Bolloré opens new facilities in Africa and Asia

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Cameroon has recently opened the Kribi Logistics Hub, a modern logistics base with a total area of ​​24,000 m².

This platform is located near the Kribi Container Terminal (KCT) and is designed to receive, store, and deliver goods for import and export.

So far for the start of the first phase of the project, more than US$6,4 million (CFA 4 billion) has been invested with a total budget of US$11 million (CFA 7 billion), while the work for this first phase lasted 18...

https://container-news.com/bollore-opens-new-facilities-in-africa-and-asia/

Against the odds: Bolloré Logistics – what happens to the rump after MSC takes its African bite

Those familiar with Bolloré affairs would understand that the way the French group has so far played the possible sale of its African logistics business, aka ‘BAL‘, has been flawless.
“Bolloré Group doesn’t comment on rumours in the press regarding its transportation and logistics [T&L] activities,” it said on 15 October when the first domestic reports and speculation emerged.
Without clearly identifying which T&L activities, in fact, may be the subject of …

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Bolloré Logistics partners with Balyo for automatic solutions

Bolloré Logistics has signed a strategic and commercial partnership agreement with Balyo, a robotic solutions provider for material handling trucks, to provide automated pallet movement for its warehouses in Asia-Pacific (APAC).

The agreement paved the way for an initial order contracted with Balyo to equip the Blue Hub in Singapore with a very narrow aisle (VNA) robotic truck.

As part of this collaboration, Bolloré Logistics will host Balyo’s Singapore team at its B.Lab innovation centre to...

https://container-news.com/bollore-logistics-partners-with-balyo-for-automatic-solutions/

Bolloré Logistics Canada launches fully electric truck

The logistics services provider Bolloré Logistics Canada has launched its first fully electric truck for local deliveries in Montreal.

Manufactured by Lion Electric, a manufacturing company of zero-emission vehicles, the truck, which is on the road five days a week, travels 200 km a day and offers a reduction of 60 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) per year.

This number is equivalent to 1,000 growing trees, according to a statement. Hence, the 100% electric truck is projected to meet...

https://container-news.com/bollore-logistics-canada-launches-fully-electric-truck/

Market Insight: Pre-Christmas (M&A) supper with MSC, Mærsk & Bolloré

Hustle and bustle.
Welcome to the Forward Logistics Matrix age, the most exciting era in the most exciting sector – made up of several very complex subsets – in the world, where the next move in the M&A domino game will be totally detached from the mainstream/trade headlines.
And where subtle equilibrium-damaging forces in the supply chain, as we knew it, are at play.
Rewind 
You may recall our previous “Foaming liquid lunch – ‘MSC …

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Shipping giant MSC offers to buy Africa unit of Bolloré Logistics

A large container vessel with MSC on hull at a port with large cranes hovering over it.

Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s second-largest ocean container line, has made an offer to acquire the Africa division of Bolloré Group, the France-based third-party logistics provider announced Monday. 

The move is part of a recent trend that has seen ocean carriers and terminal operators become more vertically integrated freight transportation and logistics providers to diversify their revenue streams and offer customers holistic supply chain solutions based on variable needs. Supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipping-giant-msc-offers-to-buy-africa-unit-of-bollore-logistics

Bolloré Logistics opens new French branch

Bolloré Logistics has established its new offices of more than 1,100m² in the French industrial zone of the Le Mans metropolitan area.

With the new building, Bolloré Logistics expands its presence in the French department of Sarthe and marks its determination “to support its local customers, including small and mid-sized companies, as well as major groups in their international expansion,” according to the company’s announcement.

Additionally, the new building houses the Centre Regional Division...

https://container-news.com/bollore-logistics-opens-new-french-branch/

Bolloré Logistics Argentina celebrates 20th anniversary

The transport company Bolloré Logistics Argentina which was established in 2001, has now celebrated its 20th anniversary.

The Argentine subsidiary firstly opened as a customs brokerage agent in Buenos Aires, a city located between the port and the international airport, expanded over the years by opening branches in Mar de Plata and Mendoza “in order to be closer to its customers and their supply chain management needs.”

Since then, the logistics company has thus been expanded in multiple sectors...

https://container-news.com/bollore-logistics-argentina-celebrates-20th-anniversary/

Special report: how Bolloré won control of Ghana’s biggest port

Africa Confidential has published a potentially explosive report on corporate comings and goings at Ghana’s Tema port. It looks at Bolloré Africa Logistics, which is involved in a chain of 18 West African container terminals, and along with partner APM Terminals won a deal to operate the new terminal. But a secret Ghanaian ministerial report on the deal notes a “lack of transparency and ethical discipline”, and it concludes that …

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Bolloré Logistics strengthens its commitments in the fight against climate change

After setting carbon reduction objectives on its direct emissions in 2018, Bolloré Logistics is now committing to cutting by 30% by 2030 (relative to 2019) its Scope 3 CO2 emissions generated by the execution of transport services. The ambitious goal, considerably lower than the 2°C trajectory, involves making a sustainable offering central to its operations.
“Bolloré Logistics has for several years supported its customers in their growth by providing ecoresponsible solutions. …

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