Serving clients in 17 countries

Dubai, 9 March 2016 - The HOYER Group, one of the world's leading bulk logistics providers, has appointed GAC as its official agency partner in 17 countries in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa.

A traditional independent family business since 1946, HOYER is one of the leading suppliers of sophisticated bulk logistics solutions, transporting, storing and handling liquid and solid products and liquefied gases. It develops and implements comprehensive solutions in European and worldwide bulk logistics, particularly for the chemical, food, gas and mineral oil sectors, including tank cleaning maintenance and repair.

The GAC network has been appointed to represent HOYER's Deep Sea business unit ensuring the complete end-to-end movement & seamless supply chain of thousands of ISO tanks around the world, and extending its operations network to include locations where it did not previously have an official presence.

"With GAC we have found a professional partner in a region that is important to us, and look forward to a successful collaboration," said Ortwin Nast, CEO of the HOYER Group.

GAC companies and partners in Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, Angola, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Togo now provide a range of integrated shipping and logistics services for HOYER's overseas clients. They focus primarily for the transportation of liquid cargoes by road, rail and sea.

"The synergies between our companies are strong," said GAC Group President Bengt Ekstrand. "We share similar values, we strive for similar standards in our operations and our ethical practices and we both aim to build long-term relationships. GAC is proud to work with such a professional company."

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About GAC Group
GAC is a global provider of integrated shipping, logistics and marine services. Emphasising world-class performance, a long-term approach, innovation, ethics and a strong human touch, GAC delivers a flexible and value-adding portfolio to help customers achieve their strategic goals. 

Established since 1956, the privately-owned group employs over 9,000 people in more than 300 offices worldwide.

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About HOYER Group
HOYER, a traditional independent family business, has been one of the world's leading bulk logistics providers since 1946. As a specialist it has extensive know-how in the provision of complex services, and has special customer proximity. It develops and implements comprehensive solutions in European and worldwide bulk logistics, particularly in the chemical, food, gas and petroleum industries. For this, 5,100 employees in more than 115 countries support clients with well thought-out logistics solutions to make them even more successful in their respective markets. HOYER owns around 2,500 trucks, 3,000 articulated road tankers, 24,000 IBCs, 34,000 tank containers and numerous logistics installations with depots, cleaning plants and workshops.

The HOYER overseas operations are based at Spijkenisse in the Netherlands, having five regional offices in Houston, São Paulo, Dubai, Singapore and Shanghai. Its corporate headquarter is in Hamburg, Germany.

The Deep Sea business unit is headed up by Director Michael Loscalzo who is based in Singapore.

Media Contacts
GAC Middle East
Sonia Prabhakar
Regional Communications Manager - Middle East
Tel: +971 4 303 5000
Mob: +971 50 452 1594
Email:sonia.prabhakar@gac.com

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