The Group - Present in the ports of Nantes/St Nazaire/Montoir, SOGEBRAS is involved in all aspects of port operations, sea transportation and logistics.

The Group

SOGEBRAS arose in 1993 in the port of Nantes/St Nazaire from the merger between two companies: SOGENA in Caen and LEBRAS in Lorient.

SOGEBRAS, according to the speciality of each site, is your qualified port services provider,

With 2 locations :
       -   Nantes zone de Cheviré
       -   Montoir de Bretagne
And 2 subsidiaries :
       -   Chacqueneau logistics in Nantes
       -   TCV (national and international freight forwarding) in St Avertin

SOGENA was created in 1936 by the ship-owner of the company “Société Navale Caennaise”.
During the forties, SOGENA gradually expanded its branch network to all French ports.
Specialized in all port activities, the company is present in: Dunkirk, Le Havre, Rouen, Caen, St Brieuc, Bayonne, Sète and Marseille.

LEBRAS is part of the maritime KUHN group whose established its first port agency in Brest in 1948. This association gave place to the creation of UAT Brest (KUHN subsidiary) in 1972.
Today the group extended its network to the ports of:
       - Lorient (LEBRAS)
       - Nantes Saint Nazaire (SOGEBRAS)
       - La Rochelle – Rochefort (FAST)

NEWS

SAMSKIP

Sogebras was named Samskip Agent in May 2010.

Samskip is an international company offering transport and related services by land and sea. Since being founded in Iceland in 1990, Samskip has experienced steady growth - both internal and through strategic acquisitions - opened offices worldwide and broadening its service portfolio.
Samskip proposes the departures every Tuesday from Montoir de Bretagne and every Wednesday from Brest. The shipments are loaded on the BG Freight Line vessels with transhipment in Rotterdam.