Panalpina enters market in Morocco and Kenya

New offices in Casablanca (Morocco) and Nairobi (Kenya) consolidate Panalpina’s international growth plans on the “black continent“

Panalpina has just opened two new offices in Casablanca and Nairobi. Thereby the globally operating provider of supply chain solutions is giving customers in these expanding economies a single point of contact, and direct access to the company’s global network and services in air freight, ocean freight and logistics.

“With strong prospects in the two countries, especially in the energy and infrastructure sectors, establishing a formal presence is an important part of our long-term market growth and customer satisfaction objectives,” says Peter Triebel, Panalpina’s regional CEO for the Middle East, Africa and CIS (MEAC). “Expanding our global presence is part of Panalpina’s overall strategy, especially in growth economies such as Morocco and Kenya,” he adds.

Global customers, especially those operating in the energy sector, often require a local presence to achieve integrated, end-to-end solutions. With the know-how Panalpina has amassed from its other global operations, it is well placed to implement its world class processes in these new markets.

“Morocco has great business potential; in future the country will serve as a gateway to Mauretania on the West African coast, and to the inland African countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger,” explains Maxime van Geenberghe, Panalpina’s new managing director in Morocco.

Kenya’s 45 million strong population continues to benefit from growth and investment in the oil and gas, telecommunications, perishables, chemical and healthcare sectors. The construction of a mega-port in the northern coastal city of Lamu also reinforces the need for on-the-ground support, as the building of roads, a rail link and a pipeline will soon be underway. Nairobi’s airport already serves as a regional hub for East Africa.

“Kenya is East Africa’s largest economy and a gateway to the region, especially Uganda and Rwanda,” notes the country’s managing director Juergen Paliko. “With the Nairobi office in place, Panalpina is now able to take a more focused approach to cultivating local business and also trade lanes from the Middle East and Asia into Kenya.”

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