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 05/06/2023 | Reading time: 1 minute 

 

 

 

 

 

 
*Moore Corporate Finance is pleased to have successfully assisted the shareholders of L'Ecluse in its sale to Katoen Natie.*

 

 

 

*L'Ecluse is a transport company that serves its customers from its warehouses in Evergem, East Flanders, with 38 tractors and 59 trailers.*

*L'Ecluse's activities are complementary to those of* [*Katoen Natie*](https://www.katoennatie.com/)*, which itself has 350,000 m² of logistics warehouses and 550 tractors, and through the acquisition provides its position in Ghent Port.*

*This transaction was overseen by Danny Achten, Partner Mid-market M&A, and Wout Haesebrouck, Director Mid-market M&A.*

 

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### Danny Achten

Partner Corporate Finance | Mid-market M&A

 

 

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### Wout Haesebrouck

Director Corporate Finance

 

 

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