UAE-headquartered, ordering and data-driven marketing platform, ChatFood, announced its newly reinforced delivery logistic partnership with Careem Express, the logistic arm of Careem. The collaboration of two companies will help restaurant merchants access a reliable delivery fleet at the click of a button. Ayman Ghanam, Founder and CEO of Projecto Acai, said: “One-click delivery on ChatFood is a game-changer for us! With no intervention from our side, we instantly gained access to Careem’s delivery fleet, who are now delivering our orders across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, by clicking one button! With ChatFood, we reduced our delivery time by 28% compared to…
Author: Jochebed Menon
Jochebed Menon
Jochebed Menon is the Editor of Logistics News Middle East. She covers issues related to the logistics and supply chain industries in the region. She’s been a journalist since 2012 and has primarily worked on B2B titles in travel, hospitality, aviation, and construction.
Cartlow, a reverse logistics platform in the region, has acquisition of Melltoo, a classified platform for second-hand items, which was founded in 2014 by Sharene Lee and Morrad Irsane. In line with the acquisition, Melltoo customers will be automatically redirected to Cartlow’s platform, where they can shop or sell their pre-loved and never-used items. This takeover will enable Melltoo customers with 30+ categories and over 500,000 products, as well as the benefit of unique value propositions such as free delivery, 10-day return policy, and 12 months warranty. This acquisition will allow Cartlow to further dominate the global reverse logistics market,…
Al Masaood TBA Division has been recognised for recording significant growth trajectory in popularising an all-in-one solution in UAE and taking the brand to new heights, General Manager Salah Adib tells us more Al Masaood’s Tyres, Batteries, and Accessories (TBA) Division was recently presented with the prestigious Global Mobox Award by Bridgestone in Paris, France, for the successful launch of the Mobox solution in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. When Al Masaood introduced the solution to the region in 2021, it became the first to market the Bridgestone service outside Europe. Since then, it’s been an exhilarating journey for Salah…
The Department of Planning and Development – Trakhees, the regulatory arm of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, completed about 16,000 transactions carried out by the Licensing Department in Trakhees during the first half of 2022. This comes with a growth rate of 22% compared to the same period last year, where the Licensing Department provides corporate licensing services Local and free zones and government relations such as issuing Work Permits, Establishment cards and No-Objection Certificates (NOC) to official bodies. Eng. Abdulla Belhoul, CEO of the Department of Planning and Development – Trakhees, explained that Trakhees was able to…
SAFEEN Marine Services, part of AD Ports Group’s Maritime Cluster, revealed that it has marked more than five million man-hours with zero Lost Time Injuries (LTI) and zero environmental incidents since its launch in 2012. Operating in nine commercial ports in the UAE and the Middle East, SAFEEN Marine Services extends HSE policy across a comprehensive portfolio of integrated and tailor-made marine services and solutions, which include towage, quayside-support services, emergency response, vessel assistance, inspections, and shipping maintenance. Captain Adil Alhammadi, CEO of SAFEEN Marine Services, AD Ports Group said: “We are proud to announce our success in achieving 5…
UAE based Acme Intralog has recorded a 22% increase in demand for the company’s warehousing automated solutions in the last two quarters, compared to the same period last year. According to Navin Narayan, CEO of Acme Intralog, “This growth is predominantly driven by retail and e-commerce sectors that are looking for solutions for order picking and sortation. If operated manually, these processes are often the most time-consuming, while also being repetitive and dull. Automating these processes can increase productivity as well as accuracy significantly.” At the company’s manufacturing facility in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Acme manufactures a complete range of…
CEVA Logistics is connecting commerce in Bahrain and across the Middle East through its new direct presence in Manama. The new office will offer a full range of air, ocean, ground, and contract logistics services. According to the International Monetary Fund, Bahrain’s economy is set to expand 3.3% in 2022 and 2.9% in 2023. In addition, annual GDP growth, along with oil and gas market dynamics, are likely to support further economic growth. The new office will accelerate growth in key industries and Middle East markets, where the company’s revenues grew 30 percent in 2021. In addition, the direct presence…
A.P. Moller – Maersk reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company with premium capabilities within non-containerised project logistics. Martin Bencher was founded in 1997 and is an asset-light logistics provider that specialises in project logistics. Martin Bencher’s core capability is designing end-to-end project logistics solutions for global clients, and the company´s competitive strengths include deep industry expertise, a solid track record, long-term stakeholder relationships as well as a highly skilled organisation. “Martin Bencher will be an excellent fit to Maersk and our integrator strategy, strengthening our ability to provide project logistics services to our…
commercetools, a next-generation digital commerce solutions and pioneer of headless commerce, has introduced its robust, future-ready, and highly scalable business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (D2C) digital commerce solutions to the Middle East to accelerate business growth by fostering major digital transformation in the region. The Middle East is witnessing significant growth in eCommerce as consumer purchasing habits quickly transition from in-store to omnichannel buying. All players from retail to B2B commerce are experiencing this dramatic change, pushing them to rebuild and shape their digital consumer channels. According to EZDubai and Euromonitor International reports, as online consumer spending increases, the…
Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone (ADAFZ), a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports, announced that Servomex, an expert in gas analysis, officially launched its operations at the airport freezone. As a provider of reliable, accurate and stable gas measurement solutions to industries worldwide, Servomex will provide essential gas-related services to the local market whilst serving clients and customers across critical industries from its new Middle East Office at ADAFZ. Servomex designs, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of industrial gas analysis products and services, including combustion analysers, process analysers, emissions analysers, sensing technology, service and support, and integrated solutions…