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TODAY: Iraq to inaugurate rail link to Turkey in 2024 + MENA countries fare well in World Bank Logistics Index

Good morning, friends. We hope you all had a wonderful, restful Eid break and are easing back into the usual flow of the workweek with the caffeinated beverage of your choice. We’ve got everything you may have missed on the logistics front from the past week in the MENA region and beyond — let’s dive […]

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UAE + South Africa, Iran + Syria look to bolster trade ties

UAE + South Africa talk bumping up trade: UAE Foreign Trade Minister Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi discussed ways to boost cooperation and develop key sectors, including logistics, with South African Trade, Industry and Competition MinisterEbrahim Patel, and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, UAE state news agency Wamreports. The ministers talked about setting up […]

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More logistics M&A coming?

OPEC’s oil production cuts could prompt a surge in mergers and acquisitions in the logistics sector, Supply Chain Digital quotes former Gartner analyst Frank Kenney as saying. A hike in crude prices on the back of production cuts “will impact the supply chain from the top down,” Kenney says. Even if manufacturers and shippers can […]

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