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MARKET NEWS

DOOR TO DECK GLOBAL

MARINE LOGISTICS JOINS

FORCES WITH MARINETRANS

Significant developments are taking
place in the field of marine logistics,
the specialized area of logistics focus-
ing on the needs of shipowners to
forward their spare parts around the
world. Marinetrans (part of the GTS -
Global Transport Solutions Group), the tinents, mainly focused on marine spare
biggest provider worldwide in supply parts and other time-critical and com-
chain solutions for ship owners and ship plex logistics.
management companies, has acquired Marinetrans is the world’s largest fourth-
Door to Deck Global Marine Logistics party logistics (4PL) service provider
(D2D), an upcoming marine coordina- specializing in forwarding and logistics
tion specialist in Cyprus and Greece. of marine spare parts. The company has
Marinetrans already had an office in 9 offices in central locations around the
Athens and will gain a substantially globe. Marinetrans offers services in 22
larger presence in Greece with this warehouses and 2,000 ports worldwide
acquisition. The co-founders of D2D, through a network of dedicated partners.
Kyriakos Tsitouridis and Michalis Theo- Door To Deck Global Marine Logistics
dosiou, will be driving further business is a fourth-party logistics (4PL) ser-
development of D2D, Marinetrans and vice provider with offices in Greece and
GTS in the entire Mediterranean area network and can leverage GTS’s strong “Our clients will definitely reap the bene- Cyprus specializing in the forwarding and
and will become shareholders of the IT infrastructure, project logistics exper- fits of our companies’ joining forces. They logistics of marine spare parts worldwide.
GTS Group. tise, and innovative 5PL solutions. Kyria- will continue to be serviced by the expe- Since its foundation in 2017, D2D has
John Burgstra, co-CEO of GTS, com- kos Tsitouridis, co-founder of D2D: “With rienced operating teams they know and grown exponentially and now manages
mented on the transaction: “With this its international scale and position as a are accustomed to while gaining access marine logistics for a large share of the
partnership, Marinetrans will signifi- global market leader, Marinetrans is at to new solutions and products. One of Greek and Cypriot-managed merchant
cantly expand its foothold in the Greek the forefront of providing intelligent and the services our customers have espe- fleet. It is particularly characteristic that
and Mediterranean market, enabling us data-driven logistics solutions to ship cially valued is our worldwide import & D2D has consistently doubled its revenue
to provide our Greek clients with more owners and ship managers. By tapping on-deck delivery service – and we think during each year of its operation, a feat
scale and service close to their home. into this knowledge and international we can use each other’s knowledge, net- documented by the company’s inclusion
D2D has a strong position in the Greek network, we can provide our clients with work, and capabilities to improve it to an in the 7th edition of the Financial Times
market, which they have gained through more value-added services and interna- even greater degree. We are very much 1000 Europe’s Fastest Growing Compa-
superior customer service and profound tional troubleshooters on the ground. looking forward to meeting all our new nies 2023. This has been accomplished
knowledge of the Greek maritime- and Besides that, there is an excellent fit colleagues at GTS”. through the company’s continuous invest-
shipping industry. Teaming up with them between our customer-centric company Global Transport Solutions is the holding- ments and excellence in customer service
is an important strategic step for both cultures and management teams – and company of Marinetrans and Best Global as well as through D2D’s proficiency in
companies.”. we are sure that fit will make this combi- Logistics, offering specialized 4PL and organizing global import & on-board
By joining forces, D2D gains access to nation a success.” 3PL international time-critical logistics deliveries efficiently and in a cost-effec-
an international 3PL and warehousing Michalis Theodosiou, co-founder of D2D: with a geographical presence on all con- tive manner.

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