Scan Group

Scan Group is a Danish shipping and logistics company headquartered in Copenhagen. The business began on 1 April 1969 under the name Scan-Shipping, founded by Arne Simonsen. Its early development included international expansion, with the company opening its first office outside Denmark in New York in 1973. That American operation later became Shipco Transport Inc. in 1988. The group also established Scan-Shipping Airfreight in 1978, extending its activities beyond its original shipping identity into air-freight-related logistics services. In 2010, the company adopted the Scan Group name, reflecting a broader group structure and the historical development of its operations. The company’s headquarters are located at Snorresgade 18–20 in the Islands Brygge district of central Copenhagen, in a building formerly occupied by the Danish subsidiary of International Harvester. Available reference material identifies Scan Group primarily as a shipping and logistics enterprise rather than a consumer-facing product brand. Its business identity is therefore associated with freight movement, transport coordination, and related logistics activities. Publicly available material supplied for this entry does not provide reliable details about revenue, ownership, executive leadership, specific service portfolios, or current geographic scale, so those fields remain unreported.

Scan Group traces its origins to Scan-Shipping, which was founded by Arne Simonsen on 1 April 1969. The company was established in Denmark and developed within the shipping and logistics sector. Its early history was marked by an international orientation: in 1973, it opened its first office outside Denmark in New York. This expansion established a presence in the United States and helped create the basis for the later identity of the American operation as Shipco Transport Inc., a name adopted in 1988. The company’s development was not limited to conventional shipping. In 1978, it established Scan-Shipping Airfreight, adding an airfreight-related activity to its logistics and transport capabilities. This step indicates an effort to operate across more than one mode of freight movement, although the available reference material does not provide detailed information about the service scope, network, or customers of that operation. In 2010, the company changed its name from Scan-Shipping to Scan Group. The renaming marked the company’s evolution from a business identified primarily with its original shipping name into a broader group organization. The group is headquartered at Snorresgade 18–20 in Copenhagen’s Islands Brygge district. The headquarters building formerly housed the Danish subsidiary of International Harvester. Beyond these documented milestones, the supplied reference material does not establish detailed information about later acquisitions, ownership changes, financial performance, leadership, fleet assets, or the company’s current operating structure. Accordingly, Scan Group is best described on the available evidence as a Copenhagen-based shipping and logistics group with Danish origins, an early international office in New York, an airfreight activity established in the late 1970s, and a group-level name adopted in 2010.

• 2010

  Company adopts the Scan Group name

  [1]Scan Groupen.wikipedia.org

  Scan-Shipping changed its name to Scan Group, reflecting its development as a broader logistics group.

• 1988

  New York operation becomes Shipco Transport Inc.

  [1]Scan Groupen.wikipedia.org

  The New York operation established in 1973 was subsequently known as Shipco Transport Inc.

• 1978

  Scan-Shipping Airfreight is established

  [1]Scan Groupen.wikipedia.org

  The company created Scan-Shipping Airfreight, extending its documented activities into airfreight-related logistics.

• 1973

  First overseas office opens in New York

  [1]Scan Groupen.wikipedia.org

  The company opened its first office outside Denmark in New York, marking its documented international expansion.

• 1969

  Scan-Shipping is founded

  [1]Scan Groupen.wikipedia.org

  Arne Simonsen founded Scan-Shipping in Denmark on 1 April 1969, establishing the business that later became Scan Group.

A Danish shipping and logistics group with roots in international freight operations and a history spanning ocean-shipping and airfreight-related activities.

• Freight forwarding and logistics · 1969

  Shipping and logistics services

  Scan Group is identified in the available reference material as a shipping and logistics company. The source does not specify a complete list of services, cargo categories, routes, or customer segments, so this entry describes the core activity at the highest supportable level.

• Airfreight logistics · 1978

  Scan-Shipping Airfreight

  Established in 1978, Scan-Shipping Airfreight represented the company’s documented expansion into airfreight-related logistics. The available source does not provide further operational details about its network or service model.

• International shipping and logistics operation · 1988

  Shipco Transport Inc.

  The company’s first office outside Denmark opened in New York in 1973. From 1988, that operation was known as Shipco Transport Inc., making it a documented part of Scan Group’s international development.

• 2010

  Adoption of the Scan Group nameStrategy

  Background

  The company had developed from its original Scan-Shipping identity and had added an airfreight activity and an international New York operation.

  Action taken

  Scan-Shipping changed its name to Scan Group.

  Aftermath

  The new name positioned the business as a broader group rather than as a company identified solely with its original shipping name. No further consequences are documented in the supplied source.

  Source

1. 1Scan Groupen.wikipedia.org