Rhenus Project Logistics expands operations in North Africa
Rhenus Project Logistics signs partnership agreement with the North African heavy goods transport company Sohatram
Rhenus Project Logistics (RPL), the specialist company for project loads, opened offices in the Tunisian coastal town of Gabes and in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, during the 2nd quarter of this year. It also signed an exclusive partnership agreement with the North African heavy goods transport company, Sohatram. The goal at Rhenus Project Logistics is to expand its network in the Maghreb countries and particularly develop its business in the oil and gas markets.
The new offices can handle all the services and operations provided by the Rhenus Group desitned for or originating from North Africa. They not only include project logistics orders, but also container and break bulk consignments. It is now possible to provide complete door-to-door logistics chains in the region through the new business centres and the partnership arrangement. Rhenus alsohandles the customs clearance procedures.
The partnership enables Rhenus to make use of a high-quality fleet of vehicles, which include multi-axle desert vehicles with a capacity to carry up to 100 tonnes of heavy goods, heavy-duty equipment, mobile cranes with a lifting capacity of 500 tonnes, storage space and warehouses.
Sohatram, was founded in 1992 in Tunisia, and specialises in transporting and handling plant equipment. In future it will be possible to jointly develop and provide transport operations to and from Libya, Tunisia and Algeria as a result of the partnership agreement between Rhenus Project Logistics and Sohatram Tunisia and Sohatram Libya.
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