Almajdouie Group wins MELA Awards 2009

Instituted by the Media One group, MELA officially honors companies and individuals for excellence in the Middle East logistics industry and aims to encourage industry players for their efforts while setting high standards for others. Winners of the MELA awards were determined through votes of clients, industry peers, and members of the Middle East logistics community.

Out of the seven nominees, Al Majdouie group garnered the most number of votes in the "Best Logistics Service Provider" category after the rigorous auditing of leading audit firm Horwath MAK.

Syed Mustafa, Vice President of Almajdouie Group, pointed out that winning the MELA Award honors further underlined Almajdouie's well-established presence and penetration in the international logistics industry.

Mustafa added:

"And this is a fitting tribute to the dedicated teams at Al Majdouie who put in tremendous effort every day, to ensure we provide unparalleled and innovative solutions that meet our customers' needs."

The Almajdouie Group was established in 1965 by Shaikh Ali I. Almajdouie, Chairman who single handedly developed the company from one truck to group of 13 Logistics companies currently operating in the region. Almajdouie Group providing services such as Transportation, Heavy & Abnormal Transport, logistics and distribution, petrochemical logistics, Container terminals & Warehousing, customs clearance and freight forwarding in Saudi Arabia and GCC countries as well as associate offices in North America, Europe, Far East, Middle East and Africa.

Al Majdouie operates in the UAE market thorugh it's joint venture company Maxx Logistics. Jebel Ali based Maxx Logistcs has recently opened a new Dhs50m plus multi-purpose logistics facility in Jebel Ali Free Zone, further consolidating its Middle Eastern operations. Also MSPC Bahrain and recently established office in Abu Dhabi specialized for project Logistics and handling of Abnormal heavy and Super Heavy Cargo.

"The group uses the most modern style of management and successful in building a very strong and solid foundation which is necessary for a good name in the very competitive market. Within a period of few decades, Al Majdouie Group has achieved an incredible success in the expansion of its activities. It is considered to be a milestone by any standard of commercial achievement. This would not have been possible in a very competitive market, if the group did not upgrade the quality of its services and products to a very high standard," conclued Mustafa.