Multimodal freight forwarder scaling air, rail, and marine transport across Europe
NextLogistic operates a traditional asset-heavy logistics network—1,350 trucks, 1,500 trailers, owned rail service, and ferry operations—but is actively engineering internal software to scale beyond trucking. The tech stack (React, Next.js, Laravel, MySQL) is modern and fits a small engineering team (3 headcount) building operational tools. The pain list reveals rapid portfolio expansion: establishing air transport, rail freight, and container forwarding divisions simultaneously, which explains why software team growth is a stated priority.
NextLogistic is a Bulgarian freight forwarder founded in 2011, headquartered in Plovdiv. The company provides combined-transport logistics—full and groupage loads across trucks, trains, ships, and containers—with a network spanning Bulgaria, Turkey, and broader European routes. Services include freight forwarding, hazardous-load transport, refrigerated goods, oversized cargo, and customs representation. The business is transitioning from a trucking-centric model toward multimodal operations: building air transport, marine/river transport, and dedicated rail freight divisions. Current projects focus on partner network development, shipping-line negotiations, and departmental scaling to support these new transport modes.
React, Next.js, Laravel, and MySQL form the core. Frontend uses Material-UI, Tailwind CSS, and jQuery; backend runs on PHP with Eloquent ORM. Git for version control and phpMyAdmin for database management.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The company was established in 2011 and operates only in Bulgaria for hiring, though logistics operations span international routes including Turkey and broader European corridors.
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