About Collicare

Collicare Logistics — because we care

Collicare Logistics AS is a freight forwarder based in Kristiansand, Norway. We move road, air and ocean freight between the Nordics, the Benelux and 42 countries beyond — with prices quoted up front and a coordinator who knows your lanes.

Inside a Collicare warehouse

Our mission

Freight forwarding without the guesswork

We started in 2014 because we were tired of quoting one price and invoicing another, and of tracking pages that said nothing useful. So we built the opposite: fixed lanes we actually operate, customs handled in-house, and status updates that reflect where your goods really are. 186 people now do that work across 6 hubs.

2014

Founded

1,750+

Business customers

42

Countries direct

500K+

Shipments / yr

On-time performance is measured against the delivery window quoted at booking, across all completed shipments in the last 12 months. Reviewed quarterly.

The Collicare Logistics team in orange hi-vis vests inside a warehouse

Our team

The people behind every shipment

186 logistics professionals across 6 hubs — dispatchers, drivers, customs specialists and support coordinators, most of whom you can reach by name.

Our network

Six hubs, one operating team

Every consignment is handled by our own people at each of these sites, not handed between subcontractors.

Kristiansand

Norway

Head office & road freight

Oslo

Norway

Groupage & customs desk

Gothenburg

Sweden

Nordic cross-dock

Hamburg

Germany

Continental road hub

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ocean & LCL consolidation

Antwerp

Belgium

Customs brokerage & Benelux

Accreditations

Certified, and audited on it

ISO 9001:2015

Quality management, certified 2024

AEO

Authorised Economic Operator (customs simplification)

IATA

Accredited air cargo agent

GDP

Good Distribution Practice for 2–8 °C pharma freight

Collicare Logistics AS · Org. no. NO 913 682 471 · VAT NO 913 682 471 MVA · Vestre Strandgate 42, 4612 Kristiansand, Norway

Our values

What we stand for

Clear pricing

Quoted before you book, with duties and surcharges named up front. No destination surprises.

Measured reliability

98.7% on-time over the last 12 months, against the window quoted at booking. Reviewed quarterly.

A named contact

186 people across 6 hubs. Every account has one coordinator who knows its lanes.

Focused network

42 countries served directly, plus 900 vetted partner carriers beyond that.

How we work

Inside our operations

A short look inside the hubs, trucks, and teams that move your cargo every day.

Our history

How we got here

  1. 14

    2014

    Founded in Kristiansand, Norway

    Four supply-chain people leave a large forwarder and start Collicare with two road lanes into Denmark and Germany.

  2. 16

    2016

    Customs desk in Oslo

    Opened a groupage terminal and an in-house customs desk, ending the reliance on external brokers.

  3. 18

    2018

    Nordic cross-dock in Gothenburg

    Consolidated Norwegian and Swedish volume onto scheduled continental departures — transit times dropped by a day on most lanes.

  4. 20

    2020

    Rotterdam and Antwerp

    Added LCL ocean consolidation and Benelux customs brokerage; certified as an Authorised Economic Operator.

  5. 22

    2022

    Hamburg road hub

    Continental hub opens, completing the six-hub network. Live tracking rolled out across every service line.

  6. 24

    2024

    ISO 9001 and GDP

    Certified for quality management and for 2–8 °C pharmaceutical freight after an 18-month programme.

  7. 26

    2026

    Today

    ~1,900 shipments a day, 1,750+ business customers, 42 countries served directly — and a phone that still gets answered.