Hans Günkel, the founder of GFT Günkel Forwarding und Transport GmbH became Forwarding Agent in 1972.
Since that time he has been employed, managing land, air, sea transportation for leading logistics provider both nationally and internationally within Europe and the Middle East. He has held position of Managing Shareholder as well as CEO for Logistic providers in Germany,Turkey and Iran, managing the logistics for a customer base including companies such as OPEL Germany. Operations consisted of but were not limited to full vessel carter from Europe and Amerika towards Turkey and Middle East, as well as multimodal shipment by truck/vessel/truck into Iran and Iraq.
ounding GFT Günkel Forwarding und Transport GmbH in 1995 as a transport company specifically for Pan-European transport specialising in timber, wood and chemicals by truck and container. The company expanded its operations to the beverage industry with special trucks offering just in time service with specialised transportation. Together with our turkish partners, Zafer Tank Tasima we offer customs clearance, heating inland and international transportation in Turkey as well as overseas services.The Turkish market consists of leading container operators, the chemical industry as well as other markets. Today we offer tankcontainer transportation from and to any point of the world as well as leasing of suitable tankcontainers for all classes of goods.