The Transport Services Division is one of the major customers as well as one of the principal service providers to the retail side , but operates as an independent company . It is one of the largest logistics provider in the country – and currently very much in expansion mode .

Mohamed Yousri Hanno is Assistant General Manager of Aldrees Transport Services . The company is involved with local freight deliveries , as well as deliveries to GCC & Middle East countries , he explains . With 1,340 tractor units and more than 2,700 road trailers in a huge array of different specifications , its primary concern is the movement of bulk cargoes between the kingdom ’ s industrial and petrochemical complexes , and its ports on the Red Sea to the

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SupplyChain Magazine May 2015 | Page 52

Aldrees is organized in two major divisions ; the Petroleum Services Division and the Transport Services Division . The former owns and operates 478 petrol stations right across the kingdom , and is the retail arm of the business .

The Transport Services Division is one of the major customers as well as one of the principal service providers to the retail side , but operates as an independent company . It is one of the largest logistics provider in the country – and currently very much in expansion mode .