian holding company of the Ahlers companies worldwide. The board members are:

  • Christian Leysen, Chairman
  • Nathalie Leysen, Board member, Senior recruitment consultant ServiceA
  • Patrick Leysen, Board member, CEO Xylos
  • Johan Vanderplaetse, Board member, Senior Vice President Industrial Automation Schneider Electric
  • Jan Vercammen, Board member, former CEO Egemin Automation, former Vice President Business Development Dematic
  • Kurt Pierloot, Board member, CEO van Bleckmann, also on the board of Recticel

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English version: Tailor-Made Solutions Beyond Logistics
Corporate brochure Edition 2021

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