Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) is acquiring a US logistics and trucking company to capture more growth.

The car carrier player said it was spending $64m on 100% of Keen Transport from Platinum Equity.

Keen operates 14 high and heavy (H&H) equipment processing centres, with 450 staff.

It had revenue of $82m and EBITDA of $10m in 2016.

"With Keen as part of our group we will become the clear market leader in the US H&H equipment processing space, positioning ourselves for the forecasted growth in this segment," said CEO Craig Jasienski.