Dubai, UAE, March 10, 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.”