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Anchored deep in our 1-3-5 Strategy is a dedication to creating the most purpose-driven and meaningful company within the logistics industry. Why? At the end of the day, logistics is a people’s business. The recently launched Empowering People: Unlocking Potential Project is designed to foster growth, inclusivity, and innovation across our organisation so everyone can thrive, contribute, and grow — personally and professionally.

Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is proud to announce the launch of the first electric cross-border truck in Asia as part of its zero-emissions partnership with HTH Corporation. Deriving from a vision and commitment to creating a more sustainable logistics industry, the new electric truck is the first step to reducing road transport CO2 emissions on one of the region’s busiest trade routes.

Longstanding partners, Mölnlycke Health Care and Scan Global Logistics (SGL), have entered an agreement for the purchase and deployment of ocean biofuel covering trade lanes from Asia to Europe to further reduce carbon emissions. This decision supports the global MedTech company's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reaching Net Zero by 2050 at the latest.

Global freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics (SGL) is adding a new country to its global network by establishing new locations in Riyadh and Jeddah. This will give the company an immediate footprint in the economic Central and West Provinces of Saudi Arabia as part of its strategic expansion plan. With one additional office planned for 2024 in Dammam in the East province, this emphasises a market in which the company sees great potential.

Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has proudly received a statement from DNV that the company’s pharma management system complies with the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Pharma scheme, a global standard for the distribution of pharmaceutical products. Currently covering 19 sites in 9 countries, SGL plans to extend implementation to other sites within 2024 to further support its pharma and healthcare customers worldwide. The statement is applicable from mid-April.

Starting with the conclusion: Chaos across both the global ocean and airfreight markets with no short-term outlook for relief.

In today’s increasingly disruptive world, a customer-centric and service-oriented approach has proven highly resilient compared to the standardised, automated ‘in-a-box’ solutions often offered by the industry. Exploring SGL's unique approach to building tailor-made solutions around its customers, shows how it played a crucial role in successfully delivering a 90,000 freight tons project in Senegal.

In recent weeks, a severe ocean freight capacity crunch across most major trades has sent freight rates on a skyrocketing trajectory. This rather sudden change in supply and demand has been fueled by high demand and network bottlenecks in part due to the Red Sea situation.

Scan Global Logistics' (SGL) growth journey continues with the acquisition of Foppiani Shipping & Logistics, an Italian freight forwarder with a head office in Prato. With the acquisition, SGL brings ‘Uncomplicate Your World’ to the eighth-largest economy in the world and the third-largest economy in the European Union for the first time. Foppiani, founded in 2007, is an independent freight forwarder focusing on customers in fashion and retail, automotive and a variety of other sectors.