Facts and philosophy
Since our founding in 1945 by Julius Bay and through the acquisition in 1975 by the Schaaf family, Bay has steadily developed from a forwarding company to a logistics provider. This development continues. Our customers now expect not just transport services, but also look to us for advice and solutions for new and integrated logistic concepts. We use all modes of transportation, including rail, inland waterways, short sea and road in order to find the best solutions for our customers.
Our philosophy
We provide our demanding customers in the chemical industry with the classic benefits of the medium-sized, independent, family-operated business:
- Extraordinary quality
- Maximum flexibility
- Fair pricing
We have built a network of selected, certified, responsible and financially sound service partners to extend our capabilities, offering our customers:
- Better, more flexible response to demand fluctuations
- Logistics services throughout
- On-site service
Every day, we work to be
- Even better in quality
- Even more dependable
- Even friendlier
Facts and figures:
| Employees and system partners | 200 |
| Transport units (trucks and containers) | 500 |
| Service centres (incl. network partners) in Europe | 10 |
| Orders per year | 30,000 |
| Transport volume per year in tonnes | 600,000 |
| Transportation per year in km | 23,000,000 |
| Diesel consumption per year in litres | 8,000,000 |