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In logistics, customer needs can look very different depending on where in the world you are. When logistics realities differ from market to market, customers need people who understand the local context and can connect the right dots quickly.

Not a day goes by without a mention of the Strait of Hormuz, which underlines the importance of the Gulf chokepoint and the ripple effects not only on global supply chains but also on the global economy and geopolitical turmoil that comes with it.

Lesley Gevers, one of our skilled forwarders, is quick to answer when asked about her most important daily responsibility. Her answer illustrates a deep commitment to uncomplicating her customers' world shared by her colleagues. This is how they apply it in practice.

For customers, a shipment may look like cargo moving from A to B. But behind the scenes, it is often a chain of daily decisions that keeps complexity from becoming their problem.

CDP has once again awarded us the highest possible score for supplier engagement – an A rating – recognising us as a 2025 Supplier Engagement Leader.

Scan Global Logistics (SGL) and Hapag-Lloyd are strengthening their partnership to further reduce emissions in ocean freight. By expanding their collaboration and leveraging Hapag-Lloyd’s Ship Green solution and integrating it into the existing product portfolio of emission-reducing solutions that SGL offers, which enables the global freight forwarder’s customers to take immediate and measurable action to decarbonise their global supply chains.

Despite no shortage of political statements and media reports that an imminent opening of the Strait of Hormuz is close, the reality is that the strait remains effectively closed. The US launched Operation Freedom on 4 May to evacuate stranded commercial vessels in the Gulf; however, the initiative was shelved the following day, with the US announcing it would pause the operation at the request of the Pakistani government, citing progress in peace talks.

Rotterdam/Copenhagen, [April 13, 2026] – FincoEnergies and Scan Global Logistics (SGL) are strengthening their collaboration by implementing Biofuel Swap, a globally applicable solution for decarbonising road transport. With Biofuel Swap, SGL offers its customers immediate emissions reductions - with no changes to vehicles, infrastructure, or daily logistics operations – through utilising certified HVO100, a 100% biodegradable fuel, enabling verified, scalable CO₂e reductions. 

A two-week ceasefire announcement was announced on 8 April by the US, Israel and Iran, with the re-opening of the Hormuz Strait being a key component of the ceasefire agreement. The first 24 hours of the ceasefire have shown that the ceasefire itself is very fragile, and not least that there are conflicting views on key aspects of the agreement, not least in terms of whether a ceasefire in Lebanon was part of the scope or not.